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Observational analysis of twentieth century summer climate over North America
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)How did the climate of the central United States change over the course of the twentieth century? In this study, multiple complementary statistical analyses were carried out on weather and agricultural production data in ... -
Observational and evolutionary studies of neutron star X-ray binaries
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)In this thesis, we present our observational and evolutionary studies of neutron stars in X-ray binary systems. A variety of topics are discussed, which are all related by a single scientific theme, namely, helping to set ... -
Observational complexity of character strings.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972) -
Observational constraints on the number, albedos, size, and impact hazards of the near-Earth asteroids
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)This work provides a statistical description of the near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) in terms of number, orbital parameters, reflectance spectra, albedos, diameters, and terrestrial and lunar collision rates. I estimate the ... -
An observational investigation of the comet-asteroid connection
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Observational learning with finite memory
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)We study a model of sequential decision making under uncertainty by a population of agents. Each agent prior to making a decision receives a private signal regarding a binary underlying state of the world. Moreover she ... -
An observational study of astrophysical black hole candidatesand gamma ray bursts
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997) -
An observational study of blocking with regard to the theory of coherent structures in a baroclinic atmosphere
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986) -
An observational study of the austral spring statosphere : dynamics, ozone transport, and the "ozone dilution effect"
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993) -
Observational study of the monsoonal dynamics and eddy shedding phenomena
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)We analyze atmospheric data in order to study the upper tropospheric dynamics in the area of the Asian summer monsoon. We look at summers of four years from 1987 to 1990. The divergent upper tropospheric circulation of the ... -
An observationally and dynamically determined basis state for the study of synoptic scale waves
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994) -
Observations and design of public place and paths in a New England town
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984)This is a plan - a hypothesis in which some ideas are developed for the building of a path and parks. Through the use of imagery texture, and materials a sense of the possible is evoked. This is also an exploration of ... -
Observations and interpretation of the pole tide.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973) -
Observations and measurement of W boson production and triple gauge couplings at LEP II
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)W-Pair and Single-W production events are observed at LEP, the Large Electron Positron collider at CERN, using the L3 detector. All decay channels are considered, and data taken in the years 1998 and 1999, with electron-positron ... -
Observations and mechanistic modelling of the role of Aedes mosquitoes in dengue transmission in Singapore
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)Dengue is the most prevalent human arboviral disease in the world with an estimate of 390 million cases per year. The disease is mainly transmitted by two mosquitoes: Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus. Despite the continuous ... -
Observations and modeling of sand transport in a wave dominated environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998) -
Observations and modeling of wave-acceleration-induced sediment transport in the surfzone
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)Onshore sediment transport and sandbar migration are important to the morphological evolution of beaches, but are not understood well. Here, a new model that accounts for accelerations of wave-orbital velocities predicts ... -
Observations and modelling of deep equatorial currents in the central Pacific
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)Analysis of vertical profiles of absolute horizontal velocity collected in January 1981, February 1982 and April 1982 in the central equatorial Pacific as part of the Pacific Equatorial Ocean Dynamics (PEQUOD) program, ... -
Observations and models of inertial waves in the deep ocean
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980) -
Observations from working with a simple mathematical model of light absorption by small particles in the ocean
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)In order to investigate the possibility of using oceanic visual spectrum data (i.e., ocean color) to differentiate between phytoplankton cell types, a simple mathematical model of light absorption was constructed in MATLAB, ...
