Browsing Dissertations and Theses by Title
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Adjoint sensitivity studies of tropical cyclone intensity measures
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An airborne remote sensing perspective on cloud and precipitation properties from Southeast Atlantic stratocumulus clouds
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2020) -
Analysis of the thermodynamics and dynamics of tropical mesoscale convective systems
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2024)Satellite data combined with a reanalysis product is used to identify the thermodynamic and dynamic controls that govern mesoscale convective systems (MCSs). Composites are made of MCSs occurring within the tropics (30ºS ... -
Antarctic extreme snowfall: A CloudSat and CALIPSO satellite perspective
(2024)The Antarctic Ice Sheet is a critical component of the Earth’s climate system, with its role in global sea level regulation becoming increasingly significant in a warming climate. Snowfall is a key factor in ice mass ... -
Application of machine learning methods to imager cloud property estimation and the feasibility of their use in operations and climate data records
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Applications of quasi-geostrophic analysis methods to investigation of a case of rapid cyclogenesis
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2021) -
Automated objective identification of occluded sectors in midlatitude cyclones: method and some climatological applications
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Changes in clouds over the four decades using PATMOS-xv6.0: Radiative effects and controlling factors
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2025)Satellite-based global cloud data records are crucial for understanding the impact of regional weather changes and global climate variations due to the direct and indirect radiative forcing of clouds. In this dissertation, ... -
Characteristics of the Northern Hemisphere warm season tropopause-level jet and associated trends
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2024)One of the most familiar structural features of Earth’s atmosphere are the tropopause-level wind speed maxima known as jet streams or jets. These jets can be separated into two main types based on their differing means of ... -
Characterization of far-infrared polar spectral signatures for PREFIRE
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Characterization of two hailstorms in Argentina
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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
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2022) -
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
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2022)