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2022
An Investigation of Water Obstructions and Related Weather Conditions for Nebraska Roadways, Logan Bundy
Using Field Scale Electrical Data to Understand Real-Time Agricultural Water Delivery, Bradley Dowell
An Analysis of Associations Between Polarimetric Supercell Signatures, Erik Green
Comparing Polarimetric Signatures of Proximate Tornadic and Non-Tornadic Supercells in Similar Environments, Devon Healey
Human and Hydrologic Influences on Nebraska's Endangered Rainwater Basin Wetlands, Sarah Thompson
2021
Drone-Based Magnetic Surveying in Eastern Nebraska, Sulaiman AlBadi
Developing a Database of Seismic Data Over the Cascadia Subduction Zone, Khawlh Al Farsi
The analysis of groundwater recharge in Mongolia using vadose zone modeling, Khulan Batsukh
Analysis of Winter Weather Conditions and Their Relationship to Crashes in Nebraska, John Cecava
Assessing Deep Convection Initiation in a Mountain-Valley System Using Unoccupied Aircraft System Observations, Alexander Erwin
Biostratigraphy of Paleogene Diatom Assemblages in the Southern Ocean, Angela Kaup
Implications from Uranium-Series Disequilibria in a Bi-lithologic Melt with Varying Lithospheric Caps, Juliet Messer
Case Studies of Alberta Clipper Systems and the Impacts on Winter Weather Road Maintenance, Cameron Wunderlin
2020
A Polarimetric Radar Analysis of Cold- and Warm-Based Supercells, Timothy J. Gunkel
Characterizing peridotite xenoliths from southern Vietnam: insight into the underlying lithospheric mantle, Kirby Hobbs
What is the Limiting Nutrient in Winter in Urban Reservoirs? A Case Study., Precious Nyabami
Case Studies of Colorado Lows and the Impacts on Winter Weather Maintenance, Nathan Rick
2019
A CASE STUDY ANALYSIS OF TWO HEAVY SNOWFALL EVENTS AND ROAD WEATHER IMPLICATIONS IN 2018 FOR NEBRASKA, Nancy Barnhardt
Diatom-inferred records of paleolimnological variability and continental hydrothermal activity in Yellowstone National Park, USA, Sabrina Brown
Changes in Mammalian Abundance Through the Eocene-Oligocene Climate Transition in the White River Group of Nebraska, USA, Robert Gillham
The Role of Boundary-Parallel Vertical Wind Shear in Convection Initiation, Alexander J. Krull
Insights Into Paleoenvironmental Conditions, Relative Sea-Level, and Carbonate Reservoir Quality Using Ichnology: Middle-Upper Miocene Slope Deposits, Great Bahama Bank, Ryan M. Mustacato
An Observational Study of Winter Weather-Related Traffic Crashes in Nebraska, Jacob Petr
Evaluation of VIIRS Nightfire Product and Comparison with MODIS and VIIRS Active Fire Products in a Russian Gas Flaring Region., Ambrish Sharma
An Analysis of Differential Reflectivity Arc Characteristics in 109 Supercell Storms, Matthew Wilson
2018
A Quantitative Analysis of Calcareous Nannofossils Across a Late Oligocene Paleolatitude Transect of the North Atlantic Ocean, William Barrett Clark
NUMERICAL MODELING OF THE EFFECTS OF LAND USE CHANGE AND IRRIGATION ON STREAMFLOW DEPLETION OF FRENCHMAN CREEK, NEBRASKA, Moussa Guira
Quantifying the distribution and mechanisms accommodating penetrative strain along the western margin of the Laramide Denver-Julesburg Basin, Marques Hatfield
CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSIL BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOECOLOGY OF THE FORT HAYS LIMESTONE OF WESTERN KANSAS, WESTERN INTERIOR BASIN (WIB), Bryan Hermosillo
A Taxon-Free, Multi-Proxy Model for Making Paleoecological Interpretations of Neogene North American Faunas, Devra G. Hock
Neogene Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironments in the Lauca Basin of Northern Chile, Amanda Jones
Integrated Geophysical Analysis in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico, Mei Liu
OSL Dating of the Tolleston Beach at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and its Implications for Interpreting the Archaeological Record, Malgorzata Mahoney
Evaluating 21st Century Climate Change for Bolivia: a Comprehensive Dynamical Downscaling Strategy Using the WRF Regional Climate Model, Azar Mohammad Abadi
Isotopic and Geochemical Analysis of Nitrate Contaminated Groundwater in Edgar, Nebraska, Nathan Roddy
Road Weather Impact Based Decision Support Applications: Developing A Department Of Transportation Winter Severity Index, Curtis Louis Walker
2017
Evaluating the Impacts of Grassland Conversions to Experimental Forest on Groundwater Recharge in the Nebraska Sand Hills, Zablon A. Adane
Sulfur Isotope Variations in the Elk Creek Carbonatite Complex, Southeastern Nebraska, USA, Emily Campbell
The Impact of Reduced Arctic Sea Ice Extent on Cryospheric Snowfall, Alexander Carne
Land Use Land Cover Change Effects on Southern Great Plains Precipitation, Alexandra Caruthers
