Browsing by Author "Hetland, Robert"
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Palacios Celin, Otoniel Cesar (2016-04-29)Interannual variability in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean is explored using a high resolution ocean model. The model domain covers the coast of South America to 96°W, including the Galapagos Islands, and from 15°S ...
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Smith, Jamie Brooke (Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)The baroclinic and surface-frictional contributions to stratified wake formation are considered as a function of the non-dimensional height ( = Nho/U) and aspect-ratio ( = ho/L) of the barrier. Numerical simulations are ...
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Loeser, Carlee Frances (2016-07-08)This study investigates the efficiency of the operational global ensemble forecast systems in capturing the spatiotemporal evolution of the forecast uncertainty. It has two novel aspects: first, it extends the results of ...
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Barrier Layers of the Atlantic Warm Pool: Formation Mechanism and Influence on Weather and Climate Balaguru, Karthik (2011-08-08)The aim of this research is to study the formation mechanism of Barrier Layers (BL) in the western tropical Atlantic and their influence on the tropical Atlantic climate at both short and long timescales. Many Coupled ...
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Leung, Pak Tao (2012-02-14)The Remote Anthropogenic Sensing Program was a five year effort (2001- 2005) to examine subsurface phenomena related to a sewage outfall off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii. This research has implications for basic ocean ...
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Qian, Tingting (2010-07-14)Two problems in mesoscale wave dynamics are addressed: (i) wave-turbulence interaction in a breaking mountain wave and (ii) gravity wave generation associated with coastal heating gradients. The mean and turbulent structures ...
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Hutschenreuter, Katie Lynn (2017-04-26)Tidal flows through inlets with vortex formation have long been of great environmental importance. The transport mechanisms between the bay and the ocean must be well understood to correctly predict the transport of sediment, ...
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Dehkharghanian, Vadoud (2016-12-09)In this research, we used experiments to measure the passive concentration field inside a multi-phase plume with an application to help design an injection system for subsea injection of dispersant during an accidental ...
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Ye, Hao (2018-05-04)The objective of this dissertation is to investigate the physical processes controlling the spatial distribution of water vapor in the tropical tropopause layer (TTL) and the impact of convective ice evaporation on TTL ...
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Guarriello, Felicia Rose (2016-08-05)Supercell thunderstorms simulated using the numerical model CM1 are used to analyze the effects of low-level vertical wind shear on near-ground rotation in the storm. In particular, the parameters being assessed are the ...
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Jin, Kyoung-Wook (Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)An improved physically-based rainfall algorithm was developed using AMSR-E data based on a radiative transfer model. In addition, error models were designed and embedded in the algorithm to assess retrieval errors ...
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Yu, Wandi (2020-10-15)We quantify the connection between deep convection occurrence and the summertime 100-hPa water vapor anomaly over the North America (NA) region and find substantial consistency of their interannual variations. We also find ...
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Brown, Matthew (2018-08-03)Supercell thunderstorms are simulated using a numerical model in order to probe the effects of changing low-level moisture, and thus lifting condensation level (LCL), on outflow characteristics and the evolution of ...
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Ruiz Xomchuk, Veronica Isabel (2020-07-21)While the occurrence of seasonal bottom hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico is an extensively studied subject, most research effort has been put on understanding and quantifying hypoxic extent, and little is known about ...
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Ryan, Darcie E (2016-08-31)The dinoflagellate Karenia brevis is a prominent bloom-forming harmful algae species in the Gulf of Mexico. K. brevis produces two ladder-frame polyketide brevetoxins, PbTx-1 and PbTx-2. PbTx-1, PbTx-2, and their derivatives ...
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Whilden, Kerri Ann (2015-08-11)Laboratory and field measurements are presented as part of a study of tidal exchange through Aransas Pass, Texas. At the mouth of Aransas Pass, the input of circulation by the ebb tide forces the formation of a starting-jet ...
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Whilden, Kerri Ann (2010-10-12)Estuaries depend on the transport of nutrients and sediments from the open sea to help maintain a prosperous environment. One of the major transport mechanisms is the propagation of large two dimensional vortical structures. ...
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Swigler, David Townley (2010-10-12)A laboratory experiment was performed to investigate the three-dimensional turbulence and kinematic properties that develop due to a breaking solitary and an irregular shallow water bathymetry. A large basin equipped with ...
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Jellis, Daniel R (2022-12-08)Deep convection that penetrates the tropopause, otherwise known as overshooting convection, is capable of lifting tropospheric air well into the stratosphere. In addition to moisture, these overshoots also transport many ...
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Yu, Wandi (2017-10-24)Changes in the amount of stratospheric water vapor can affect both the chemistry and climate in the stratosphere and troposphere. Convectively lofted ice near and above the tropopause can evaporate and contribute to ...