Geography & Atmospheric Science: Recent submissions
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A PDF-Based Microphysics Parameterization for Shallow Cumulus Clouds
(American Meteorological Society, 2014-03)Unbiased calculations of microphysical process rates such as autoconversion and accretion in mesoscale numerical weather prediction models require that subgrid-scale (SGS) variability over the model grid volume be taken ... -
Basal conditions of two Transantarctic Mountains outlet glaciers from observation-constrained diagnostic modelling
(International Glaciological Society, 2014-11)We present a diagnostic glacier flowline model parameterized and constrained by new velocity data from ice-surface GPS installations and speckle tracking of TerraSAR-X satellite images, newly acquired airborne-radar data, ... -
Flow dynamics of Byrd Glacier, East Antarctica
(International Glaciological Society, 2014-12)Force-balance calculations on Byrd Glacier, East Antarctica, reveal large spatial variations in the along-flow component of driving stress with corresponding sticky spots that are stationary over time. On the large scale, ... -
An Assessment of Factors Affecting the Spatial Distribution of Audubon’s Shearwater (Puffinus l. lherminieri) throughout the Caribbean
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)This study aims to better understand the factors that contribute to Audubon’s Shearwater (Puffinus l. lherminieri) nesting sites on islands across the Caribbean region. Using locational presence and absence data of their ... -
Late Pleistocene Sea Levels and Resulting Changes in Global Land Distributions
(University of Kansas, 2015-08-31)Over the past 120,000 years global sea level has fluctuated through multiple cycles of rises and falls, ranging from a few meters above current level to 139 meters below. This thesis analyzes the resulting distributions ... -
ANALYZING URBAN GROWTH AND MANAGEMENT FOR THE CITY OF TRIPOLI, LIBYA
(University of Kansas, 2015-08-31)This study focuses on the urban growth and management of the city of Tripoli, Libya with an emphasis on the contribution of the economic, social, and political factors in urbanization. Despite the fact that urban planning ... -
Forest Conservation Policies and the Neoliberal Land Reform in Mexico: A Cultural Ecology Approach to the Payments for Environmental Services in the Huasteca Potosina Region
(University of Kansas, 2015-08-31)This research analyzes the relationship between the environmental and social elements in Mexico’s Payment for Environmental Services (PES) program in the Huasteca Potosina region from 2003-2011. Both the regional and local ... -
PLIO-PLEISTOCENE LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION ON THE HIGH PLAINS OF SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)This dissertation investigates patterns and forcing mechanisms of Plio-Pleistocene landscape evolution in the Cimarron River valley, southwestern Kansas. Particular attention was given to the geomorphic history of the ... -
IMAGINING, PRACTICING AND CONTESTING ROAD DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA, 1920S TO 1970S
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Roads are ubiquitous yet few understand the historical and political geographies of their development. Politics, scale, and geographical imagination interweave in processes of promoting and building highways. This dissertation ... -
MODIFICATIONS OF FINE- AND COARSE-TEXTURED SOIL MATERIAL CAUSED BY THE ANT FORMICA SUBSERICEA
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)The majority of ant-related bioturbation research has focused on physiochemical properties of the nest mound. However, ants are also known to line subsurface nest components (chambers and galleries) with coarse material, ... -
Discovering and developing primary biodiversity data from social networking sites
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)An ever-increasing need exists for fine-scale biodiversity occurrence records for a broad variety of research applications in biodiversity and science more generally. Even though large-scale data aggregators like GBIF serve ... -
Territorializing the Koryo Saram: Negotiating South Korean Perspectives on Homeland and Diaspora
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Diasporas are increasingly prevalent as globalization has increased transnational interaction between homelands and host-states. The territorial state as a container of the nation is challenged by transnational interactions ... -
Four$quare: Hybrid Spaces of Economic Activity
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)The study of cyberspace in geography is not new; however the nature of digital spaces is changing with the development of mobile technology, social media, and location-based media platforms. Much of the content found online ... -
West Antarctica snow accumulation trend study (1979-2011) from Snow Radar and ice core profiles
(University of Kansas, 2014-12-31)Ice sheets are under threat from increasing air and ocean temperatures. For Antarctica, observed changes are most apparent near the margins; inland the effects of a warming atmosphere and changing circulation patterns are ... -
A Historical Geography of the Korean Experience in America
(University of Kansas, 2014-12-31)Prior to 1965, only small numbers of Korean people lived in the United States, mostly in Hawaii and on the West Coast. That year, however, the immigration restriction for Asians was abolished and a mass movement of Koreans ... -
Migrancy, Markets and Survival: Transnational Lives in South African Space
(University of Kansas, 2014-12-31)When Apartheid ended in South Africa, so did many barriers to entry for other Africans who wished to migrate there. They came with business skills that locals lacked, having previously been barred from much of civic life, ... -
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Thematic Mapping on Virtual Globes
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)Virtual 3D global representations of the earth (such as Google Earth) have over the past seven years become nearly as ubiquitous as traditional 2D ("flat") maps. Because of their novelty and popularity, it is necessary for ... -
Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Brady Soil in the Nebraska loess uplands using biosilicate and bioturbation analyses
(University of Kansas, 2014-12-31)This dissertation takes a multiple-proxy approach to a paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Holocene--Pleistocene Transition represented by the Brady Soil in the central Great Plains. To better understand this dynamic ... -
Relationships between middle childhood outdoor experiences and an adult individual's knowledge of the environment
(University of Kansas, 2014-12-31)During the last several decades, the nature of childhood has changed. There is not much nature in it anymore. Numerous studies in environmental education, environmental psychology, and conservation psychology show that the ... -
Extreme events over the contiguous United States portrayed in a CESM-WRF dynamical downscaling framework
(University of Kansas, 2014-12-31)A dynamical downscaling framework is adopted to explore historical (1950-1999) and projected (2050-2099) behavior of extreme precipitation (PR), maximum temperature (TMAX) and minimum temperature (TMIN) events within the ...