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Zhuang, Haixiong School of Mathematics UNSW. "Parameterisation of atmosphere-ocean surface interactions, with applications to the Australian monsoon." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Mathematics, 2004. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/26170.
Full textRudmann, Silvia G., of Western Sydney Hawkesbury University, Faculty of Science and Technology, and Centre for Horticulture and Plant Sciences. "Resource utilization of C4 tropical grasses at elevated CO2." THESIS_FST_HPS_Rudmann_S.xml, 2000. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/65.
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Kala, Jatin. "Land-atmosphere interactions in Southwest Western Australia." Thesis, Kala, Jatin ORCID: 0000-0001-9338-2965 (2011) Land-atmosphere interactions in Southwest Western Australia. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2011. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/10624/.
Full textBai, Zhengdong. "Near-Real-Time GPS Sensing of Atmospheric Water Vapour." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2005. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16059/1/Zhengdong_Bai_Thesis.pdf.
Full textBai, Zhengdong. "Near-Real-Time GPS Sensing of Atmospheric Water Vapour." Queensland University of Technology, 2005. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16059/.
Full textTorok, Simon. "The development of a high quality historical temperature data base for Australia /." Connect to thesis, 1996. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00000699.
Full textGoldthorpe, Ward Hilary. "Carbon capture and storage and the Australian climate policy framework. /." Connect to thesis, 2009. http://repository.unimelb.edu.au/10187/7058.
Full textBowens-Rubin, Rachel. "Paleomagnetism conglomerate test on Archean conglomerate rock from Jack Hills, Australia." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114374.
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A paleomagnetism study known as a conglomerate test was run on an Archean sandstone conglomerate rock to determine if the sample contained a remnant magnetization from the time of its formation. Twenty-nine clasts from a thin section of the sample were thermally demagnetized up to a temperature of 395°C. The heating revealed two components of magnetization which were unblocked at low and mid temperatures, revealing a magnetic mineralogy of Pyrrhotite.Eight matrix samples were heated to a temperature of 650°C which revealed two components of magnetization at mid and high temperatures, providing evidence for a magnetic mineralogy of Hematite.The direction of measured magnetic moment of the clasts were statistically similar, indicating that the rock failed the conglomerate test and was remagnetized after the rock formed.
by Rachel Bowens-Rubin.
S.B.
Simons, Frederik Jozef Maurits 1974. "Structure and evolution of the Australian continent : insights from seismic and mechanical heterogeneity and anisotropy." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8063.
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In this thesis, I explore the geophysical structure and evolution of the Australian continental lithosphere. I combine insights from isotropic and anisotropic seismic surface-wave tomography with an analysis of the anisotropy in the mechanical properties of the lithosphere, inferred from the coherence between gravity anomalies and topography. With a new high-resolution waveform tomographic model of Australia, I demonstrate that the depth of continental high wave speed anomalies does not universally increase with age, but is dependent on the scale and the tectonic history of the region under consideration. I construct an azimuthally anisotropic three-dimensional model of the Australian upper mantle from Rayleigh-wave waveforms. I compare Bayesian inverse methods with discretely parameterized regularization methods, and explore the use of regular, tectonic and resolution-dependent tomographic grids. I advocate the use of multitaper spectral estimation techniques for coherence analysis of gravity and topography, applied to Australian isostasy. I investigate the importance of internal loading, the directional anisotropy of the gravitational response to loading, and the estimation bias affecting the long wavelengths of the coherence function. I develop a method for non-stationary coherence analysis which enables a complete characterization of continental strength by the dependency of gravity-topography coherence on wavelength, direction and geologic age. Combining high-resolution, depth-dependent anisotropy measurements from surface-wave tomography with the mechanical anisotropy from gravity/topography coherence, I assess the validity of two competing theories regarding the cause of continental anisotropy (vertically coherent deformation or simple asthenospheric flow) quantitatively for the very first time.
by Frederik Jozef Maurits Simons.
