Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 2011. / Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (pages 72-75). / An oscillatory, quasi-periodic signal with a period of around 10 years was found in radiosonde- and satellite-measured datasets of lower stratospheric temperature. Power spectrum analysis and Fourier decomposition were used to characterize the temporal and vertical manifestations of the signal, while EOF analyses were used to analyze its spatial characteristics. The oscillation was found to be unrelated to the solar activity cycle, while it displayed coherence with similar oscillatory signals in ENSO, PDO and AMO indices, as well as with a quasi-decadal signal in SST data. Finally, the quasi-decadal signal in lower stratospheric temperature was found to have a small but measurable contribution to the signal of tropical cyclone potential intensity in the Atlantic MDR. / by John Vincent Agard. / S.B.

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 1994. / GRSN 698569 / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 76-78). / by Lin Li. / M.S.

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 1989. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 114-115). / by James Peter Rydock. / M.S.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, 1988. / Bibliography: p. 157-164. / by Jonathan David Wyss. / Ph.D.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 1989. / Includes bibliographical references. / by Robert E. Grimm. / Ph.D.

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 1985. / Microfiche copy available in Archives and Science. / Bibliography: leaves 83-84. / by James G. Danna. / M.S.

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-126). / by Alica María Lavín Montero. / M.S.

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-94). / The use of remotely sensed oceanographic data would be greatly benefited by being able to detect circulation features automatically through edge detection. In the Black Sea, the use of edge detection to identify fronts can be used to study the effects of river input on circulation patterns and biological and physical interactions. The use of edge detection on remotely sensed chlorophyll data is limited by noisy data, inaccurate measurements, temporal and spatial gaps in data, and limitations on computational power. The algorithm described in this thesis utilizes image processing techniques to create an edge detection process that shows the effects of the Danube river input on Black Sea circulation patterns with little computational complexity. / by Ashwini G. Deshpande. / S.M.

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 1990. / Includes bibliographic references (leaves 23-27). / by Linda Christine Kah. / M.S.

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-84). / by Maoru Kato. / M.S.