Browsing by Subject "remote sensing"
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(2017-12-12)Rip currents are concentrated seaward flows of water originating in the surf zone of beaches that are responsible for hundreds of injuries and fatal drownings worldwide annually. Calculating the exact number of deaths is ...
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(2014-09-29)Sargassum is a common type of seaweed observed in the Sargasso Sea, located in a portion of of the western mid-Atlantic. Seasonally Sargassum inundates the beaches of Texas and the cost for its removal results in great ...
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(2012-07-16)The majority of biofuels are produced from corn and grain. The drawback to these sources of biofuels is the vast amount of cultivated land needed to produce substantial amounts of biofuel, potentially increasing the price ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)Over the past century, glaciers throughout the tropics have predominately retreated. These small glaciers, which respond quickly to climate changes, are becoming increasingly important in understanding glacier-climate ...
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(2023-06-06)For sorghum to continue to remain a competitive crop, continual increases in yield need to be made. However, other traits such as abiotic stress tolerance, biotic stress tolerance, and most recently herbicide tolerance ...
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(2023-06-06)For sorghum to continue to remain a competitive crop, continual increases in yield need to be made. However, other traits such as abiotic stress tolerance, biotic stress tolerance, and most recently herbicide tolerance ...
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(2014-12-08)The studies in this thesis aim to improve the overall understanding of the characteristics of the marine stratocumulus to shallow cumulus transition over the southeast Pacific Ocean. This study uses observations from ...
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(2018-06-08)The single scattering properties of ice cloud particles are inferred from spaceborne multi-angle satellite sensors with two newly developed noise-resilient retrieval techniques. The first presented method parameterizes the ...
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(2022-04-19)Agroecosystems, even when crops are planted in monoculture, are complex and characterized by heterogeneity. Disease incidence and inoculum density vary across space and time, but explanation for this variation enhances ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)During the last century wetlands have considerably decreased. The principal cause is urbanization, especially in large urban regions such as the Houston area. In order to protect the remaining wetlands, they have to be ...
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Detection of Forest Mortality from the 2011 Texas Drought and Examination of Environmental Drivers (2016-05-02)Climate change projections have predicted more frequent and severe droughts that may lead to major loss of trees and subsequent range shifts. Drought-induced tree mortality leaves both dead & live trees intermixed that ...
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(2019-10-31)Hurricane Irma struck the National Key Deer Refuge (NKDR) on 10 September 2017, disturbing forested habitat used by endangered species across the refuge through high winds and storm surge flooding. By investigating the ...
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(2018-11-26)Plant breeders must improve the efficiency of their programs to meet the needs of a rising world population and a rapidly changing climate. Proximal and remote sensing technologies stand as an attractive option for breeders, ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)Pinus taeda L. dynamics, migration patterns and genetic structure were investigated over geological time scale (the past 21,000 years), historical time scale (the past 500 years) and recent time scale (the past 50 years ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Population growth and urban sprawl have contributed to the formation of significant urban heat island phenomena in Houston, Texas, the fourth largest city in the United States. The population growth in Houston was 25.8% ...
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(2017-11-14)Floodplains are among the most biologically productive, but also threatened ecosystems in the world with global loss of natural systems exceeding 60%. Human development activities, including the construction of dams, mining ...
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(2017-05-10)Snow cover plays an important role in the Earth’s climate systems. Accurately estimating snow cover is beneficial for predicting the runoff from snowmelt. Fractional Snow Cover (FSC) mapping computes the fraction of snow ...
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(2009-05-15)Ice clouds occur quite frequently, yet so much about these clouds is unknown. In recent years, numerous investigations and field campaigns have been focused on the study of ice clouds, all with the ultimate goal of gaining ...
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(2011-08-08)In this study, I examined the effect of watershed urbanization on the invasion of alien woody species in riparian forests. This study was conducted in three major steps: 1) estimating the degree of watershed urbanization ...
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(2018-08-02)Nitrogen (N) management is critical for producing high yielding grain sorghum in Texas. Many producers utilize planter options for starter fertilizer application, including in furrow or 2x2 placements of N and phosphorus ...