Ph.D.
Shams, Md Shamim. "Improving streamflow forecasting lead-time for Australian rivers using oceanic-atmospheric oscillations and hydroclimatic variables." Thesis, Curtin University, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88140.
Full textAgustan. "Strategies for estimating atmospheric water vapour using ground-based GPS receivers in Australia." Thesis, Curtin University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1728.
Full textAgustan. "Strategies for estimating atmospheric water vapour using ground-based GPS receivers in Australia." Curtin University of Technology, Department of Spatial Sciences, 2004. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=15319.
Full textSyarif, Laode Muhamad. "The implementation of international responsibilities for atmospheric pollution : comparison between Indonesia and Australia." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1999.
Find full textMyers, Elise McKenna. "Complex lipids in microbial mats and stromatolites of Hamelin Pool, Shark Bay, Australia." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114126.
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Stromatolites, columnar rock-like structures, are potentially some of the oldest, microbially mediated fossils visible in the rock record; if biogenesis is able to be confirmed for these ancient stromatolites, some being greater than 3 billion years old, these ancient stromatolites could be used to demonstrate the microbial community assemblages throughout ancient time. Hamelin Pool, Shark Bay, Australia is an ideal field site for this task, as stromtolites and modern microbial mats coexist and the microbial mats have been shown to contribute to the formation of the stromatolites. Comprehensive lipid biomarker profiles were determined in this study for non-lithified smooth, pustular, and colloform microbial mats, as well as for smooth and colloform stromatolites. Intact polar lipids, glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers, and bacteriohopanepolyols were analyzed via liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) coupled to a Quadropole Time-of-Flight (QTOF) mass spectrometer, while the previously studied fatty acids (Allen et al., 2010) were analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) to prove consistent signatures. From the lipid profiles, sulfate-reducing bacteria and anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria and archaea could be inferred. The presence of the rare 3-methylhopanoids was discovered in a significant portion of the samples, which could add to the characterization of this molecule, which has only been concretely linked to oxygenic conditions for formation. In accordance with Allen et al. in 2010, 2-methyhopanoids were detected, as well as limited signals from higher (vascular) plants. While the lipid profiles for all sediment types were similar, there were some differences that are likely attributable to morphological differences. However, the overall similarities suggest microbial communities can be similar between non-lithified microbial mats and stromatolites.
by Elise McKenna Myers.
S.B.
Webb, Leanne Beryl. "The impact of projected greenhouse gas-induced climate change on the Australian wine industry /." Connect to thesis, 2006. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00003030.
Full textMalinga, Sandile Bethuel. "A comparative study of atmospheric dynamics in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) near Grahamstown (South Africa) and Adelaide (Australia)." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007307.
Full textFriedmann, S. Julio (Samuel Julio). "Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and tectonic evolution of the 1.86 Ga El Sherana and Edith River Groups, Northern Territory, Australia." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/60422.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 56-61).
by S. Julio Friedmann.
M.S.
Doering, Che. "Measurements of the distribution and behaviour of Beryllium-7 in the natural environment." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2007. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16513/1/Che_Doering_Thesis.pdf.
Full textDoering, Che. "Measurements of the distribution and behaviour of Beryllium-7 in the natural environment." Queensland University of Technology, 2007. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16513/.
Full textKurup, Premnadh M. "Secondary students beliefs about, understandings of, and intentions to act regarding the greenhouse effect." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2003. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1324.
Full textHeflin, Kelsey L. "Stabilizing California's Water Supply: A Strategy to Alleviate the Impacts of Drought with Desalination." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2016. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1262.
Full textMartin, Paul Craig. "Radiological impact assessment of uranium mining and milling." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2000.
Find full textHolgate, Chiara. "Land-atmosphere interactions and their effect on Australian precipitation." Phd thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/230386.