An Observational and Modeling Study of Mesoscale Airmasses with High Theta-e, Lawrence Wolfgang Hanft
Controls on Fracture Network Characteristics of the Middle Member of the Bakken Formation, Elm Coulee Field, Williston Basin, USA, Shashank Khatri
Middle Miocene Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of the Central Great Plains from Stable Carbon Isotopes in Large Mammals, Willow H. Nguy
A Case Study in Basement and Surface Structure Relationships and Their Implications for Fault Reactivation, Sawtooth Range, MT, Jason M. Palu
2016
Modeling and Satellite Remote Sensing of the Meteorological Impacts of Irrigation During the 2012 Central Plains Drought, Clint Aegerter
Early Miocene Quantitative Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy from the Tropical Atlantic, Waheed A. Albasrawi
EFFECTS OF METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS ON SULFUR DIOXIDE AIR POLLUTION IN THE NORTH CHINA PLAIN DURING WINTER OF 2006-2015, Chase C. Calkins
Upper Albian to Lower Cenomanian Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy of the Proto-North Atlantic, Shamar Chin
Hail Variability in Supercell Storms and Response to Environmental Variables, Lena V. Heuscher
Concepts about Sedimentology and Stratigraphy in Undergraduate Geoscience Courses, Bailey Z. Kreager
Santonian—Campanian Calcareous Nannofossil Paleobiogeography, Brandi R. Moore
Differing Roles of the Great Plains Low-level Jet in Producing Warm Season Precipitation over the Central United States in 2002, Mengyuan Shang
Winter Snowpack Evolution and Precipitation Patterns Related to Cyclone Activity in the Western United States, Julia Simonson
Constraining Neogene temperature and precipitation histories in the Central Great Plains using the fossil record of Alligator, Evan Whiting
2015
Stratigraphy and Depositional Environment of the Mesaverde Group in the Northern Bighorn Basin of Wyoming, Gordon Adams
Springtime Melt Onset on Arctic Sea Ice from Satellite Observations and Related Atmospheric Conditions, Angela C. Bliss
Ecology and Morphology of the Late Miocene Musk Deer, Longirostromeryx wellsi (Artiodactyla: Moschidae: Blastomerycinae), Katheryn Y. C. Chen
Estimation of Deep Drainage Differences between Till and No-Till Irrigated Agriculture, Justin P. Gibson
Perceptions of Tornadoes, Tornado Warnings, Safety Actions, and Risk: Effects on Warning Response Among Undergraduates in Nebraska, Sabrina T. Jauernic
EVALUATION OF REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS WITH REMOTELY SENSED EVAPOTRANSPIRATION DATA, Doruk Ozturk
Unraveling Controls on Fracture Stratigraphy in Carbonates: The Influence of Regional Stress, Mechanical Properties, and Diagenesis, Matthew H. Peppers
Improving Nocturnal Fire Detection with the VIIRS Day-Night Band, Thomas N. Polivka
Rear-Flank Outflow Dynamics and Thermodynamics in the 10 June 2010 Last Chance, Colorado Supercell, Curtis J. Riganti
Retrieval of Aerosol Microphysical Properties from AERONET Photopolarimetric Measurements, Xiaoguang Xu
2014
A Niobium Deposit Hosted by a Magnetite-Dolomite Carbonatite, Elk Creek Carbonatite Complex, Nebraska, USA, Michael J. Blessington
EARLY AND LATE IRON DIAGENSIS IN THE UPPER TRIASSIC SHINARUMP MEMBER OF THE CHINLE FORMATION (UTAH AND ARIZONA), Derek T. Burgess
Eastern US Dryline Climatology and Synoptic-Scale Environment, Rebecca S. Duell
Aerosol Association with Severe Weather in the Great Plains, Gabriel A. Lojero
Fossil Crocodilians from the High Guajira Peninsula of Colombia, and the History of Neogene Crocodilian Diversity in Tropical South America, Jorge W. Moreno-Bernal
Verification and Analysis of Impact-Based Tornado Warnings in the Central Region of the National Weather Service, Holly B. Obermeier
Assessing Layer Parallel Shortening in the Eastern Colorado Front Range Using Thin Section Analysis and Analog Sandbox Models, Nicole Pierson
Springtime Atmospheric Responses to North Atlantic SST Anomalies in Idealized GCM Experiments: Northern Hemisphere Circulation and North American Precipitation, Michael C. Veres
Cloud Impacts on Pavement Temperature and Shortwave Radiation, Curtis L. Walker
Pore Water Extraction for Unsaturated Zone Isotope Research: An Investigation using an Immiscible Displacement Fluid and a Centrifuge, Caitlin Burnett Weaver
2013
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF GOES-R PROVING GROUND CONVECTION INITIATION FORECASTING ALGORITHMS, Jason M. Apke
PALEOECOLOGY OF NEBRASKA’S UNGULATES DURING THE EOCENE-OLIGOCENE CLIMATE TRANSITION, Grant S. Boardman
Hydrochemical Investigation of a Transient Parafluvial Zone Under Drought Conditions, Platte River, Nebraska, Audrey R. Boerner
Remote Sensing of Surface Visibility from Space: A Look at the United States East Coast, Amy L. Kessner