Colorado's Large Snow Events' Impact On Tree Ring Growth And Dillon Reservoir, 2011 University of Denver
Colorado's Large Snow Events' Impact On Tree Ring Growth And Dillon Reservoir, Katrina Leona Marzetta
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Meteorological observations from 1894 through 2010 suggest that 17 historically large snow events occurred in the mountains of Colorado within Denver's water supply region. Of these 16 events, 14 can be identified in precipitation sensitive tree ring records as positive climatic pointer years. If these storms were to occur today, they would have the potential to fill reservoirs in Denver Water's supply system, even after years of sustained drought. These "drought busters" have the potential to refill Dillon Reservoir by increasing average yearly inflow up to 146% of the previous year's inflow. Such drought busters can help Denver recover from …
Droughtscape- Winter 2011, 2011 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Droughtscape- Winter 2011, Kelly Smith
Droughtscape, Quarterly Newsletter of NDMC, 2007-
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Influence Of Karst Landscape On Planetary Boundary Layer Atmosphere: A Weather Research And Forecasting (Wrf) Model–Based Investigation, 2011 Western Kentucky University
Influence Of Karst Landscape On Planetary Boundary Layer Atmosphere: A Weather Research And Forecasting (Wrf) Model–Based Investigation, Ronnie Leeper, Rezaul Mamood, Arturo I. Quintanar
HPRCC Personnel Publications
Karst hydrology provides a unique set of surface and subsurface hydrological components that affect soil moisture variability. Over karst topography, surface moisture moves rapidly below ground via sink holes, vertical shafts, and sinking streams, reducing surface runoff and moisture infiltration into the soil. In addition, subsurface cave blockage or rapid snowmelt over karst can lead to surface flooding. Moreover, regions dominated by karst may exhibit either drier or wetter soils when compared to nonkarst landscape. However, because of the lack of both observational soil moisture datasets to initialize simulations and regional land surface models (LSMs) that include explicit karst hydrological …
Evaluation Of Satellite-Retrieved Extreme Precipitation Rates Across The Central United States, 2011 University of California - Irvine
Evaluation Of Satellite-Retrieved Extreme Precipitation Rates Across The Central United States, A. Aghakoucak, A. Behrangi, S. Sorooshian, K. Hsu, Eyal Amitai
Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research
Water resources management, forecasting, and decision making require reliable estimates of precipitation. Extreme precipitation events are of particular importance because of their severe impact on the economy, the environment, and the society. In recent years, the emergence of various satellite-retrieved precipitation products with high spatial resolutions and global coverage have resulted in new sources of uninterrupted precipitation estimates. However, satellite-based estimates are not well integrated into operational and decision-making applications because of a lack of information regarding the associated uncertainties and reliability of these products. In this study, four satellite-derived precipitation products (CMORPH, PERSIANN, TMPA-RT, and TMPA-V6) are evaluated with …
The Influence Of The Great Lakes On Mcs Formation And Development In The Warm Season, 2011 University at Albany, State University of New York
The Influence Of The Great Lakes On Mcs Formation And Development In The Warm Season, Alan Frederick Srock
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
This study focuses on how near-surface thermal boundaries that form near the Great Lakes during the warm season can contribute to the formation of mesoscale convective systems (MCSs). Differential heating across land-water interfaces can create a cold dome of air over the lake; convection may develop when the relatively-cold dome of air becomes deep enough to enable air parcels that intersect these boundaries to reach their level of free convection. A radar-based climatology of MCS events surrounding the Great Lakes for 2002-2005 showed that MCSs frequently form in the vicinity of the Great Lakes. Composites of MCS events over the …
Ace-Fts Measurements Of Trace Species In The Characterization Of Biomass Burning Plumes, 2011 Old Dominion University
Ace-Fts Measurements Of Trace Species In The Characterization Of Biomass Burning Plumes, K. A. Tereszchuk, G. González Abad, C. Clerbaux, D. Hurtmans, P.-F. Coheur, P. F. Bernath
Chemistry & Biochemistry Faculty Publications
To further our understanding of the effects of biomass burning emissions on atmospheric composition, we report measurements of trace species in biomass burning plumes made by the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier Transform Spectrometer (ACE-FTS) instrument on the SCISAT-1 satellite. An extensive set of 15 molecules, C2H2, C2H6, CH3OH, CH4, CO, H2CO, HCN, HCOOH, HNO3, NO, NO2, N2O5, O-3, OCS and SF6 are used in our analysis. Even though most biomass burning smoke is typically confined to the …
