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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Examining Land Use/Land Cover Change And Potential Causal Factors In The Context Of Climate Change In Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal, Kamal Humagain
Examining Land Use/Land Cover Change And Potential Causal Factors In The Context Of Climate Change In Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal, Kamal Humagain
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
In the context of growing tourism and global warming, the fragile landscape of the Himalayas is under immense pressure because of rapid land cover changes in developing countries like Nepal. Remotely sensed data combined with ethnographic knowledge are useful tools for studying such changes. The quantitative change can be measured analyzing satellite images whereas local people’s perceptions provide supportive information. To measure such changes in Sagarmatha National Park of Nepal, Multispectral Scanner (MSS) and Thematic Mapper (TM) images since 1972 were used. Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) was calculated for different elevation classes and land cover types. These measurements, along …
Teleconnective Influences On The Strength Of Post-Tropical Cyclones, Jeremy Young
Teleconnective Influences On The Strength Of Post-Tropical Cyclones, Jeremy Young
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Over the 1951-2009 time period, 47% of all tropical systems in the Atlantic Basin transitioned to post-tropical storms. These storms are capable of producing hurricaneforce winds, torrential, flooding rains and storm surge that floods coastal areas. This study adds to previous climatological work by completing a case-study of Hurricane Ike (2008) and examining how teleconnections such as the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO), the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) contribute to the strength of a transitioning post-tropical storm. T-tests performed show strong statistical relationships between an increase (decrease) in post-tropical storm …
Could Us-Syrian Strategies Lead To Genocide?, David J. Keeling
Could Us-Syrian Strategies Lead To Genocide?, David J. Keeling
Earth, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Whose Islands Are These Anyway?, David J. Keeling
Whose Islands Are These Anyway?, David J. Keeling
Earth, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences Faculty Publications
This opinion piece addresses Argentina's growing political rhetoric about its claims to the Malvians/Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
Davis, Benjamin T., 1870-1929 (Sc 2591), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davis, Benjamin T., 1870-1929 (Sc 2591), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2591. Typescript copy of an address titled “The State Line,” delivered by Senator B.T. Davis, Hickman, Kentucky, before the Kentucky State Bar Association at Bowling Green, Kentucky. The address details information about the borders of Kentucky and the history of the borders and territories in America.
Creation Of A Spatial Decision Support System As A Risk Assessment Tool Based On Kentucky Tornado Climatology, Christopher Michael Blinn
Creation Of A Spatial Decision Support System As A Risk Assessment Tool Based On Kentucky Tornado Climatology, Christopher Michael Blinn
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Tornadoes are one of Mother Nature’s deadliest phenomena. They affect a large region of the United States. The risk of tornadoes is contingent on dynamic atmospheric conditions that are most likely during spring but which can occur anytime of the year, making the storms challenging to forecast. Using geographical information systems (GIS), a web-based spatial decision support system (SDSS) was created to help understand the spatial dimension of tornado risk assessment. The risk values are calculated using Tornado Days rather than taking a crude density measurement. The SDSS hosts GIS web services that are displayed on an Adobe Flex application. …
Chamberlain, John B. (Sc 2531), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Chamberlain, John B. (Sc 2531), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2531. Letter written from Kaler, Graves County, Kentucky, by John B. Chamberlain to his daughter. He gives a general description of Kaler and its environs, including its low-lying terrain, local businesses, and railroad access.
Anderson, Linda Allen (Fa 77), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Anderson, Linda Allen (Fa 77), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 77. “Stone Masons and Their Craft in the Bluegrass Area of Kentucky,” interpretive paper and interviews executed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University in 1986. Collection includes photographs of stone cutting and stonework in the Bluegrass region.
Galloway, Ewing, 1881-1953 (Sc 2502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Galloway, Ewing, 1881-1953 (Sc 2502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2502. Correspondence of Ewing Galloway, a native of Henderson, Kentucky and the owner of a photography agency in New York City, with Mary Marks, a geography professor at Western Kentucky University, related to a gift of photographs made to the Kentucky Library & Museum at WKU. Also includes clippings, chiefly related to Galloway’s return to Henderson, Kentucky and the gift to WKU.
Morse, Rebecca D. (Fa 67), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morse, Rebecca D. (Fa 67), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 67. Thesis: “Tinsley Bottom Tennessee: An Historical Reconstruction Utilizing Oral Narrative Traditions” by Rebecca D. Morse in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts, Department of Folk and Intercultural Studies at Western Kentucky University.
Some Biogeographers, Evolutionists And Ecologists: Chrono-Biographical Sketches, Charles H. Smith, Joshua Woleben, Carubie Rodgers
Some Biogeographers, Evolutionists And Ecologists: Chrono-Biographical Sketches, Charles H. Smith, Joshua Woleben, Carubie Rodgers
DLPS Faculty Publications
Each name in the following list of naturalists is linked to a corresponding capsule "chrono-biographical" sketch of that individual prepared by the authors. Coverage extends from approximately 1950 backward in time as far as the eighteenth century; figures from all over the world are included (though there is admittedly a decided Anglo-American bias). The target subject here is biogeography, but this being a broad field there are many persons on the list who are better known as climatologists, zoologists, botanists, ecologists, oceanographers, paleontologists, etc.--in other words, who made their main reputations in cognate disciplines.
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Ua94/6/9 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Wku Lena Annis, Wku Archives
Ua94/6/9 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Wku Lena Annis, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about Lena Annis. Series includes term papers and subject notebooks for English, Mathematics, Geography and Education. Also included are Class of 1931 reunion materials.
Ua1f Wku Buildings & Property Lists, Wku Archives
Ua1f Wku Buildings & Property Lists, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Records
A compilation of lists of WKU buildings indicating namesake, date built, architects, replacement value, construction type and brief histories. Buildings included are:
- Academic Complex
- Barnes-Campbell Hall
- Barracks
- Bates-Runner Hall
- Bemis Lawrence Hall
- Cabell Hall
- Central Hall
- Cherry Hall
- Cherryton
- College High Hall
- Colonnade
- Copy Center
- Craig Alumni Center
- Cravens Graduate Center
- Denes Field
- Diddle Arena
- Diddle Dorm
- Downing Student Center
- East Hall
- Environmental Sciences & Technology
- Faculty House
- Frisbie Hall
- Ft. Albert Sidney Johnston
- Garrett Conference Center
- Gilbert Hall
- Gordon Wilson Hall
- Grise Hall
- Hardin Planetarium
- Helm Library
- Home Management House
- Industrial Education
- Industrial Education Annex
- Ivan Wilson Fine Arts …