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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

  • Late Pleistocene Slip Rate along the Panamint Valley Fault System, Eastern California

    Creator:
    Choi, Na Hyung
    Abstract:
    The Eastern California Shear Zone (ECSZ) is a broad zone of dextral shear inboard of the North American - Pacific plate boundary. Despite decades of study, the significance of a mismatch between geodetic velocities and geologic fault slip rates across the ECSZ remains incompletely understood. Geodetically determined interseismic strain across...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Eric Kirby The Eastern California Shear Zone (ECSZ) is a broad zone of dextral shear inboard

  • A modeling study of katabatic flows

    Creator:
    Smith, Craig M.
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    A modeling study is undertaken to better understand the physics of katabatic flows. This study is divided into three topics; a comparison between a large eddy simulation (LES) and a mesoscale model of katabatic flows, a sensitivity study of katabatic flows to various physical parameters, and an investigation into the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    thanks and appreciation to my adviser, Dr. Eric Skyllingstad, for providing me with an interesting

  • Geomorphic Evidence for Differential Rock Uplift Across the Southern Cascadia Forearc

    Creator:
    von Dassow, Wesley
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    The nature of upper plate deformation along the Cascadia subduction zone (CSZ) is poorly understood. Systematic covariation among topographic relief, geodetically determined uplift rates, decadal to millennial erosion rates, and the frequency of episodic tremor and slip (ETS) along the Cascadia forearc suggest a genetic association between forearc topography and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : ______________________________________________________ Eric Kirby The nature of upper plate deformation along the Cascadia subduction zone

  • Late Holocene Earthquake History Recorded in Alluvial Fan Sequences, Panamint Valley, Eastern California

    Creator:
    Sethanant, Israporn
    Abstract:
    The Panamint Valley fault zone (PVFZ) is an active, dextral-oblique normal fault that partially accommodates dextral shear across the Eastern California Shear Zone (ECSZ). The fault system has a complex geometry, characterized by a relatively high-angle dextral oblique normal fault in the south and a low-angle detachment system that accommodates...
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    Masters Thesis
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    approved: ______________________________________________________ Eric Kirby The Panamint

  • Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) in decline? An investigation into Region 6 harvest volumes

    Creator:
    Pape, Brianda
    Abstract:
    Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) have an extensive history of harvest in the United States. The Pacific Northwest is well-reputed as a major source of floral greens for international markets. One NTFP in particular, beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax), has been repeatedly identified as a prominent, high-value species in the floral greens industry...
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    Capstone Project

  • A Formal Foundation for Variational Programming Using the Choice Calculus

    Creator:
    Hubbard, Spencer
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    In this thesis, we present semantic equivalence rules for an extension of the choice calculus and sound operations for an implementation of variational lists. The choice calculus is a calculus for describing variation and the formula choice calculus is an extension with formulas. We prove semantic equivalence rules for the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    for Variational Programming Using the Choice Calculus Abstract approved: Eric T. Walkingshaw In this

  • Integrating Side Effects in Variational Programs Using Algebraic Effects

    Creator:
    Alkubaish, Ghadeer
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    Variational programming supports efficiently executing many related programs at once by encoding all of the programs in one "variational program" that captures the differences among them statically and explicitly. An open problem in variational programming is how to handle side effects—if two program variants perform different side effects, we cannot...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Effects in Variational Programs Using Algebraic Effects Abstract approved: Eric Walkingshaw Variational

  • Object highlighting : real-time boundary detection using a Bayesian network

    Creator:
    Jia, Jin
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    Image segmentation continues to be a fundamental problem in computer vision and image understanding. In this thesis, we present a Bayesian network that we use for object boundary detection in which the MPE (most probable explanation) before any evidence can produce multiple non-overlapping, non-self-intersecting closed contours and the MPE with...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Boundary Detection using a Bayesian Network. Abstract Eric Mortensen image segmentation continues to be

  • The range expansion of the northern barred owl : an evaluation of the impact on spotted owls

    Creator:
    Kelly, Elizabeth G.
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    Since their range expansion into the Pacific Northwest, anecdotal evidence suggests that northern barred owls (Strix varia varia) may be displacing northern spotted owls (Strix occidentalis caurina). My objectives were to characterize barred owl distribution and population increase in Oregon, investigate spotted owl territory performance before and after barred owl...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : ----------.---------....,...._------- Signature redacted for privacy. Eric D. Forsman Since their range expansion into the Pacific Northwest