Heidt, Sarah L.

Thesis (M.S. in Physical Oceanography and M.S. in Meteorology)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2009. / Thesis Advisor(s): Murphree, Tom ; Stone, Rebecca E. "September 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on November 10, 2009. Author(s) subject terms: Sonic Layer Depth, Undersea Warfare, USW, Military Operations, Planning Timeframe, Anti-Submarine Warfare, ASW Western North Pacific, Climate, Climatology, Climate Analysis, Climate Prediction, Smart Climatology, Conditional C...

Donnelly, Paul B.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1997. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 277-287).

Huang, Weimin,

Thesis (M.Eng.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2004. / Bibliography: leaves 68-78.

Meckel, Timothy Ashworth.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2003. / Available also in an electronic version.

Jasper, Norman Hans,

Thesis (D. Aeronaut.)--Catholic University of America, 1956. / Description based on print version record. Bibliography: p. 44-46.

Clark, Marion J.

Thesis (M.S.)--United States Naval Postgraduate School, 1961. / Bibliography: leaf 41.

Lange, Louise.

Thesis (M. Sc. (Zoology and Entomology))--Rhodes University, 2006.

Ryan, Andrea Catherine.

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering; and, (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Technology and Policy Program, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references.

Potemra, James T.,

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 124-132).

Bowles, Julie Ann.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2005. / Title from first page of PDF file (viewed March 1, 2006). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Walter, Joachim,

Akademisk avhandling--Philosophie--Göteborg, 2000. / Bibliogr. p. 237-245. Index.

Hayes, Daniel Reiner,

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 112-118).

Abu-el-Naga, Abu-el-Ela Mohamed.

Thesis--Wisconsin. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 171-173).

Scott, Clinton Thomas.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Riverside, 2009. / Includes abstract. Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Title from first page of PDF file (viewed March 16, 2010). Includes bibliographical references. Also issued in print.

Van Mooy, Benjamin A. S.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-140).

Wang, Zhaohui,

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Georgia, 2003. / Directed by Wei-Jun Cai. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 163-179).

Somes, Christopher J.

Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State University, 2010. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 45-54). Also available on the World Wide Web.

Pei, Shaofeng

The ¹⁴C method has been used extensively by both limnologists and oceanographers to measure photosynthetic rates in aquatic systems, and the large database of ¹⁴C measurements that now exists is the ground truth with which satellite algorithms for estimating marine photosynthetic rates on a basin and global scale have been calibrated. However, disconcerting uncertainties still remain with respect to whether and under what circumstances the ¹⁴C method provides an ...

Wood, Marilee

Glass beads comprise the most frequently found evidence of trade between southern Africa and the greater Indian Oceanbetween the 7th and 16th centuries AD.  In this thesis beads recovered from southern African archaeological sites are organized into series, based on morphology and chemical composition determined by LA-ICP-MS analysis.  The results are used to interpret the trade patterns and partners that linked eastern Africa to the rest of the Indian Ocean world, as well as interconnections be...

Lindroth [formerly Tyrberg], Simon

On March 13th, 2006, the Division of Electricity at Uppsala University deployed its first wave energy converter, L1, in the ocean southwest of Lysekil. L1 consisted of a buoy at the surface, connected through a line to a linear generator on the seabed. Since the deployment, continuous investigations of how L1 works in the waves have been conducted, and several additional wave energy converters have been deployed. This thesis is based on ten publications, which focus on different aspects of the i...

Vidyunmala, V

Monsoons and Intertropical Convergence Zones (ITCZ) exhibit variability at various temporal and spatial scales. The temporal scale of variability encompasses scales from the intraseasonal through interannual to interdecadal time scales. Anthropogenic climate change can also have an impact on ITCZ and monsoons. Thus it is necessary to assess the ability of coupled ocean atmospheric models (commonly known as AOGCM) to simulate these aspects of variability of tropical climate. This has been studied...

Kurian, Jaison

The most important component of the climate system over the Indian Ocean region is the southwest monsoon, which dictates the life and economy of billions of people in the tropics. Being a phenomena that involves interaction between atmosphere, ocean and land, the southwest monsoon is strongly influenced by upper ocean, primarily through warm sea surface temperature (SST). This is particularly true about the southeastern Arabian Sea (SEAS) and the onset of southwest monsoon over the peninsular In...

