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  • Buoy and satellite observation of wind induced surface heat exchange in the intraseasonal oscillation over West Pacific and Indian Ocean

    Creator:
    Araligidad, Nilesh
    Abstract:
    The importance of wind-driven latent heat fluxes for supporting tropical intraseasonal precipitation variability is analyzed. Tropical intraseasonal variability in the west pacific and Indian ocean is analyzed for northern and southern hemisphere summer during 1999-2005 using satellite and buoy observations. A composite analysis of QuikSCAT ocean vector winds and TRMM...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Indian Ocean Abstract approved: Eric Maloney The importance of wind-driven latent heat fluxes for

  • Overestimation of cloud cover in the MODIS cloud product

    Creator:
    Schuetz, Andrea M.
    Abstract:
    The operational processing of MODIS imagery to produce the MOD06 cloud product is based on the assumption that cloudy 1-km pixels are overcast. This assumption is examined using a partly cloudy pixel retrieval scheme, which allows for fractional cloud cover within the 1-km pixels. Cloud flags attached to 250-m MODIS...
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    would not have been the same without them. I thank my committee members, Drs. Eric Maloney, Eric

  • Analysis of Surface Heat Flux Anomalies to Understand Recent Northeast Pacific Marine Heatwave Events

    Creator:
    Yi-Wei, Chen
    Abstract:
    Several large-scale marine heatwave events occurred during the last 10 years in the North Pacific. A particular extreme marine heatwave in the North Pacific called the blob created an unprecedented high peak of sea surface temperature (SST) during 2013/14. MHW events had significant impacts on downstream weather and precipitation patterns...
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    Masters Thesis
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    𝑄*+ = 𝜌 ∗ 𝐿% ∗ 𝐶% ∗ 𝑉,- ∗ (𝑞. − 𝑞/) 𝑄'+ = 𝜌 ∗ 𝐶0 ∗ 𝐶1 ∗ 𝑉,- ∗ (𝑇#2 − 𝑆𝑆𝑇

  • Evaluation of the predictive capability of two-phase flow maps for microchannel condensation of R-134a at low mass flux conditions

    Creator:
    VanderPutten, Michael A.
    Abstract:
    Predicting condensation flow regimes and the associated heat transfer and pressure drop in microchannels is critical for designing terrestrial and space systems for heating, cooling, power generation, and advanced manufacturing. It is well established that in flows approaching the microscale (Dh < 1 mm) gravity-dominated flow regimes become less relevant,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Modulus E Hydraulic h Acceleration from Gravity g Liquid l Mass Flux G Maximum max Heat Transfer

  • Characterization of flow boiling in a fractal–like branching microchannel network

    Creator:
    Edward, Lee M.
    Abstract:
    Based on experimental investigations the present study evaluates flow instability and void fraction in a fractal-like branching microchannel network with rectangular cross-section. The hydraulic diameter of the channels ranged from 308μm at the inlet to 143μm at the outlet. The flow network used is characterized by set branching ratios for...
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    min 2 l sat DP DP G ρ⎛ ⎞− ⎜ ⎟ ⎝ ⎠ F frequency (Hz) F’I liquid inertia force per unit length

  • Response of marine stratus to successive polluting events by ships

    Creator:
    Sechrist, B.
    Abstract:
    Ship tracks have proven to be an ideal laboratory for studying the response of marine stratocumulus to an increase in aerosol pollution. Here the response of already polluted marine stratocumulus to further pollution was examined by studying the clouds where two ship tracks cross. 78 crossings of ship tracks were...
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    Masters Thesis
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    follow it. I would like to thank my committee members – Karen Shell, Eric Skyllingstad, and Mark

  • Getting to local information : the role of different costs

    Creator:
    Rajaram, Vidya
    Abstract:
    Finding information can cost a significant amount of time, even when the information is already stored on the user’s local computer system. There is significant research aimed at reducing these time costs, but little research into exactly what these costs are or how they impact people’s use of tools and...
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    , Dr. Carlos Jensen and Dr. Eric Skyllingstad, for accepting to be on my committee. This work

  • Hybrid computational voxelization using the graphics pipeline

    Creator:
    Rauwendaal, Randall
    Abstract:
    This thesis presents an efficient computational voxelization approach that utilizes the graphics pipeline. Our approach is hybrid in that it performs a precise gap-free computational voxelization, employs fixed-function components of the GPU, and utilizes the stages of the graphics pipeline to improve parallelism. This approach makes use of the latest...
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    Masters Thesis
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    lines parallel to the sides of the original triangle T at a distance of l, where l is half the length

  • Diurnal and subdiurnal variability in the Mars Pathfinder Presidential meteorology sessions

    Creator:
    Bennett, Scott
    Abstract:
    The Mars Pathfinder (MPF) arrived on the Martian surface on 4 July 1997 to become only the third successful landed mission to Mars, recording surface meteorological data intermittently over a period of 83 Martian days ("sols"). The in situ observations made by the MPF meteorology (MET) experiment were recorded at...
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    advisor . Eric Skyllingstad, Atmospheric Sciences . Bill Bogley, Mathematics, as Graduate Council

  • Using provenance to aid document re-finding

    Creator:
    Lonsdale, Heather
    Abstract:
    In the field of Human-Computer Interaction, provenance refers to the complete history and genealogy of a document. Provenance can be useful in identifying related resources, such as different versions of the same document or resources used in the creation of a new document. Though methods of provenance collection and applications...
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    Masters Thesis