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

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Rogers, Brendan M.

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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...

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Masters Thesis

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Environmental Sciences presented on July 31, 2009. Title: Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Vegetation
Modeling and dating glacier fluctuations and their relation to Pacific Ocean climate

Creator:

Anslow, Faron S.

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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...

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Dissertation

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surface energy balance model has been developed. This model has been applied to annual simulations of
Flow-Solute : A Tool for Exploring the Effects of Nitrogen Management in Alternative Future Scenarios

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Wentworth, Andrew Michael

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Surface water quality is a growing concern in the Willamette River Basin and elsewhere. The region's growing population is dependent on the availability of clean water for drinking water, irrigation, wastewater dilution, and wildlife habitat. Watershed management to produce economic goods and environmental services requires an understanding of basic hydrologic...

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Masters Thesis

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that are changing. In the case of LULC change, it is only appropriate to use a model that includes a