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Sensitivity analysis of the Catchment Modeling Framework (CMF) and use in evaluating two agricultural management scenarios

Creator:: Metta, John W. P.
Abstract:: Abstract Watershed-scale fate/transport modeling of contaminants is a tool that scientists and land managers can use to assess pesticide contamination to stream systems. The Catchment Modeling Framework (CMF) is a catchment-scale fate/transport modeling tool. It was developed to help scientists and land managers assess the effects of possible land-use decisions...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: simple mathematical techniques derived from Equation 2.4 are invalid methods. 10 (a) Model response

Modeling and dating glacier fluctuations and their relation to Pacific Ocean climate

Creator:: Anslow, Faron S.
Abstract:: This thesis presents the results of an investigation into the interactions between the present-day South Cascade Glacier and the former Mauna Kea ice cap at short (annual to centennial) and long (millennial and multimillennial) time scales. To quantify the response of South Cascade Glacier to atmospheric conditions, a surface energy...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: surface energy balance model has been developed. This model has been applied to annual simulations of

A coupled hydrologic-geomorphic model for evaluating effects of vegetation change on watersheds

Creator:: Duan, Jinfan
Abstract:: This work describes the modeling framework and initial results for CLAWS (Coupled Landscape And Water System), a physically-based, spatially-distributed hydrologicgeomorphic model that has been coupled with a vegetation dynamics simulation. Spatial variability of topography, soil, vegetation, and climate drive a hydrology module that calculates the water budget at given time...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Small circle subdivision method for development of global sampling grid

Creator:: Song, Lian
Abstract:: Modern environmental monitoring and modeling requires a good global grid system for survey sampling and accurate, spatially complete data collection of relevant environmental phenomena. A prime requirement for the global grid system is that the global sampling grids be regular and equal in area and have minimal shape distortion. None...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Local and downstream effects of contemporary forest harvesting on streamflow and sediment yield

Creator:: Zégre, Nicolas P.
Abstract:: This dissertation is a collection of three manuscripts that serve to fill the knowledge gaps and advance methods of detecting the effects of contemporary forest harvesting in experimental catchment studies. While there is a preponderance of studies evaluating the environmental effects of forest harvesting in the western United States, few...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: evaluating the environmental effects of forest harvesting in the western United States, few studies consider

Using a heuristic programming method for incorporating wildlife habitat constraints into spatial harvest scheduling on the Elliott State Forest

Creator:: Lennette, Marie
Abstract:: The Elliott State Forest, located in the Coast Range of Oregon, is currently revising their Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP). Many of the constraints in the HCP are spatial, requiring identification of specific parcels in order to limit activity along habitat reserves, limit harvest opening size, and to coordinate activities within...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: harvest units. To model the Elliott, the state forest planning team divided the 93,000 acres into 17

Potential impacts of climate change on vegetation distributions, carbon stocks, and fire regimes in the U.S. Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Rogers, Brendan M.
Abstract:: The U.S Pacific Northwest contains a wide variety of ecosystems, all subject to relatively dry summers and wet winters. As has been shown with paleoclimatic and paleoecological data, the region is vulnerable to changes in climate. We assessed the sensitivities of vegetation distributions, carbon stocks, and fire regimes to 21st...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Environmental Sciences presented on July 31, 2009. Title: Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Vegetation

Statistical analysis and speciation modeling of copper in Oregon highway runoff

Creator:: Bloomquist, Don J.
Abstract:: Low levels of copper have been shown to impair the olfactory system of threatened and endangered (T&E) salmon, decreasing their predator avoidance behavior and likely increasing mortality. However, only dissolved copper (dissCu) present as the cupric ion (Cu2+) and weakly complexed species are truly bioavailable. Previous studies indicate the vast...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: entered into a chemical equilibrium model to predict copper speciation. The results of this study show

The effects of community composition, landscape structure, and climate on host-pathogen interactions

Creator:: Moore, Sean M.
Abstract:: Like other species interactions in ecological systems, host-pathogen interactions are influenced by environmental factors, landscape characteristics and the broader community context. My thesis explores the potential influences of food-web interactions (Chapter 2), climate change (Chapter 3), landscape structure and host movement patterns (Chapter 4), and the combined influences of local...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: model parameter variables. Sourya Shresta also helped with mathematical analyses and all authors

Age structure, developmental pathways, and fire regime characterization of Douglas-fir/western hemlock forests in the central western Cascades of Oregon

Creator:: Tepley, Alan J.
Abstract:: Descriptions of the fire regime in the Douglas-fir/western hemlock region of the Pacific Northwest traditionally have emphasized infrequent, predominantly stand-replacement fires and an associated linear pathway of stand development, where all stands proceed along a common pathway until reset by the next fire. Although such a description may apply in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Cascade Range. Major objectives were to (1) develop a conceptual model of fire-mediated pathways of

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Sensitivity analysis of the Catchment Modeling Framework (CMF) and use in evaluating two agricultural management scenarios

Modeling and dating glacier fluctuations and their relation to Pacific Ocean climate

A coupled hydrologic-geomorphic model for evaluating effects of vegetation change on watersheds

Small circle subdivision method for development of global sampling grid

Local and downstream effects of contemporary forest harvesting on streamflow and sediment yield

Using a heuristic programming method for incorporating wildlife habitat constraints into spatial harvest scheduling on the Elliott State Forest

Potential impacts of climate change on vegetation distributions, carbon stocks, and fire regimes in the U.S. Pacific Northwest

Statistical analysis and speciation modeling of copper in Oregon highway runoff

The effects of community composition, landscape structure, and climate on host-pathogen interactions

Age structure, developmental pathways, and fire regime characterization of Douglas-fir/western hemlock forests in the central western Cascades of Oregon

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