Browsing Dissertations and Theses by Title
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Characterizing deep convective cloud properties and their energetic impacts in satellite observations
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2023)Because atmospheric deep convection plays an important role in influencing Earth’s global energy budget, it is increasingly important to consider how deep convective cloud and energetic properties might change due to a ... -
Characterizing intraseasonal transitions of the wintertime Pacific jet stream
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Climatological and synoptic aspects of intense Arctic cyclones in the late summer
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Comparing infrared cloud detection algorithms to improve the current National Weather Prediction Infrared Cloud Detection Algorithm
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Deciphering the mysteries of hailstone formation: Linking satellite and physicochemical studies of hail in Argentina
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2025)This dissertation advances our understanding of hail formation processes and environments in Argentina, a global hail hotspot, through a multi-scale analysis spanning from individual particles to storm-scale characteristics. ... -
Deep learning for thunderstorm nowcasting using satellite and radar observations
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2024)The current scientific understanding of convection from a geostationary satellite and ground-based radar perspective is used to inform the development and evaluation of a deep learning model (called ThunderCast) for ... -
A deep learning model for nowcasting midlatitude convective storms
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Development and application of adjoint sensitivity to potential vorticity and unbalanced flows in a numerical weather prediction model
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2023)The adjoint of a numerical model provides a tool to measure the sensitivity of a chosen forecast aspect to small model state perturbations in the earlier time. For the response function describing the growth or behavior ... -
Development of a clear-sky atmospheric retrieval algorithm using far infrared spectral measurements for PREFIRE
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The devil is in the details: Application of emulation-based data assimilation techniques to constrain a dynamic ecosystem model
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A Diagnostic Scheme for Separating Curvature and Along-Flow Speed Change Contributions to Middle Latitude, Synoptic-Scale Vertical Motions
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A different peat perspective: Quantifying tropical peatland ecosystem variables from the ground and from space
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2025)Peatlands are ecosystems that store immense amounts of carbon in their soil and therefore play a critical role in the global carbon cycle. However, due to climate change and anthropogenic disturbance, these ecosystems are ... -
The effects of aerosol-cloud interactions on warm cloud properties
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Environmental Conditions Impacting Late-Summer Sea Ice Concentration Predictability in the Northwest Passage
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2024)The Northwest Passage, located in the Canadian Archipelago, is a conglomerate of sea routes that connect the eastern and western sides of the North American continent. Historically, sea ice in the region has made it difficult ... -
Environmental controls of vertical motion over the maritime tropics
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2023)Understanding what controls vertical motion profile shape is fundamental to understanding tropical precipitation patterns. There is not a comprehensive understanding of what controls the top-heaviness of vertical motion ... -
Evaluating near-storm environmental moisture relative to tropical deep convection growth using CPEX-CV airborne data
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2024)Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) associated with African easterly waves (AEWs) that propagate and intensify over the tropical East Atlantic may serve as precursors for tropical cyclones. Previous studies utilizing ... -
Evaluating the performance of PATMOS-x in global and regional analyses of clouds as they relate to Earth’s planetary albedo
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2025)In 2023, the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System - Energy Balanced and Filled (CERES-EBAF) dataset revealed a record low planetary albedo. Due to the dominant role of clouds in Earth’s albedo, we hypothesize that ... -
Examining the links between the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation, the Madden-Julian Oscillation, and the El Niño-Southern Oscillation using linear inverse modeling
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Global precipitation efficiency from a satellite perspective
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2025)Convective clouds are fundamental to Earth’s climate system, influencing both the global water cycle and planetary radiation budget. However, the processes controlling precipitation efficiency (PE) remain poorly represented ... -
Governing thermodynamic ttructure of Tropical East Pacific and African Easterly Waves and their representation in CMIP6 models
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2024)Easterly Waves (EWs) are convectively coupled systems of alternating high and low pressure that propagate westward in the Tropics with a period of 3-6 days and horizontal scale of ∼3000 km. They are most commonly observed ...