Browsing OU - Theses by Author "McPherson, Renee"
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Analyzing Heat Waves Experienced by Underrepresented Communities Living in Low-Income Neighborhoods of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Smith, Ebone (2024-05-10)According to the United States (U.S.) National Weather Service, extreme heat was the most fatal weather phenomena in 2022. As climates change around the U.S. and, more specifically, across the Southern Great Plains, extreme ... -
Exploring Future Hydrologic Extremes of the Red River Basin
Bertrand, Darrian (2017-08)Hydrologic extremes of drought and flooding stress water resources and damage communities in the Red River Basin, located in the south-central U.S. For example, the summer of 2011 was the third driest summer in Oklahoma ... -
Future Impact on the Low-Level Jet and its Effects on Wind Energy Generation in Oklahoma
Wimhurst, Joshua (2019-05-11)Future increases of wind energy density for the United States’ South-Central Plains region have been projected by several previous research examples. The Central Plains’ low-level jet has been projected to become faster ... -
How Managers Apply Weather and Climate Information for Decision-Making in the United States
VanBuskirk, Olivia (2022-08)As the climate continues to warm, precipitation events are projected to become more intense, leaving communities to prepare for potential increases in flooding. There is currently a wealth of weather and climate information ... -
Identification of mid-tropospheric patterns associated with tornado outbreaks in the United States.
Cwik, Paulina (2019-12)The identification of large-scale atmospheric patterns associated with tornado outbreaks poses a great challenge. It involves analysis of physical processes occurring at different time and space scales that, in the right ... -
An intercomparison of Landsat land surface temperature retrieval methods under variable atmospheric conditions using in situ skin temperature
Windahl, Emily (2016)Land surface temperature (LST) retrieved from Landsat is a valuable resource for understanding land cover change, monitoring the urban heat island effect, and modeling hydrological and carbon cycles, among other applications. ... -
Potential Predictability and Impacts of Subseasonal Extreme Precipitation Events in the United States
Schroers, Melanie (2020-12-18)Prediction of climate extremes at the S2S time scale has become a large topic of conversation between researchers and decision makers. Long duration precipitation events, lasting 14-days, may lead to devastating impacts ... -
The role of disaster subcultures in Spanish speaking Hispanic/Latino immigrants in the United States
Gaviria Pabon, America (2022-12-16)Having a diversity of climatic zones, the United States experiences different weather hazards and risks such as winter storms, tornados, droughts, hurricanes, among others depending on the geographic location. With Americans ... -
A Spatial Analysis of Simulated Tornado Warning Decisions in the United States
DeWinter, Taylor (2021-12-17)The work presented in this thesis uses theories from risk perception and decision making to examine spatial variations of tornado warning decision making across the U.S. Decision-making as it relates to tornado warnings ...