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Filtering by: Subject Deforestation--Central America Degree Name Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Modern and past climate variability in the eastern Pacific warm pool

Creator:

Benway, Heather M.

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Westward transport of water vapor across the Panama Isthmus helps to maintain the salinity contrast between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, important in thermohaline circulation and global climate. Relatively low sea-surface salinities and a strong, shallow pycnocline in the eastern Pacific warm pool (EPWP) region near Central America reflect high...

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Dissertation

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eastern Pacific warm pool (EPWP) region near Central America reflect high net precipitation. This
Remote sensing for monitoring regional carbon dynamics associated with land cover and land use change along the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor

Creator:

Hayes, Daniel J., 1974-

Abstract:

Human activities are causing profound changes to the global environment, yet the potential consequences of these changes on rising atmospheric carbon dioxide and climate change are not well understood. Improving our understanding of these processes requires an enhanced awareness of how global ecosystems are changing and how these changes affect...

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Dissertation

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Design and Objectives The rates of deforestation in Central America during the 1980’s were among