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Statistical aspects of surface drifter observations of circulation in the Santa Barbara Channel

Creator:: Dever, Edward P., Hendershott, M. C., and Winant, C. D.
Abstract:: Argos-tracked drifters are used to study the near-surface circulation in the Santa Barbara Channel. The mean consists of a cyclonic cell in the western Santa Barbara Channel with weaker flow in the eastern Channel. Drifter mean velocities agree well with record means from near-surface current meters. At the eastern entrance...
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Full Text:: study the near-surface circulation in the Santa Barbara Channel. The mean consists of a cyclonic cell

The Dynamics of Northwest Summer Winds over the Santa Barbara Channel

Creator:: Skyllingstad, Eric D., Barbour, Philip, and Dorman, Clive E.
Abstract:: A mesoscale model is used to examine the dynamics of northwest flow over the Santa Barbara Channel region. Three cases are considered, each characterized by typical summertime synoptic conditions, but with differences in pressure gradient strength and marine boundary layer depth (MBL). The first case examines a relatively deep MBL...
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Full Text:: Conception and a supercritical flow region over the Santa Barbara Channel and downstream from the Channel

Seasonal spillover and varve formation in the Santa Barbara Basin, California

Creator:: Reimers, Clare E., Lange, Carina B., Tabak, Marialana, and Bernhard, Joan M.
Abstract:: A temporal record of oxygen and NO3- concentrations in the bottom water of the Santa Barbara Basin indicates that outside waters spill over into the basin seasonally. It is proposed that an annual bottom-water cycle leads ultimately to varve production. As evidence in support of a benthic mechanism for varve...
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Full Text:: . Seasonal spillover and varve formation in the Santa Barbara Basin, California Abstract-A temporal record

Wind-shelters as safe sites for establishment of Lupinus arboreus, a coastal species

Creator:: Gartner, Barbara L.
Abstract:: To learn the effect of wind on a species native to a windy site, I compared germination, seedling survival, seedling form, and the force required to uproot seedlings in a wind-exposed and a wind-sheltered site. In February 1992, the sand dune perennial Lupinus arboreus Sims. was planted in wind-exposed and...
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Does photosynthetic bark have a role in the production of core vs. outer wood?

Creator:: Gartner, Barbara L.
Abstract:: This paper hypothesizes a correlation in some species between the cambial age of transition from core (juvenile) to outer (mature) wood and the cambial age of transition from photosynthetic to non-photosynthetic bark. Secondly, this paper hypothesizes that the relationship is causal: a signal produced in relation to the photosynthetic bark...
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Structural stability and architecture of vines vs. shrubs of poison oak, Toxicodendron diversilobum

Creator:: Gartner, Barbara L.
Abstract:: To learn whether vine stems are less structurally stable than shrub stems, I studied the architecture, anatomy, and mechanics of western poison oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum), a plant that grows as a vine when provided with external support but otherwise as a shrub. I assessed the relative structural stabilities of vines...
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Sapwood and inner bark quantities in relation to leaf area and wood density in Douglas-fir

Creator:: Gartner, Barbara L.
Abstract:: The relationships between leaf area and sapwood and inner bark quantities (widths, areas, and volumes) were studied in an attempt to understand the design criteria for sapwood quantity in eighteen 34-year-old Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) trees with a wide range of leaf areas, sapwood areas, and dry masses of leaf, xylem,...
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Physical models as an aid for teaching wood anatomy

Creator:: Lachenbruch, Barbara
Abstract:: Student activities and instructor-made models are described to facilitate and encourage other instructors to develop their own appropriate activities and models for teaching the three-dimensional structure of wood. The teaching activities include making several annual rings with straws pushed into clay, drawing wood’s structure onto a piece of paper that...
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Full Text:: an aid for Teaching Wood anaToMy Barbara lachenbruch Department of Wood Science and Engineering

Relative growth rates of vines and shrubs of western poison oak, Toxicodendron diversilobum (Anacardiaceae)

Creator:: Gartner, Barbara L.
Abstract:: Because of different mechanical constraints on vines and self-supporting plants, vines are thought to differ from trees and shrubs in a variety of their growth characteristics. I tested the hypotheses that vines grow faster than shrubs and that supported shoots have delayed leaf expansion relative to stem elongation, using western...
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Trees have higher longitudinal growth strains in their stems than in their roots

Creator:: Gartner, Barbara L.
Abstract:: Longitudinal growth strains develop in woody tissues during cell-wall formation. This study compares stems, which have a mechanical role and experience longitudinal stresses, and nonstructural roots, which have little mechanical role and experience few or no longitudinal stresses, to test the hypothesis that growth strains are produced in stems of...
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Statistical aspects of surface drifter observations of circulation in the Santa Barbara Channel

The Dynamics of Northwest Summer Winds over the Santa Barbara Channel

Seasonal spillover and varve formation in the Santa Barbara Basin, California

Wind-shelters as safe sites for establishment of Lupinus arboreus, a coastal species

Does photosynthetic bark have a role in the production of core vs. outer wood?

Structural stability and architecture of vines vs. shrubs of poison oak, Toxicodendron diversilobum

Sapwood and inner bark quantities in relation to leaf area and wood density in Douglas-fir

Physical models as an aid for teaching wood anatomy

Relative growth rates of vines and shrubs of western poison oak, Toxicodendron diversilobum (Anacardiaceae)

Trees have higher longitudinal growth strains in their stems than in their roots

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