Browsing by Subject "Climate"
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The Changing Hydroclimate of the United States Great Plains: Meteorological and Climatological Impacts on Water Resources
(2018-12-14)In the United States Great Plains (GP), understanding precipitation variability is key in developing an understanding of the present and future availability of water in the region. Numerous studies have investigated the ... -
EVALUATION OF THE ENHANCED INTEGRATED CLIMATIC MODEL FOR SPECIFICATION OF SUBGRADE SOILS IN OKLAHOMA
(2014-1)The main objective of this study was to collect and evaluate climatic and soil data pertaining to Oklahoma for the climatic model (EICM) in the mechanistic-empirical design guide for pavements. The EICM climatic input files ... -
Interpretation of In Situ Tests as Affected by Soil Suction / Gerald A. Miller, Rodney W. Collins, Kanthasamy K. Muraleetharan, Amy B. Cerato, Roy Doumet.
(Oklahoma City, OK : Oklahoma Department of Transportation, 2015., 2015-12)In situ testing of soil with invasive methods such as the Cone Penetration Test (CPT) are increasingly used in geotechnical engineering practice. However, there has been very little work to develop methods for interpreting ... -
Large Scale and Local Influences on the Occurrence and Maintenance of Liquid Bearing Clouds over the Greenland Ice Sheet
(2016)Arctic liquid bearing clouds (LBCs) have a large impact on the surface radiation and cryospheric mass budgets. Their effect on the surface radiation budget is a combination of two competing processes. First, they can ... -
The Effects of Soil Suction on Shallow Slope Stability / Gerald A. Miller, Amy B. Cerato, Arash Hassanikhah, Maryam Varsei, Roy Doumet, Celine Bourasset, Rifat Bulut
(Oklahoma City, OK : Oklahoma Department of Transportation, 2015., 2015-12)Research work described in this report was undertaken to improve understanding of desiccation cracking and shallow slope failures in clayey slopes subjected to seasonal variations in weather. Research involved field and ... -
Thermal tolerance of alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula)
(2021)Alligator gar belong to an ancient lineage that dates back over 215 million years. Historically, alligator gar populations occurred in the Mississippi River basin from Illinois (USA) to Mexico. Alligator gar populations ...