Jennings, Gayle Ruth

Long term ocean cruisers are self defined as people who have accepted, adopted or chosen a cruising lifestyle, who live aboard their own sailing vessels, have independent means, are self sufficient and have been away from their port of departure for an extended period of time. As a group, cruisers, constitute a subculture (Macbeth, 1985). Why do people choose to adopt a cruising lifestyle? Using the principles of grounded theory analysis, this study found that cruisers were motivated by a var...

Williams, Shaun Paul

Ocean-island flank collapses are amongst the most dangerous of all landslide related hazards in the world, as they have the potential to trigger ocean-wide tsunamis that can cause damage and loss of life to communities thousands of kilometres from their source of origin. The implications for landslide-induced tsunami originating from high volcanic islands in the Pacific are serious; and consequent hazards to life, infrastructure, and emergency management need to be constantly reviewed, monitored...

This paper presents the probabilistic collocation method as a computationally efficient method for performing uncertainty analysis on large complex models such as those used in global climate change research. The collocation method is explained, and then the results of its application to a box model of ocean thermohaline circulation are presented. A comparison of the results of the collocation method with a traditional Monte Carlo simulation show that the collocation method gives a better approx...

Lucarini, Valerio., Stone, Peter H.

Abstract in HTML and technical report in PDF available on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change website (http://mit.edu/globalchange/www/).

The deep-ocean heat uptake (DOHU) in transient climate changes is studied using an ocean general circulation model (OGCM) and its adjoint. The model configuration consists of idealized Pacific and Atlantic basins. The model is forced with the anomalies of surface heat and freshwater fluxes from a global warming scenario with a coupled model using the same ocean configuration. In the scenario CO₂ concentration increases 1% per year. The heat uptake calculated from the coupled model and from the a...

Fripiat, François

We investigate the silicon (Si) cycle in the Southern Ocean through two isotopic approaches: (1) 30Si-incubation experiments and (2) natural silicon isotopic composition (ä30Si). 30Si-spiked incubation allows to discriminate the short-term (~ 1 day) net Si-uptake flux in bSiO2 production and dissolution. ä30Si of both biogenic silica and dissolved silicon integrates at seasonal/annual scale bSiO2 production or dissolution and mixing. (1) A new mass spectrometer method (HR-SF-ICPMS) has been deve...

Zaron, Edward D.

The time-averaged velocity field in the North Pacific was estimated in two sets of inverse calculations. The planetary geostrophic equations were the basis for dynamical models of the flow in each case. The inverse estimates of the circulation were obtained by minimizing a positive-definite cost function, which measured the inconsistency of the model's predictions against a set of observations comprised of a large, high-quality hydrographic data set, and surface fluxes of heat, fresh water, and ...

Raja Abdullah, Nik Mustapha bin

The main objective of this study was to estimate the demand for and value of Oregon ocean sport-caught salmon fishery. The primary technique employed to estimate the recreational demand was an aggregated zone average travel cost method (TCM). The willingness of an angler to pay was deduced from the estimated demand for recreational fishing. The concept of consumers' surplus was used in conjunction with the travel-cost based demand functions to estimate the net economic value of Oregon ocean spor...

Sullivan, Colleen M. (Colleen Marie)

Oregon's ocean waters are a potential source of wind, wave, and tidal energy; of interest to renewable energy entrepreneurs and to the U.S. government as it seeks to bolster energy security. In order to install technology to capture this energy, however, it may be necessary to mitigate conflict with existing ocean space users. The objective of this research was to construct a conflict analysis model in a GIS to answer the following research questions: (1) Within the study area off the coast of O...

Carney, Robert S.

Graduation date: 1977

DeBlander, Evan F.

Recent studies have found that equatorial Atlantic sea surface temperature (SST) variability may be influencing tropical Indian Ocean climate (Kucharski 2009, Wang 2009). Due to the economic and social impact of tropical cyclones, it is important to investigate how an Atlantic-Indian Ocean connection may be affecting tropical cyclone behavior in the southern Indian Ocean. In this study, the International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrAC) tropical cyclone database is used to der...

