The overarching objective of this study is to examine and compare the vulnerabilities of bridges combining effects of earthquake-induced ground shaking, ground failure (e.g., landslides and lateral spreading), and tsunami inundation. A parametric study is performed to understand the sensitivity of economic loss and traffic capacity with respect to the...
This research effort considers bicyclist’s left-turn behavior at roadway intersections with varying levels of traffic control; specifically, seeking to address the question where do bicyclists look to acquire information. A demographic comparison was made to determine if factors such as gender or experience influence the nature of how a bicyclist...
Declines in glacier area and volume are widespread. These changes will have important hydrologic consequences since glaciers store tremendous amounts of fresh water and buffer seasonally low flows in many densely populated regions. In this thesis I focus on a region that is hydrologically vulnerable to glacier change, namely the...
We describe an integrated spatially distributed hydrologic
and glacier dynamic model, and use it to investigate
the effect of glacier recession on streamflow variations
for the upper Bow River basin, a tributary of the South
Saskatchewan River, Alberta, Canada. Several recent studies
have suggested that observed decreases in summer flows...
The role of glaciers as temporal water reservoirs is particularly pronounced in the (outer) tropics because of the very distinct wet/dry seasons. Rapid glacier retreat caused by climatic changes is thus a major concern, and decision makers demand urgently for regional/local glacier evolution trends, ice mass estimates and runoff assessments....
Passive capillary samplers (PCAPS), which sample water from the vadose zone via a hanging water column in a fiberglass wick, have shown potential to provide superior estimates of soil water flux compared to alternative methods. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the performance of PCAPS under natural rain-fed...
‘ORCF-103’ is a common soft white winter wheat developed by Oregon State University in cooperation with the USDA Agricultural Research Service. This publication describes the variety, its agronomic characteristics, development, and seed availability.
‘Skiles’ is a common soft white winter wheat developed by Oregon State University in cooperation with the USDA Agricultural Research Service. This publication describes the variety, its agronomic characteristics, development, and seed availability.
'Tubbs 06' is a soft white winter wheat variety developed by Oregon State University in cooperation with the USDA Agricultural Research Service. This publication describes the agronomic characteristics, development, and availability of Tubbs 06.
'Tubbs' is a soft white winter wheat variety developed by Oregon State University in cooperation with the USDA Agricultural Research Service. This publication describes the agronomic characteristics, development, and availability of Tubbs.