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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
- 4WRF
- 1Atmospheric Block
- 1Blue Nile River Basin
- 1Climate Change Impact
- 1Cumulus parameterization
- 1Dynamic downscaling
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Fall 2018
Climate change is likely one of the key challenges of the 21st Century for it could impact the livelihood, water and food security, economic growth and social well beings of countries worldwide. In recent decades the water resource of the Nile River Basin (NRB) has suffered from increasing...
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Spring 2014
The increase of wind penetration into electric power system creates challenges to power grid management due to the variable nature of wind. Unlike conventional power plants, such as thermal, gas or hydro-based plants, wind power generation is not controllable. For example, days of calm weather...
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Fall 2019
The Himalayan weather system is under the influence of both tropical and extratropical factors, and interactions between those factors can result in extreme weather-related disasters. However, due to an existing knowledge gap about the factors contributing to anomalous weather conditions over the...
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Spring 2013
We simulated three heavy summer precipitation events in Alberta, Canada, using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model and compared the output precipitation data with observations to determine model accuracy. Each storm was simulated multiple times, using five different cumulus...