Atmospheric & Oceanic Science Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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REMOTE SENSING OF AEROSOL AND THE PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER, AND EXPLORING THEIR INTERACTIONS
(2022)Aerosol-planetary boundary layer (PBL) interaction (API) is an important mechanism affecting the thermodynamics and convection in the lower atmosphere. API plays a critical role in the formation of severe pollution events ... -
An evaluation of convection-allowing ensemble forecast sensitivity to initial conditions
(2021)This dissertation aims to advance understanding of initial conditions (ICs) for convection-allowing ensembles (CAEs). To do so, experiments with 80-member limited-area ensemble Kalman filters (EnKFs) were performed over ... -
RETRIEVALS OF ANTARCTIC SEA ICE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES FROM SATELLITE RADAR ALTIMETRY
(2021)Satellite observations have been used in sea ice research throughout the last 40+ years and have brought to light substantial changes in the global sea ice coverage. More recently, satellite altimetry has become a valuable ... -
The Role of Soil Hydro-physical Properties in Land-atmosphere Interactions and Regional Climate
(2021)Soil hydro-physical properties are necessary components in weather and climate simulation; yet, the parameter inaccuracies introduce considerable uncertainty in the representation of surface water and energy fluxes. The ... -
Satellite Remote Sensing of Smoke Particle Optical Properties, Their Evolution and Controlling Factors
(2021)The optical and chemical properties of biomass burning (BB) smoke particles greatly affect the impact wildfires have on climate and air quality. Previous work has demonstrated some links between smoke properties and factors ...