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- Title
- A TARGETED APPROACH TO PROVIDE WEATHER GUIDANCE FOR GENERAL AVIATION PILOTS BASED ON ESTIMATED TIME OF DEPARTURE AND PERSONAL WEATHER MINIMUMS
- Author
- Dennstaedt, Scott
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Transportation, Meteorology, Atmospheric science
- Description
- Over the last two decades, general aviation pilots in the United States, especially those who fly light fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, have portrayed high rates of vulnerability to weather-related accidents. This high vulnerability rate is i...
- Title
- An observational analysis on the distance to supercell-boundary interaction in the Great Plains
- Author
- Magee, Kathleen
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Meteorology, Atmospheric science
- Description
- Several case studies and numerical simulations have confirmed that baroclinic boundaries provide enhanced horizontal and vertical vorticity, wind shear, helicity, and moisture that induce stronger updrafts, higher reflectivity, and stronger low-le...
- Title
- Constraining the Northern Hemisphere Mid-Latitude Jet Response to Climate Change Using the Difference Between Arctic and Subtropical Warming
- Author
- Robinson, Rachel
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Atmospheric science, Climatic changes, Meteorology
- Description
- Greenhouse gases’ continuously increasing emissions have a variety of implications for the future of our climate patterns. This includes potential changes in the northern hemisphere jet strength and location, which are influenced by the warming in...
- Title
- Diagnosing Thunderstorms Induced Power Outages with the Rapid Refresh Model
- Author
- Cucinotta, Rachel
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Meteorology, Atmospheric science
- Description
- 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 ...
- Title
- Energetic Theory and Hadley Cells at a Seasonal Scale: How Will ITCZ respond to a Warming Climate
- Author
- Bai, Xiaoyu
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Atmospheric science
- Description
- The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), a belt of convective systems around the equator with showers and thunderstorms, is an important feature not only to the tropical societies whose water budget depends on it, but also to the atmospheric sci...
- Title
- Indoor Air Quality, Sleep Quality and Next-Day Cognitive Performance
- Author
- Zendels, Philip
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Atmospheric science, Cognitive psychology
- Description
- 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...
- Title
- Long-Term Changes in Seasonal Temperature Extremes Worldwide
- Author
- Van Ormer, Allison
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Climatic changes, Meteorology, Atmospheric science
- Description
- 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...
- Title
- Methods for Spatiotemporal Power Profile from Marine Hydro-kinetic Energy and Wind Energy for a Proposed U.S.-Caribbean-South America Super Grid under Hurricanes
- Author
- Itiki, Rodney
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Electrical engineering, Atmospheric science
- Description
- Global warming and climate change keep causing a catastrophic impact on the natural, social, economic, and political environment in many parts of the world. The urgency for the transition to a low-carbon economy through CO2 emissions reduction cal...
- Title
- Reanalysis of the Extended Multivariate ENSO Index
- Author
- Webb, Eric
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Meteorology, Atmospheric science
- Description
- 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 ...
- Title
- Robust Correlation between Northern Hemisphere Jet Response and Arctic-minus-Subtropical Warming Across CMIP5 Models
- Author
- Golden, Nicholas
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Meteorology, Atmospheric science, Climatic changes
- Description
- The response of the atmospheric circulation to global warming is still not well known. A specific area of interest is the westerlies of the Northern Hemisphere, most notably the strengthening or weakening of the westerlies, which could change mid-...
- Title
- THE TEMPORAL EVOLUTION OF TORNADIC AND NON-TORNADIC VORTEX2 NEAR-STORM ENVIRONMENTS
- Author
- Mansfield, Austin
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Meteorology, Atmospheric science
- Description
- 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...
- Title
- Using Downscaled Climate Model Output to Examine Climate Change in North Carolina
- Author
- Robinson, Andrew
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Atmospheric science
- Description
- 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...