Aerosol Climatology Over Nile Delta Based On Modis, Misr And Omi Satellite Data, 2011 National Center for Atmospheric Research
Aerosol Climatology Over Nile Delta Based On Modis, Misr And Omi Satellite Data, H. S. Marey, J. C. Gille, Hesham El-Askary, E. A. Shalaby, Mohamed El Raey
Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science Faculty Articles and Research
Since 1999 Cairo and the Nile delta region have suffered from air pollution episodes called the “black cloud” during the fall season. These have been attributed to either burning of agriculture waste or long-range transport of desert dust. Here we present a detailed analysis of the optical and microphysical aerosol properties, based on satellite data. Monthly mean values of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aerosol optical depth (AOD) at 550 nm were examined for the 10 yr period from 2000–2009. Significant monthly variability is observed in the AOD with maxima in April or May (_0.5) and October (_0.45), and a …
The Influence Of Meteorological Parameters On Rainfall And Severe Weather In Pinellas County, Fl, 2011 University of South Florida
The Influence Of Meteorological Parameters On Rainfall And Severe Weather In Pinellas County, Fl, Cristina A. Mazza
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Pinellas County is located on a peninsula in Florida that experiences daily patterns of sea breeze associated rainfall mainly during the summer months of June through August. Previously, rainfall patterns, amounts and timing and severe weather in Pinellas County have not been examined considering dominant wind flow patterns, sea breeze circulations and other atmospheric variables. To improve forecasting of local mesoscale phenomena, this project examined the rainfall patterns, amounts and timing and severe weather occurrences that occur as a result of sea breezes and associated prevailing wind regimes within Pinellas County for the months of June, July and August for …
Ua668/4 Ogden College Of Science & Engineering Geography & Geology Administration, 2010 Western Kentucky University
Ua668/4 Ogden College Of Science & Engineering Geography & Geology Administration, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about the administration of the Geography & Geology department.
Propagating And Non-Propagating Intraseasonal Oscillations In The Tropical Atmosphere: Their Vertical And Horizontal Structures And Developing Mechanisms, 2010 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Propagating And Non-Propagating Intraseasonal Oscillations In The Tropical Atmosphere: Their Vertical And Horizontal Structures And Developing Mechanisms, Zhaoning Liang
School of Natural Resources: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
A fixed beamformer is proposed and designed to identify source regions of Intra-Seasonal Oscillations (ISO) in the tropical atmosphere. After tested by simulations of single and complex sources of waves, the fixed beamformer is applied to the ECMWF interpolated data grids to detect and identify source regions of the ISO in the tropical Indian and Pacific Ocean region. Results show that the fixed beamforming technique can uniquely identify the source region of the ISO, the source regions of all major ISO in the tropical Indian and western equatorial Pacific region from 1974 to 2002 have been identified.
Examinations of ISO …
Sfa Weather Station-December 2010, 2010 Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Sfa Weather Station-December 2010, Arthur Temple College Of Forestry And Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Weather Station Data
No abstract provided.
Sfa Weather Station-November 2010, 2010 Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Sfa Weather Station-November 2010, Arthur Temple College Of Forestry And Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Weather Station Data
No abstract provided.
Changing Precipitation And Land Cover Increasing Sedimentation In The Panama Canal Watershed, 2010 University of Alabama in Huntsville
Changing Precipitation And Land Cover Increasing Sedimentation In The Panama Canal Watershed, Tiffany Keeton, Cory Manberg, Josh Myrick
Von Braun Symposium Student Posters
No abstract provided.
Comparison Of Mm5 And Wrf Forecast Models, Cmorph And Hydro Estimator Satellite Estimates To Ground-Based Rain Gauge Data, 2010 University of Alabama in Huntsville
Comparison Of Mm5 And Wrf Forecast Models, Cmorph And Hydro Estimator Satellite Estimates To Ground-Based Rain Gauge Data, Melanie Phillips, Nicole Dsouza
Von Braun Symposium Student Posters
No abstract provided.
Utilization Of Goes Observation To Evaluate Cloud Prediction By The Wrf, 2010 University of Alabama in Huntsville
Utilization Of Goes Observation To Evaluate Cloud Prediction By The Wrf, Yun Hee Park
Von Braun Symposium Student Posters
No abstract provided.
