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Multi-Centennial Response of ENSO Under Varying Atmospheric CO2

Creator:

Alder, Jay R.

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The El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) affects millions of people via global teleconnections in the form of drought and torrential rainfall that impact agriculture and food production in many countries. Yet how ENSO will respond to a warming world is uncertain and a greatly debated topic. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...

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Capstone Project
Simulating past, present, and future changes in ENSO : a model evaluation and data-model comparison

Creator:

Alder, Jay R.

Abstract:

This thesis presents the results of a formal evaluation of a new AOGCM, GENMOM, demonstrating its ability to simulate present-day climate and ENSO dynamics. The model is applied to simulate climate for the Last Glacial Maximum, deglacial, and Holocene time periods. The model output is evaluated against the best available...

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Dissertation

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Jones for constantly reinforcing that climate modeling is geography. To Andreas Schmittner for being
Optimizing Reservoir Operations to Adapt to 21st Century Expectations of Climate and Social Change in the Willamette River Basin, Oregon

Creator:

Moore, Kathleen M.

Abstract:

Reservoir systems in the western US are managed to serve two main competing purposes: to reduce flooding during the winter and spring, and to provide water supply for multiple uses during the summer. Because the storage capacity of a reservoir cannot be used for both flood damage reduction and water...

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Dissertation

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Swanson, and Andreas Schmittner for taking an interest in my research and for providing constructive