Browsing by Subject "Hydrology"
Now showing items 1-6 of 6
-
Coherent Structures in Land-Atmosphere Interaction
(2010)Large-scale coherent structures are systematically investigated in terms of their geometric attributes, importance toward describing turbulent exchange of energy, momentum and mass as well as their relationship to landscape ... -
Hydrologic Controls on Vegetation: from Leaf to Landscape
(2009)Topography, vegetation, nutrient dynamics, soil features and hydroclimatic forcing are inherently coupled, with feedbacks occurring over a wide range of temporal and spatial scales. Vegetation growth may be limited by soil ... -
Intermittency and Irreversibility in the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere System
(2009)The hydrologic cycle may be described in essence as the process of water rising and falling in its various phases between land and atmosphere. In this minimal description of the hydrologic cycle two features come into focus: ... -
Measurement and Modeling of Snow Physical Properties
(2010)The overall objective of this thesis is to characterize the space-time variability of snowpack physical properties at high spatial and temporal resolution for downscaling of remote-sensing products of snow cover, snow depth ... -
Remote Sensing of Fire, Flooding, and White Sand Ecosystems in the Amazon
(2009)Human and natural disturbance affect the Amazon basin at several spatial and temporal scales. In this thesis, I used satellite-detected hot pixels to examine patterns of human-caused disturbance and protected areas in the ... -
Spatial Patterns in Dryland Vegetation and the Significance of Dispersal, Infiltration and Complex Topography
(2010)Drylands, comprising arid and semi-arid areas and the dry subtropics, over some 40% of the world's land area and support approximately 2 billion people, including at least 1 billion who depend on dryland agriculture and ...
