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  • Motivating programmers through karma systems

    Creator:
    Cedeno, Jose
    Abstract:
    Keeping FOSS developers motivated is a challenging problem, and their motivation levels can affect the team's productivity and satisfaction, leading to higher or lower productivity. Using reputation systems as a motivator has become the de-facto standard for many online communities, rewarding user's activity through badges of honor or achievement levels....
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    Masters Thesis
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     Budd  and  Kipp  Shearman  for  providing  insightful   feedback  and  comments

  • Fishermen in Ocean Observing Research

    Creator:
    Holmes, Susan
    Abstract:
    Recent observational programs to understand the coastal ocean, like the Oregon Coastal Ocean Observing System (OrCOOS) are under development (www.orcoos.org). A challenge in facing observing systems is achieving spatial and temporal coverage at scales that are useful for ocean modeling. Observational buoys are relatively few and towed arrays and gliders...
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    Capstone Project
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    University, 104 COAS Admin., Oregon State Univ., 97331 Dr. Kipp Shearman College of Oceanic and

  • Turbulence and biophysical fluxes in the near surface ocean

    Creator:
    Hoecker-Martínez, Martín
    Abstract:
    Vertical transports of plankton, momentum, heat, and turbulence are modeled. A novel integration of high resolution turbulence and biophysical modeling is used to show the influence of a Kelvin-Helmholtz instability on the vertical migration of simple gyrotactic organisms. A viscous limit on mixing driven by shear turbulence is proposed. Large...
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    Dissertation
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    Levine as well as present Martin Storksdieck, Jim Moum, Simon DeSzorke, Kip Shearman, Eric Skyllingstad

  • Influence of upwelling-season coastal currents on near-bottom dissolved oxygen concentrations over a submarine bank

    Creator:
    Adams, Katherine A.
    Abstract:
    Wind-driven coastal upwelling brings subsurface water onto the central-Oregon shelf after the spring transition each year. This cold and salty source water is oxygen-poor, yet above the hypoxic threshold, dissolved oxygen < 1.4 ml l⁻¹. Once on the shelf, dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations of upwelled near-bottom waters are modified by...
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    Dissertation
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    scientist to work alongside. I also thank my committee members, Drs. Francis Chan, R. Kipp Shearman

  • Dynamics of the Columbia River tidal plume

    Creator:
    Kilcher, Levi F.
    Abstract:
    This dissertation investigates the dynamics of the tidally modulated outflow from the Columbia River mouth using high resolution measurements of velocity, density and turbulent microstructure. At high tide, flow through the river mouth reverses from flood (onshore) to ebb (offshore). During ebb, buoyant fluid issues from the river mouth and...
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    Dissertation
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    Kipp Shear- man, for their support, time and perspective. Thanks to Bill Smyth and Roland De Szoeke

  • An empirical statistical model relating winds and ocean surface currents : implications for short-term current forecasts

    Creator:
    Zelenke, Brian Christopher
    Abstract:
    An empirical statistical model is developed that relates the non-tidal motion of the ocean surface currents off the Oregon coast to forecasts of the coastal winds. The empirical statistical model is then used to produce predictions of the surface currents that are evaluated for their agreement with measured currents. Measurements...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    processing. Nancy Kerkvliet, Kipp Shearman, and Ted Strub for their guidance and service as my committee

  • Essays on the interactions between land use, natural amenity and wildfire risk

    Creator:
    Xu, Wenchao
    Abstract:
    It is essential to study the relationship between environmental features and human land-use activities that can provide a better understanding of human-environment interactions. In a response, this dissertation addresses the human-environment issues from different perspectives in three essays. The first essay conducts an integrated analysis to investigate the impacts of...
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    Dissertation
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    M. Adams, Dr. Munisamy Gopinath, Dr. Andrew J. Plantinga, and Dr. R. Kipp Shearman, for their

  • The changing glaciers of Mt. Hood, Oregon and Mt. Rainier, Washington : implications for periglacial debris flows

    Creator:
    Ellinger, Jonathan R.
    Abstract:
    Mountain glaciers are receding worldwide with numerous consequences including changing hydrology and geomorphology. This study focuses on changes in glacier area on Mt. Hood, Oregon and Mt. Rainier, Washington where damaging debris flows have occurred in glaciated basins. Landsat imagery is used to map debris-free ice on a decadal time...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Stephen Lancaster, Jon Kimerling, and Kipp Shearman for their valuable insight and constructive feedback

  • High-resolution sampling of particulate organic carbon in a coastal upwelling system

    Creator:
    Holser, Rachel R.
    Abstract:
    Summertime, wind-driven upwelling off the Oregon coast delivers nutrient rich water to the surface that fuels the autotrophic production of particulate organic carbon (POC). This POC can be transported horizontally by fluid motions and vertically by sinking to the bottom where it can be entrained in the benthic boundary layer...
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    Masters Thesis
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    can improve. Thank you to my other committee members, Dr. Zanna Chase and Dr. Kipp Shearman, for

  • Application and Validation of Geant4 Modeling for Optimization of Complex Structures for Fast Neutron Detection

    Creator:
    Capps, Jacob W.
    Abstract:
    Fast neutron detection is important to the detection of illicit nuclear materials and can help prevent those materials from being used or transported without discovery. Previous research has shown that Heavy Oxide Inorganic Scintillator crystals can be used to detect fast neutrons by capitalizing on their high inelastic scattering cross...
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    Dissertation
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    alpha particle and Q is the disintegration energy and inside the nuclear surface r = a from [3