Full textPeace, Marika. "Coupled fire-atmosphere simulations of three Australian fires where unusual fire behaviour occurred." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/90794.
Full textThesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Mathematical Sciences, 2014
Sudholz, Tristan William. "Quantifying Australian atmospheric properties for a gamma-ray observatory to operate at energies greater than 10 TeV." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/84759.
Full textThesis (M.Sc.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Chemistry and Physics, 2014
Gunawan, Dodo. "Atmospheric Variability in Sulawesi, Indonesia." Doctoral thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0006-B0F3-4.
Full textO'Brien, Christian. "A clockwork climate? an atmospheric history of Northern Australia." Phd thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/114573.
Full textUthairatanakij, Apiradee, University of Western Sydney, of Science Technology and Environment College, and of Science Food and Horticulture School. "Responses of nectarines to atmospheres containing high carbon dioxide concentrations." 2003. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/28106.
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Luo, Qunying. "Assessment of the possible impacts of future atmospheric change on South Australian wheat production / Qunying Luo." 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/21978.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Geographical and Environmental Studies, 2003
Keywood, Melita. "Origins and sources of atmospheric precipitation from australia: chlorine-36 and major-element chemistry." Phd thesis, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/9262.
Full textMuller, Kerri Louise. "A comparison of methane dynamics between wetlands constructed for wastewater treatment and a natural sedgeland in South Australia." 2001. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phm9585.pdf.
Full textMuller, Kerri Louise. "A comparison of methane dynamics between wetlands constructed for wastewater treatment and a natural sedgeland in South Australia / Kerri Louise Muller." Thesis, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/21684.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Botany, 2001
Berry, Sandra. "A study of the relationships between climate, carbon dioxide and the vegetation over the Australian continent at the present and the last glacial maximum." Phd thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/151234.
Full textMassey, Rachel Helen. "Landscapes of Participation and Tradition: The Australian Folk Festival as Process and Public Event." Thesis, 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/2440/135373.
Full textThesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Social Sciences, 2021
Ayub, Gohar. "Response of plant respiration to past and future climates." Phd thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/151524.
Full textScarr, Mark J. "The use of stomatal frequency from three Australian evergreen tree species as a proxy indicator of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration." Thesis, 2011. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/16044/.
Full textPilotto, Louis Stanley John. "Indoor nitrogen dioxide exposure and respiratory illness in children." Phd thesis, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/142473.
Full textHill, Leanne Jodie. "Geochemical and biogeochemical dispersion and residence in landscapes of western New South Wales." Phd thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/148590.
Full textBliss, Sue 1944, University of Western Sydney, College of Arts, and School of Education. "Implementing global and geographical education." 2006. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/25316.
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Twomey, Callum. "Historical variability of east coast lows (ECLs) and their impact on Eastern Australia’s hydroclimate." Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1356112.
