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Creator:: Thum, Nicolai
Abstract:: This thesis examines the mechanisms that couple the monthly-averaged atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) to open-ocean sea surface temperature (SST) perturbations on scales of 50-500 km. The observed positive correlation between surface wind speed anomalies and SST anomalies is successfully simulated using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. In numerical...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Boundary Layer Coupling to Midlatitude Mesoscale Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies Abstract approved

Creator:: Jackson, R. Brian
Abstract:: The Generation IV Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR) design is being actively studied in various countries for application due to its inherent passive safe design, higher thermal efficiencies, and proposed capability of providing high temperature process heat. The pebble bed core is one of two core designs used in gas...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: flow as laminarized if the initial turbulent boundary layer develops characteristics more in line

Creator:: Smoot, Alexander R.
Abstract:: Weak-wind flow in the nocturnal boundary is one of the most poorly understood problems in the field of meteorology. The understanding of weak-wind flows is essential for the improvement of regulatory dispersion models which are currently rendered invalid under weak-wind conditions and stable stratification. Recently there have been increased efforts...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of the near-surface flow to deeper boundary layer forcing in the nocturnal boundary layer Abstract

Creator:: Skitka, Joseph M.
Abstract:: Predominant models for predicting rates of sediment transport face acute shortcomings when applied to coastal boundary layers. This is due to a neglect of the web of stochastic variables governing the rate of sediment dislodgement. While stochastic models do exist, the parametric extent of their validity tends to be limited,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , jet flows, and boundary-layer flows to determine the universality of the fluctuations of turbulent

Creator:: Barr, Colleen M.
Abstract:: Precision irrigation has made spatially explicit water management a reality. However, detailed knowledge about the spatially variable evapotranspiration is often unavailable. One example location where we can begin to understand the impact of spatial variability on evapotranspiration is at the field edge, which contains a sharp discontinuity in surface conditions....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: concentrations was developed in 1934. This analytical solution predicts a boundary layer growth in water vapor

Creator:: Tai, Leah Chung-Mei
Abstract:: Linkages between land use and its influence on the atmosphere have been a long-standing research area. For example, what is the impact of irrigated agriculture on downwind rainfall? Global-scale models show that moisture recycling is an important source of water for inland regions around the world, but they do not...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: boundary layer to high water vapor fluxes from evapotranspiration and the partitioning of available

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:: Nocturnal Dynamics of the Boundary Layer in a Mountain Valley AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF

Creator:: Predosa, Robert
Abstract:: Lower atmospheric flux measurements are a difficult subset of atmospheric data to accurately collect. The interplay of cost, precision, specialty, resolution and repeatability compound an already difficult experimental problem. In response to this, a new, novel instrumentation approach to measuring within the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) is introduced. The combination...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: instrumentation approach to measuring within the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) is introduced. The

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