Geography & Atmospheric Science: Recent submissions
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Regional Identity and Constructive Regionalization in the North Caucasus: Group Perceptions and Nuances from Inside the Region
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)The North Caucasus region of Russia is certainly one of the world’s most ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse. The region’s landscapes reflect legacies of Russian imperialism and Soviet rule, along with ... -
Digitalização, globalização e capital financeiro hipermóvel
(GEOUSP, 2017-10-19)Desde o fim do século XX, e com a revolução da microeletrônica, o capital tornou-se completamente digitalizado, movendo-se sem esforço por todo o mundo por meio de sistemas eletrônicos de transferência de fundos (EFTS). ... -
Synthesis of Observations from the Precision Atmosphere Marine Boundary Layer Experiment (PreAMBLE)
(American Meteorological Society, 2017-05-22)Research flights during the Precision Atmospheric Marine Boundary Layer Experiment (PreAMBLE) in Southern California during May–June 2012 focused on three main features found in the nearshore marine boundary layer (MBL): ... -
Meteorological Interpretation of Orographic Precipitation Gradients along an Andes West SLope Basin at 30°S (Elqui Valley, Chile)
(American Meteorological Society, 2017-02-24)To better forecast streamflow and water resource availability, it is important to have an understanding of the meteorological drivers of the orographic precipitation gradient (OPG), especially critical in semiarid mountainous ... -
An Atmospheric Hydraulic Jump in the Santa Barbara Channel
(American Meteorological Society, 2017-11-14)As part of the Precision Atmospheric Marine Boundary Layer Experiment, the University of Wyoming King Air sampled an atmospheric environment conducive to the formation of a hydraulic jump on 24 May 2012 off the coast of ... -
Understanding watershed hydrogeochemistry: 2. Synchronized hydrological and geochemical processes drive stream chemostatic behavior
(American Geophysical Union, 2017-03-23)Why do solute concentrations in streams remain largely constant while discharge varies by orders of magnitude? We used a new hydrological land surface and reactive transport code, RT‐Flux‐PIHM, to understand this long‐standing ... -
Use of Cloud Radar Doppler Spectra to Evaluate Stratocumulus Drizzle Size Distributions in Large-Eddy Simulations with Size-Resolved Microphysics
(American Meteorological Society, 2017-12)A case study of persistent stratocumulus over the Azores is simulated using two independent large-eddy simulation (LES) models with bin microphysics, and forward-simulated cloud radar Doppler moments and spectra are compared ... -
Assessing the Roles of Fire Frequency and Precipitation in Determining Woody Plant Expansion in Central U.S. Grasslands
(American Geophysical Union, 2017-10-05)Woody plant expansion into grasslands and savannas is occurring and accelerating worldwide and often impacts ecosystem processes. Understanding and predicting the environmental and ecological impacts of encroachment has ... -
From Existing Practices to Best Practices: Improving the Quality and Consistency of Participant Assessment Methods in Cartographic User Studies
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)User studies are a cornerstone of cartographic research, delivering valuable insights into the design and use of maps, as well as the attitudes and behaviors of map users. The ever-expanding body of cartographic user studies ... -
Grassland Breeding Bird Response to Landscape, Climate, and Spring Burning in the Tallgrass Prairies of Kansas
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Given the drastic loss of prairie habitat and consequent decline in grassland bird populations, identifying the factors that influence habitat selection by grassland birds has become a critical tool for effective conservation ... -
ASSESSING THE MECHANISMS GOVERNING THE DAYTIME EVOLUTION OF MARINE STRATOCUMULUS USING LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)The individual mechanisms responsible for governing the evolution of afternoon cloud properties were explored for a case of thin stratocumulus off the coast of California by applying mixed-layer theory to Large-Eddy ... -
Food Sovereignty: A Critical Case
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)For decades, the global food security strategy has operated on the assumption that poverty and hunger result from a state of underdevelopment, which can be alleviated through the distribution of technology to increase ... -
THE PUBLIC VOICE AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS: Community Engagement in Food Action Plans
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Abstract This project explores the definitions of sustainable food system planning and how it is approached through the disciplines of Urban Planning and Human Geography. It evaluates an emerging tool in food system planning, ... -
An Empirical Analysis of Bike Safety in Lawrence Using Road Geometry and Traffic Characteristics
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)This study focuses on analyzing bike route safety in Lawrence using road geometry, infrastructure, and traffic characteristics. Bike crash incidence has been considered as a measure of bike route safety in this study. The ... -
Challenges to Sámi Indigenous Sovereignty in an Era of Climate Change
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)My thesis examines the Indigenous Sámi’s “right to the cold” in northern Norway based on the developing concept of Indigenous climate sovereignties. The right to the cold favors the inclusion the sovereignty of Indigenous ... -
Landscapes of Mount Kilimanjaro Tourism: Residual, Dominant, Emerging, and Excluded Cultures
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)The government of Tanzania has promoted tourism as a way to increase economic development and diversification in the country. Due in part to these efforts, tourism has become a top foreign exchange earner for the country. ... -
Toward Rapid Flood Mapping Using Modeled Inundation Libraries
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)New methods are needed for mapping floods in near real-time that leverage the increasing availability of remotely sensed data during flood disasters, availability of improved elevation data, and improvements in web-based ... -
INCONSISTENCIES IN THE WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODEL OF THE MARINE BOUNDARY LAYER ALONG THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA
(University of Kansas, 2017-08-31)The late spring and summer low-level wind field along the California coast is primarily controlled by the pressure gradient between the Pacific high and the thermal low over the desert southwest. Strong northwesterly winds ... -
The Republican River Basin and Three Irrigation Districts: A Socio-Hydrology Profile
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Water’s social co-evolution with people has been marked upon the landscape by visible stream diversions to massive hydroelectric dams. Other more reclusive impacts are found beneath the earth’s surface. Both actions have ... -
Demand pull or supply push? Metro-level analysis of start-ups in the United States
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)This paper examines factors related to higher regional start-up activity. Two hypotheses are formulated to explain start-ups: the demand-pull hypothesis argues that the amount, growth and density of aggregate demand will ...