Lee, Sheng-wei

Graduation date: 1983

Earle, Delph Marshall, 1913-

A three component drag probe has been built, calibrated, and used to measure velocities beneath deep water ocean waves and turbulence in a tidal channel. Simple variable inductance devices which may be submerged in water were used as displacement transducers and the associated electronics provided voltage outputs which were proportional to the three components of force that were exerted on a small 5 cm diameter sphere. The force components were due to both the water drag force and the water iner...

Lilly, Kenneth E. Jr

Average characteristics of subsidence inversions associated with the Pacific High have only been documented for areas along the U.S. West Coast and over the tropical eastern North Pacific Ocean. This study, which is based on 3414 upper-air soundings for June through September of 1964 and 1965, shows the average summer season characteristics of the inversion from Tatoosh Island, Washington northward along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska. A comparison is also made with the subsidence inversion fou...

Badan-Dangon, Antoine Renaud Fabrice

An ice cover which progrades over a shallow ocean in the form of an ice front may induce a baroclinic flow in the underlying water, provided that the brine excluded from the freezing surface layer is mixed rapidly through out the underlying water column. A series of models are developed to gain insight into the significance of this process in an initially motionless ocean and of its interaction with a pre-established circulation. For a simplified case, the near-surface flow rate is of the order ...

Zennaro, Barbara

In the equatorial Pacific Ocean, earthquakes are used as an indicator of tectonic stress for normal faults in the Galapagos Spreading Center, transform faults along the East Pacific Rise and thrust faults in the Middle American subduction zone. Linkages between seafloor tectonic processes and oceanographic and lunar conditions were explored using time-series cross-correlation analyses on two different time scales. Data for earthquakes in the eastern tropical Pacific study area are obtained using...

Gumma, William Harold

Graduation date: 1974

Denner, Warren Wilson

Graduation date: 1969 / Best scan available for p.126-158. Original is a black and white photocopy.

Couch, Richard W.

Graduation date: 1969

DeRycke, Richard J.

A weather station was established on the dock of the Oregon State University Marine Science Center, Yaquina Bay, Oregon. A total of 197 weather observations was made from 30 June 1966 to 23 September 1966, with emphasis on the determination of the rate of evaporation from an evaporation pan and from atmometers. Sources of observational error were investigated and corrections applied as necessary. The daily variation in evaporation was determined. The correlation between wind, vapor pressure, and...

Karlin, Robert

Graduation date: 1984

Gushee, Dean E.

Graduation date: 1983

Gallacher, Patrick C.

Graduation date: 1978

Ellis, Steven G.

Graduation date: 1992

Clement, David A.

Graduation date: 1982

Gaube, Peter

The influence of mesoscale ocean eddies on near-surface ocean temperature, surface stress and phytoplankton communities is investigated by collocating numerous satellite measurements along with vertical profiles of oceanic temperature and salinity to the interiors of eddies identified and tracked in altimetric sea surface height maps. The surface currents associated with mesoscale ocean eddies impart a curl of the surface stress from the relative motion between surface air and water. This str...

Dorman, Clive Edgar

The thesis examines the principal air-sea properties at Ocean Station Vessel N (30N 140W). In a descriptive section, meteorological and oceanographic data for N are analyzed over 20 years (1951-1970) and 7 years (1964-1970), respectively. A rainfall estimate is constructed for the 20 year period. The yearly average rainfall is 22 centimeters, far less than current estimates. Daily and seasonal variations are presented. Heat budgets of the surface show that the two decades are distinctly differen...

Lu, Chaoren, Thawatthatree, Apinya

This present thesis aims to contribute to a better understand about how to use value innovation to get competitive advantages and get leading position in the market.   This theoretical approach is supported by an empirical case study about IKEA in Nanjing, China. This case is based on a qualitative research method of in-depth interviews with the local customers, co-workers and managers. The outcome is IKEA uses a unique strategy execution in Nanjing, and it fits Nanjing’s market very well.   The...