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Coastal ocean variability inferred from high resolution models : two case studies

Creator:: Mauch, Matthew L.
Abstract:: In this thesis, high resolution ocean models are used to evaluate and forecast coastal ocean variability in two different applications. In the first study, the 2-km resolution ocean circulation model for the Eastern Bering Sea is utilized to understand whether slope-interior exchange along the path of the Aleutian North Slope...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: sea ice modes of variability in the Bering Sea, J. Geophys. Res., 116(C12), C12034, doi:10.1029

Heat Flow along the Southern Costa Rica Margin : Insights on the Updip Limit of Seismicity

Creator:: Hass, Bridget M.
Abstract:: Heat flow analysis of the Costa Rica convergent margin is carried out for seven core sites drilled during Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expeditions 334 and 344 as part of the Costa Rica Seismogenesis Project (CRISP). These expeditions were designed to develop a better understanding of erosional subduction zones. Heat...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Modeling Arctic melt ponds using a resolved ice model with GCM forcing

Creator:: Collins, Lee E.
Abstract:: The albedo of Arctic sea ice depends greatly on the formation of melt ponds. These ponds form in depressions on the ice as surface snow melts during the summer months, and their location is determined mainly by the initial snow topography. Using a high resolution sea ice model forced with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Evaluating a Zonal-mean Hydrologic Model Against a Water Tag-enabled Global Simulation

Creator:: Mandovi, Andrew
Abstract:: The hydrologic cycle on Earth comprises the transitions among the solid, liquid, and gaseous phases of water. Understanding the hydrologic cycle is of course important for climate science, but also for agricultural, drinking water, and disaster preparedness purposes. Improvements in satellite observations and general circulation models (GCMs) have led to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Evidence for Strengthening Hadley Cells and a Westward Expansion of the Walker Circulation from Assimilation of Paleoclimate Proxy Data

Creator:: Horlick, Kaleb A.
Abstract:: A synthesis of over 2000 paleoclimate proxy records is performed via a data assimilation framework that expands upon previous efforts by implementing a suite of physically-based proxy system models, and which provides the first example of an observationally independent, multi-seasonal (DJFM, JJAS) paleoclimate reanalysis. This methodology is contrasted against previous...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Heat flow results from plate boundary observatory boreholes in California

Creator:: McDonald, Kyle Joseph
Abstract:: An integral component to understanding lithospheric rheology, fault mechanics, and geodynamic processes is knowledge of the subsurface thermal regime. This study presents thermal data from 26 new borehole sites drilled during the installation of borehole strain meters as part of the Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO). These data extends existing coverage...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Nitrogen isotopes in a global ocean biogeochemical model : constraints on the coupling between denitrification and nitrogen fixation

Creator:: Somes, Christopher J.
Abstract:: We present a new nitrogen isotope model incorporated into the three-dimensional ocean component of a global Earth System Climate Model designed for millennial timescale simulations. The model includes prognostic tracers for the stable nitrogen isotopes, ¹⁴N and ¹⁵N, in the nitrate (NO₃ˉ), phytoplankton, zooplankton, and detritus variables of the marine...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The Occurrence of Coastal Sea Ice Leads and their Impact on the Beaufort Gyre

Creator:: Lewis, Benjamin J.
Abstract:: Leads are long fractures wide enough for a ship to travel through the ice pack. Sea ice acts as a barrier between the ocean and the atmosphere, whereas leads allow the transfer of heat and moisture between the two. Leads play a role for marine mammals and are hunting grounds...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Addressing Emerging Issues in Tropical Ecohydrology : A Combined Hydrometric and Isotopic Approach to Evaluate the Origin and Age of Water in a High-Elevation Tropical Ecosystem

Creator:: Mosquera, Giovanny M.
Abstract:: This thesis focuses on the identification of ecohydrological processes in nested system of catchments in a tropical alpine (the wet Andean páramo) ecosystem. We accomplish this by conducting a water stable isotopic characterization of water sources, an evaluation of the mean transit time (MTT) of streams waters, and the investigation...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: nonlinearities. Water Resources Research 46 (10): W10543 DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009341 McGuire KJ, McDonnell JJ

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Coastal ocean variability inferred from high resolution models : two case studies

Heat Flow along the Southern Costa Rica Margin : Insights on the Updip Limit of Seismicity

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

Modeling Arctic melt ponds using a resolved ice model with GCM forcing

Evaluating a Zonal-mean Hydrologic Model Against a Water Tag-enabled Global Simulation

Evidence for Strengthening Hadley Cells and a Westward Expansion of the Walker Circulation from Assimilation of Paleoclimate Proxy Data

Heat flow results from plate boundary observatory boreholes in California

Nitrogen isotopes in a global ocean biogeochemical model : constraints on the coupling between denitrification and nitrogen fixation

The Occurrence of Coastal Sea Ice Leads and their Impact on the Beaufort Gyre

Addressing Emerging Issues in Tropical Ecohydrology : A Combined Hydrometric and Isotopic Approach to Evaluate the Origin and Age of Water in a High-Elevation Tropical Ecosystem

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