Browsing by Subject "Precipitation"
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(2011-08-08)In this study, the space-time relationship of precipitation fields is examined by testing the Taylor's "frozen field" hypothesis (TH). Specifically, the hypothesis supposes that if a spatio-temporal precipitation field ...
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(2012-10-19)A census of 24 coupled (CMIP) and 13 uncoupled (AMIP) models from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) fourth assessment report (AR4) were compared with observations and reanalysis to show varied ability ...
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(2015-11-20)The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is a main driver of the Hadley circu-lation and a large component of the hydrologic cycle. With recent studies indicating changes in the width and strength of the Hadley circulation ...
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(2019-02-07)The discovery of new materials is a necessary component for the advancement of humanity as a species, which is evidenced by the common practice of delineating major eras of humanity by the materials associated with the ...
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(2016-08-24)Because extreme precipitation poses a potential threat to local water resource systems, this study predicts and analyzes future precipitation in the Houston area. The Modified Bartlett-Lewis Rectangular Pulse (MBLRP) model ...
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(2014-12-18)The shape memory behavior in NiTi alloys can be exploited for a wide variety of applications that require active materials. The application dictates the transformation temperatures and hysteresis of the alloy. NiTi alloys ...
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This project covers the impacts of climate change on the West African Monsoon system using observations and simulations from a set of climate models. We focus on three variables that characterize the wet season: date of ...
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(2019-11-26)This dissertation investigated the impacts of natural and anthropogenic aerosols on Atlantic tropical cyclones by combining observational analyses and numerical modeling. The objectives of the research were to assess the ...
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(2013-07-30)This dissertation examines the causes of variations in tropical cyclone precipitation (TCP) and the relationship between TCP and river discharge in Texas. The dissertation has three major objectives: 1) investigate the ...
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(2017-05-02)A new morphing based technique is proposed for the verification of deterministic precipitation forecasts. It provides accurate estimates of the components of the precipitation forecast error for a significantly longer range ...
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A Multi-Decadal Precipitation Evaluation for Namibia Using Satellite, Model, and Ground-Based Data (2019-06-18)Precipitation in southern Africa exhibits high variability with rain often falling in an intense deluge or not at all. Considerable research has gone into understanding what drives precipitation in southern Africa and how ...
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(2015-01-16)This study combines hydro-climatological and biological components for addressing variability in precipitation and vegetation patterns under climate change. We explore the marginal and interactive effects of vegetation and ...
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(2018-04-03)Biopolymers provide an option for protein purification and are being used due to their biodegradability, cost efficiency, non-toxicity and abundance in nature. This study investigated the use of natural and synthetic ...
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(2013-04-30)One major acknowledged challenge in daily precipitation is the inability to model extreme events in the spectrum of events. These extreme events are rare but may cause large losses. How to realistically simulate extreme ...
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(2011-02-22)The purpose of this dissertation is to enhance the applicability and the accuracy of the Poisson cluster stochastic rainfall generators. Firstly, the 6 parameters of the Modified Bartlett-Lewis Rectangular Pulse (MBLRP) ...