Climate variability and extreme events continue to worsen resulting in significant impacts to society and the environment. Quantifying precipitation variability, streamflow, and extreme events at local scale is crucial for local planning and management due to spatial and tempora…
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Projections of 500 hPa geopotential height (Z500) patterns over the Pacific Northwest of North America and their associated surface temperature, precipitation, and frequency of occurrence are assessed using models from the 6th phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (…
This Praxis introduces the SAFE-T (Solar Advanced Forecast Expectation Tool) as an approach to improve local area solar energy forecasts using machine learning based techniques in MATLAB. With the increasing cost competitiveness of solar versus diesel electricity production, the…
This dissertation examines the regional and seasonal variability of extreme precipitation and atmospheric rivers (ARs) across the contiguous United States (CONUS) in past, present, and future climates. An extreme precipitation categorization scheme, designed to monitor and track…
Until now, works in the field of tide routing (i.e., optimization of cargo loading and ship scheduling decisions in tidal ports and shallow seas) have omitted the uncertainty of sea level predictions. However, the widely used harmonic tide forecasts are not perfectly reliable. C…
Snow water equivalent (SWE) measurements are critical for creating flood and drought outlooks in the spring. These data are abundantly collected throughout the winter and spring months and reported to organizations like the National Weather Service to use in their products. Orga…
Snowfall forecasting has historically been an area of difficulty for operational meteorologists, particularly in the remote complex terrain of the Western US. Attempts at improving forecasts have been made, but skill is still poor, with snowfall routinely overpredicted. A major …
In this dissertation, six artificial intelligence (AI) based methods for forecasting solar irradiance are presented. Solar energy is a clean renewable energy source (RES) which is free and abundant in nature. But despite the environmental impacts of fossil energy, global depende…
Greenhouse gases’ continuously increasing emissions have a variety of implications for the future of our climate patterns. This includes potential changes in the northern hemisphere jet strength and location, which are influenced by the warming in the subtropics and the Arctic. …
This thesis uses oral life histories conducted in Princeville, North Carolina, the oldest town chartered by Freed Blacks in the United States, to discuss community-engaged research and outreach, as well as resilience, in post-disaster context. Through oral life history interview…
This study investigates the orographic effects of the New Guinea Mountains on the eastward propagation of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) and the rainfall associated with it during the strong 2007-08 event (MJO07-08). The eastward propagation of the MJO has been observed in …
The 4th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2007) indicates that a warming climate is inevitable and that affected countries should begin implementing adaptations. Indonesia is highly exposed to climate-related disasters (e.g., floods); consequent…
This study examines the impact of anomalous differential generation of available potential energy by absorbing aerosols on the transition and early active phases of the south Asian summer monsoon. Aerosol direct and indirect effects represent radiative forcings which can modify …
In the recent past, there are indications of changes in the surface air temperature, extreme weather events, snow and Indian summer monsoon. This thesis analyses the above weather phenomena based on observed data and climate model simulations for the present as well as the near …
The West African monsoon (WAM) occurs during the boreal summer and is responsible for a majority of precipitation in the northern portion of West Africa. A distinct shift of precipitation, often driven by large propagating mesoscale convective systems, is indicated from satellit…
This study used the Low Resolution Time Series (LRTS) climatological lightning record from the space-based Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Lightning Imaging Sensor (TRMM, LIS) to compare individual years of lightning activity for all locations in the tropics and some in the …
This study supports the weather organizations in Saudi Arabia (SA) and possibly the surrounding countries by providing new understanding of the weather systems that produce heavy rainfall and the dynamics that are involved. The study focuses generally on classifying the synoptic…
Nonstationarity in the means and extremes of water resources (e.g., streamflow) due to climate change presents challenges to water resources management and planning. Changes in hydrologic variables such as streamflow critically impact infrastructure, water use planning and adapt…
Energy providers are shifting their supply from carbon based forms of energy to renewable sources in response to policy changes aimed at reducing pollution and anthropogenic influence on the environment. Wind and solar energies are notable sources that have been adopted around t…