Full textThe hydroclimate of eastern Australia is highly variable, with a multitude of large-scale climate processes bearing considerable influence on spatial and temporal rainfall characteristics. One phenomenon known for its contribution to rainfall and which operates on daily timescales, are East Coast Lows (ECLs). These intense low-pressure systems which take place over the subtropical east coasts of southern and northern hemisphere continents are typically associated with gale force winds, large seas, storm surges, heavy rainfall and flooding. While ECL impacts are usually seen as negative (e.g. flooding, storm damage etc.), the rainfall associated with ECLs is also very important for urban water security within the heavily populated eastern seaboard of Australia (ESA). This region of Australia contains a high number of city centres which are forecast to undergo disproportionate rates of growth compared to other areas in Australia. As a result, considerable pressure will be placed on water infrastructure and its resilience to climate variability. This thesis investigates the historical variability of ECLs, and their impact on eastern Australia’s hydroclimate, with particular emphasis placed on the ESA. Within the last decade, several comprehensive ECL databases have been developed. Despite this, inconsistencies remain as to what constitutes an ECL. This has hindered our ability to understand these systems and their impacts. In this thesis, we demonstrate that the definition of an ECL should include classification of the various ECL sub-types based on the synoptic-scale environments from which they form. ECL sub-types have different spatial distributions, seasonal cycles, and rainfall characteristics. Consequently, regions of eastern Australia and in particular the ESA, are influenced differently by different ECL sub-types. An investigation of rainfall across Australia and within the ESA suggests that the ESA is different to the rest of Australia and also not homogenous itself. For winter three separate divisions are identified: (i) the most northerly division from Moreton in Queensland (QLD) to the Manning region of New South Wales (NSW); (ii) the Hunter region south to the metropolitan Sydney area; and (iii) from Illawarra (NSW) to Eastern-central Victoria. For summer, autumn, and spring rainfall, two clear divisions are present: (i) the two most northerly divisions identified in winter combined and (ii) and the equivalent of the third and most southerly outlined for winter. The results suggest that the observed spatial inhomogeneity in rainfall across the ESA is at least in part due to ECLs and their sub-types. Though ECLs may only last a few days, they do have the capacity to provide considerable contributions to water storage reservoirs. Approximately one-third of ECL related rainfall occurs in the 48-hours prior to the system entering the Tasman Sea. Furthermore, given the trajectory of sub-types such as Inland Troughs (IT), Continental Lows (CL) and Southern Secondary Lows(SSL), much of this rainfall provides relief to western flowing headwaters, inland of the Great Dividing Range (GDR). An examination of seasonal rainfall contributions reveals that rainfall associated with Easterly Trough Low (ETL) is statistically significant along the central and northern latitudes of the ESA within winter. SSLs are also found to be significant for the southern extent of the ESA and extends its influence into spring, while CLs establish significance across Victoria. On daily time-scales ITs and ex-tropical cyclones are found to have significantly higher rainfall totals than non-ECL sources (and a number of other ECL sub-types) for their regions of preference. However, due to their infrequent nature, this did not translate into significant seasonal contributions, signifying an important difference in what sub-types present a risk to flooding and those, or rather their absence, that present a risk to water security. ECL sub-types and how their variability impact eastern Australia’s hydroclimate is also shown to be affected by large-scale climate processes. Changes in the spatial distribution of ECLs is found to reflect changes in the proportion of ECL sub-types. When in the La Niña phase, the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) (and its variant ENSO Modoki) tend to shift the spatial distribution of ECLs north. In winter, this also corresponds to an increase in overall ECL activity. This results in more than a 50% increase in ECL related winter rainfall, while similar magnitude of decrease was observed during the El Niño phase. Other mechanisms such as the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) were also found to have a considerable influence on the spatial distribution of ECLs and their associated rainfall. During negative IOD conditions, increases in rainfall west of the GDR corresponded to an increase in the proportion of westerly ECLs. Conversely, during positive IOD, ECL rainfall increases within the ESA owing to a change in the proportion of ECL sub-types. This thesis also provides insights into the importance of ECLs and their sub-types to a key streamflow monitoring station within the Hunter region of NSW. As an indicator for inflowpotential to the Grahamstown Dam, ECLs are responsible for 74% of all streamflow ≥ 99th percentile within the Williams River catchment. Likewise, the absence of ECLs is also shown to be associated with times where the Williams River is experiencing its lowest flow rates. The findings of this thesis are significant and demonstrate the influence ECL sub-types have on hydroclimatic variability in eastern Australia. It also reveals that existing climate related risks are different across the ESA and suggests that how those risks change into the future is also likely to be inconsistent across the ESA – and will likely depend heavily on what eventuates in terms of changes to ECL, and the various ECL sub-types and behaviour (e.g. frequency, timing, location, duration, magnitude and sequencing). This reinforces the need for locally relevant and practically useful climate science information and adaptation strategies - as opposed to State- or Countrywide information and adaptation approaches that are commonly used.