Browsing Doctoral Theses by Subject "Technology, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences."
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The biogeochemistry and residual mean circulation of the southern ocean
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)I develop conceptual models of the biogeochemistry and physical circulation of the Southern Ocean in order to study the air-sea fluxes of trace gases and biological productivity and their potential changes over ... -
Igneous processes of the early solar system
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)Experimental, petrographic and numerical methods are used to explore the igneous evolution of the early solar system. Chapters 1 and 2 detail the results of petrographic and experimental studies of a suite of primitive ... -
Investigations of cloud altering effects of atmospheric aerosols using a new mixed Eulerian-Lagrangian aerosol model
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)Industry, urban development, and other anthropogenic influences have substantially altered the composition and size-distribution of atmospheric aerosol particles over the last century. This, in turn, has altered cloud ... -
Probabilistic state estimation in regimes of nonlinear error growth
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)State estimation, or data assimilation as it is often called, is a key component of numerical weather prediction (NWP). Nearly all implementable methods of state estimation suitable for NWP are forced to assume that errors ... -
Rates of tectonic and magmatic processes in the North Cascades continental magmatic arc
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)Continental magmatic arcs are among the most dynamic. geologic systems, and documentation of the magmatic, thermal, and tectonic evolution of arcs is essential for understanding the processes of magma generation, ascent ...