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Creator:: Greiser, Christine M.
Abstract:: The warm pool region of the western tropical Pacific is of particular interest to atmospheric dynamics because it represents a significant source of energy to the atmosphere. A better understanding of heat transfer driven by mesoscale and turbulent circulations within this region could lead to improved global circulation models, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: degree of Master of Science in Atmospheric Sciences presented on January 25. 2002 Title: Surface Heat

Creator:: Johnson, Christopher
Abstract:: A thermal infrared (TIR) camera is used to remotely sense the foliage temperature in a mountain valley. The foliage temperature is used as a proxy for air temperature and can be used to study and map the dynamics of the nocturnal, weak-wind boundary layer in this valley. All radiative flux...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: atmospheric pressure that spatially and temporally corresponds with the potential temperature information

Creator:: Raven, Sonja E.
Abstract:: Two tributaries of the south fork of the Burnt River, near Unity Oregon were studied during the summers of 2000 and 2001 to determine water heating and cooling patterns. Hourly temperature data were recorded for air, water, and soil parameters at four elevations 150m apart on Barney and Stevens Creeks....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: water is influenced by wind speed, atmospheric pressure, and any temperature gradient that might exist

Creator:: Lucash, Melissa S.
Abstract:: Since plants utilize CO₂ as the substrate for photosynthesis, terrestrial plants may be directly affected by increasing levels of CO₂ in the atmosphere. Plants native to the sagebrush steppe are predicted to increase in growth in response to elevated CO₂ through increased water use efficiency and higher photosynthetic rates. This...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: temperature and water stress AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Melissa S. Lucash for the degree of Master of

Creator:: Dalton, Meghan M.
Abstract:: In a steady state, the Earth's absorbed solar radiation (ASR) balances the outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) at the top of the atmosphere (TOA). In response to a radiative forcing, that is, an external perturbation to the top of the atmosphere energy balance, the Earth's climate system adjusts until reaching a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Monthly departures from the mean of each feedback variable (specific humidity, atmospheric temperature

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