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Creator:: Shakun, Jeremy D.
Abstract:: This dissertation presents the results of statistical analyses of large climate datasets from two time intervals – the 20th century instrumental record and the proxy record of the last deglaciation – in order to understand the forcings and mechanisms of past climate variability. A longstanding question in climate dynamics concerns...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: over the past several years. My committee members – Ed Brook, Alan Mix, Steve Hostetler, and Jeff

Creator:: DiFrancesco, Kara N.
Abstract:: Discussions around adapting water management systems to climate change often express the need to increase the flexibility and adaptive capacity of current systems, and to implement robust strategies going forth. While these topics lie at the center of many climate change discussions, transforming adaptation recommendations into tangible tools and information...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Williams, Nancy L.
Abstract:: The Southern Ocean plays an important role in the ocean’s uptake of heat and carbon yet the processes controlling this uptake are not well understood. To date, more than 100 biogeochemical profiling floats that measure water column pH, oxygen, nitrate, fluorescence, and backscattering at 10-day intervals have been deployed throughout...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Talley, Steve Riser, and Jorge Sarmiento. Thank you for your mentorship, for taking a chance on me

Creator:: Sierra, Carlos Alberto
Abstract:: Ecosystems are highly heterogeneous systems subjected to important levels of environmental variability; however, it is common in terrestrial biogeochemical models to assume homogeneous properties of the elements of the system or constant environmental conditions. For some processes, heterogeneity in these models is treated very simplistically, but there is not much...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: would like to express my sincere appreciation to Mark Harmon and Steve Perakis, my co-major professors

Creator:: Zentner, Matthew A.
Abstract:: Increased variability of rainfall and flow from climate change has the potential to stress existing transboundary water sharing agreements and make meeting the needs of all riparians difficult. Water treaties have been theorized as valuable tools for mitigating conflict in times of climate stress, but the relationship between the design...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Patrick MacQuarrie, and Kendra Hatcher. Ms. Nicole Sponaugle, Mr. Steve Hunter, Mr. Jack May, and Mr

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