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Creator:: Frentress, Jay
Abstract:: Stream discharge is a key water balance component and important factor in global change evaluations. Nevertheless, the mechanisms for streamflow generation are poorly understood. Near- stream surface saturation during precipitation events is one of the most iconic, visible indicators of rapid runoff production in upland humid catchments around the world....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: better understand the effect of rain falling on saturated areas and the contribution of rainfall to

Creator:: Dolph, Jayne Ellen
Abstract:: Characterizing the distribution of precipitation at regional scales is a requirement for the development of regional scale, spatially distributed hydrologic water balance models. This study performs a preliminary assessment of the utility and limitations of historical hydro-meteorological data for providing spatially distributed precipitation estimates over large areas. The historical data...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Stark, Duncan
Abstract:: Ponding of water on roof systems leading to collapse causes expensive damage and jeopardizes the life safety of building occupants. Current building codes and design specifications for flat roof systems offer minimal guidance in designing for ponding loads. The present research investigated ponding load effects on a long span, lightweight...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: on a roof often acts as a sponge, absorbing rainfall, and increasing the loads on a roof. Rain

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:: ratios. Observational studies at the local scale report both increased and decreased rainfall

Creator:: Stanton, Alan L.
Abstract:: Extreme, flood-producing precipitation events in mountains threaten human life and local and national economies. In the Himalayas, scarce meteorological data historically limited understanding of the underlying processes driving extreme events. However, the capacity to observe, measure and quantify precipitation on regional scales has increased tremendously over the last three decades...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: evidence of significant deviations between the mean and variance of extreme rainfall and convective

Creator:: McClintock, Matthew
Abstract:: Dust deposition on ecosystems with highly weathered soils may provide vital rock-derived nutrients that maintain ecosystem productivity. Because of the difficulties in measuring temporally and spatially heterogeneous dust deposition over ecologically meaningful timescales, evaluations of the spatial variability in dust deposition are extremely rare. In the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Page 1 Approximate locations of the two rain gauges used to gather bulk rainfall measurements and

Creator:: Bigelow, Daniel P.
Abstract:: A growing body of literature exists on how human population growth and changes in climatic factors influence the availability of water (Elliot et al. 2014, Prudhomme et al. 2014). These studies typically conclude that climate change is expected to have negative consequences on water availability, an effect that is magnified...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Title: How Do Population Growth, Land-use Regulations, and Precipitation Patterns Affect water use? A

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