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Finding the Big Picture: A Bona Fide Group Approach to Work Team Assimilation
(2015-12)
The purpose of the present study was to use the bona fide group perspective to study organizational assimilation through the work team context. Applying this perspective served to address two limitations in the organizational ...
RADAR POLARIMETRY FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
(2015-05-08)
Radar aeroecology has steadily progressed since its inception in the 1950's, and additional advancements in radar technology, networks, modeling, and validation continue to drive the science further. As human impacts ...
ASSIMILATION OF RADAR OBSERVATIONS WITH ENSEMBLE VARIATIONAL HYBRID DATA ASSIMILATION METHOD FOR THE INITIALIZATION AND PREDICTION OF HURRICANES
(2015-05-08)
Data assimilation is a critical component for accurate model forecast. This dissertation investigated the ensemble-variational hybrid data assimilation methods using land based radar and airborne radar data for the prediction ...
Nocturnal Boundary Layer and Low-level Jet Characteristics under Different Turbulent Regimes
(2015-05-08)
The intensity, extent, and continuity of turbulence in the nocturnal stable boundary layer (SBL) is governed by many interacting processes and features. Generally, SBLs can be grouped into two broad categories: weakly ...
Three Papers in Applied Macro Policy
(2015-05-08)
The purpose of any applied macroeconomics study should be to provide actionable information to world governments on policy questions. This dissertation addresses two policies: the first chapter addressed the effects of a ...
Limitations and Potential of Complex Cloud Analysis and Its Improvement for Radar Reflectivity Data Assimilation Using OSSEs.
(2015-12-18)
The radar data assimilation is very important for improving short-range precipitation forecasts. Within the three dimensional variational (3DVAR) framework which is still the prevailing method used for operational regional ...
Media Affordance and Emotion Regulation in Organizational Communication
(2015-05)
Emotion regulation and the use of emotion regulation strategies to manage one’s emotional experiences or expressions have received extensive attention in the management, communication and psychology literatures. Despite ...
Electromagnetically Induced transparency with Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes in ultracold rubidium
(2015-05)
We demonstrate electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) using lasers in the Laguerre- Gaussian mode. The probe transmission is studied in an ultracold gas for the D2 line in both 85Rb and 87Rb. We consider the Lambda ...
FÚTBOL IN THE HEARTLAND: MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS, TRANSNATIONAL CULTURAL IDENTITY, AND RECREATIONAL SPORT IN OKLAHOMA CITY
(2015-05-05)
When immigrants traverse international borders they bring with them many cultural practices and traditions from their lives back home. This research focuses on how a modern sport, fútbol (soccer), operates as a cultural ...
A Pedagogical Approach to Leo Cornelius Nestor's Magnificat
(2015)
The purpose of this document is to identify the most efficient way to benefit choir directors in the preparation of a performance of Leo Cornelius Nestor’s Magnificat. The document is organized in six chapters as follows: ...