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Diagnosing Thunderstorms Induced Power Outages with the Rapid Refresh Model
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Author
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Cucinotta, Rachel
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Meteorology, Atmospheric science
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Description
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Duke Energy customers frequently experience electrical power outages caused by thunderstorms that produce strong surface winds and subsequently damage power distribution infrastructure. To better anticipate such outages, forecasters would benefit ...
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Indoor Air Quality, Sleep Quality and Next-Day Cognitive Performance
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Author
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Zendels, Philip
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Psychology, Atmospheric science, Cognitive psychology
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Description
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Sleep is important for numerous regulatory processes of health and cognition and sleep impairments can lead to impairments in these outcomes. Sleep and breathing disorders such as Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) have been well documented in impairin...
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Long-Term Changes in Seasonal Temperature Extremes Worldwide
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Author
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Van Ormer, Allison
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Climatic changes, Meteorology, Atmospheric science
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Description
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The temperatures a country, state, or any particular area experience over many decadestend towards a bell curve probability distribution, such that the mean value is the center of the distribution, and the range of values experienced can be quanti...
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Reanalysis of the Extended Multivariate ENSO Index
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Author
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Webb, Eric
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Meteorology, Atmospheric science
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Description
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The El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the most robust, coupled ocean-atmospheric component of intraseasonal-interannual variability on the globe. Therefore, an index that effectively characterizes a large fraction of ENSO’s total variability ...
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THE TEMPORAL EVOLUTION OF TORNADIC AND NON-TORNADIC VORTEX2 NEAR-STORM ENVIRONMENTS
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Author
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Mansfield, Austin
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Meteorology, Atmospheric science
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Description
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ABSTRACT AUSTIN DANIEL MANSFIELD. The Temporal Evolution of Tornadic and Non-Tornadic VORTEX2 Near-Storm Environments. (Under the direction of DR. CASEY DAVENPORT) The VORTEX2 field experiment provided a wealth of data on the near-storm environmen...
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Using Downscaled Climate Model Output to Examine Climate Change in North Carolina
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Author
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Robinson, Andrew
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Atmospheric science
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Description
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Climate change is a pressing issue people in North Carolina are already facing, and recent decades in North Carolina have exhibited a warming trend at the higher end of projected values. Due to North Carolina’s diverse geography, climate is expect...