Calibration Of The Total Carbon Column Observing Network Using Aircraft Profile Data, 2010 California Institute of Technology
Calibration Of The Total Carbon Column Observing Network Using Aircraft Profile Data, D. Wunch, G. Toon, P. Wennberg, Steven Wofsy, B. Stephens, M. Fischer, O. Uchino, J. Abshire, P. Bernath, S. Biraud, J.-F. Blavier, C. Boone, K. Bowman, E. Browell, T. Campos, B. Connor, B. Daube, N. Deutscher, Minghui Diao, J. Elkins, C. Gerbig, E. Gottlieb, D. W. Griffith, D. Hurst, R. Jimenez, G. Keppel-Aleks, E. Kort, R. Macatangay, T. Machida, H. Matsueda, F. Moore, I. Morino, S. Park, J. Robinson, C. Roehl, Y. Sawa, V. Sherlock, C. Sweeney, T. Tanaka, M. Zondlo
Faculty Publications, Meteorology and Climate Science
The Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON) produces precise measurements of the column average dry-air mole fractions of CO2, CO, CH4, N2O and H2O at a variety of sites worldwide. These observations rely on spectroscopic parameters that are not known with sufficient accuracy to compute total columns that can be used in combination with in situ measurements. The TCCON must therefore be calibrated to World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in situ trace gas measurement scales. We present a calibration of TCCON data using WMO-scale instrumentation aboard aircraft that measured profiles over four TCCON stations during 2008 and 2009. These calibrations are …
Sfa Weather Station-October 2010, 2010 Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Sfa Weather Station-October 2010, Arthur Temple College Of Forestry And Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Weather Station Data
No abstract provided.
Chemistry–Climate Model Simulations Of Twenty-First Century Stratospheric Climate And Circulation Changes, 2010 University of Toronto
Chemistry–Climate Model Simulations Of Twenty-First Century Stratospheric Climate And Circulation Changes, Neal Butchart, I. Cionni, V. Eyring, T. G. Shepherd, D. W. Waugh, H. Akiyoshi, J. Austin, C. Brühl, M. P. Chipperfield, Eugene C. Cordero, M. Dameris, R. Deckert, S. Dhomse, S. M. Frith, R. R. Garcia, A. Gettelman, M. A. Giorgetta, D. E. Kinnison, F. Li, E. Mancini, S. Pawson, G. Pitari, D. A. Plummer, E. Rozanov, F. Sassi, J. F. Scinocca, K. Shibata, B. Steil, W. Tian
Eugene C. Cordero
The response of stratospheric climate and circulation to increasing amounts of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and ozone recovery in the twenty-first century is analyzed in simulations of 11 chemistry–climate models using near-identical forcings and experimental setup. In addition to an overall global cooling of the stratosphere in the simulations (0.59 ± 0.07 K decade−1 at 10 hPa), ozone recovery causes a warming of the Southern Hemisphere polar lower stratosphere in summer with enhanced cooling above. The rate of warming correlates with the rate of ozone recovery projected by the models and, on average, changes from 0.8 to 0.48 K decade …
Chemistry–Climate Model Simulations Of Twenty-First Century Stratospheric Climate And Circulation Changes, 2010 Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, United Kingdom
Chemistry–Climate Model Simulations Of Twenty-First Century Stratospheric Climate And Circulation Changes, Neal Butchart, I. Cionni, V. Eyring, T. G. Shepherd, D. W. Waugh, H. Akiyoshi, J. Austin, C. Brühl, M. P. Chipperfield, Eugene C. Cordero, M. Dameris, R. Deckert, S. Dhomse, S. M. Frith, R. R. Garcia, A. Gettelman, M. A. Giorgetta, D. E. Kinnison, F. Li, E. Mancini, S. Pawson, G. Pitari, D. A. Plummer, E. Rozanov, F. Sassi, J. F. Scinocca, K. Shibata, B. Steil, W. Tian
Faculty Publications, Meteorology and Climate Science
The response of stratospheric climate and circulation to increasing amounts of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and ozone recovery in the twenty-first century is analyzed in simulations of 11 chemistry–climate models using near-identical forcings and experimental setup. In addition to an overall global cooling of the stratosphere in the simulations (0.59 ± 0.07 K decade−1 at 10 hPa), ozone recovery causes a warming of the Southern Hemisphere polar lower stratosphere in summer with enhanced cooling above. The rate of warming correlates with the rate of ozone recovery projected by the models and, on average, changes from 0.8 to 0.48 K decade …
Droughtscape- Fall 2010, 2010 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Droughtscape- Fall 2010, Kelly Smith
Droughtscape, Quarterly Newsletter of NDMC, 2007-
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