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An analysis of the effects of climatic oscillations and hurricane intensification on the destructiveness of Gulf Coast hurricane landfalls
Hurricanes are the leading cause of economic loss in the United States, and recent studies
have shown that they have increased in intensity. The growth of population and wealth to
coastal regions has exacerbated catastrophic ...
School's Out for Weather: Early Dismissal in Public School Districts on Potential Severe Weather Days
Survey responses from 76 public school districts in Mississippi and Alabama, tornado warning data, tornado path data, and county demographic data were used to investigate early dismissals in public schools. There was little ...
Earthquake risk assessment of Mississippi State University
(Mississippi State University, 7/9/2010)
Mississippi State University is one of the many public institutions in Mississippi located near a seismic hazard zone known as the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ). Previous studies reveal the possibility of damage to the ...
Exploration of the Relationship Between Microbial Dendritic Shrub Structures and Formation of Aragonitic Botryoidal Cement
The objective of this project was to test the hypothesis that micritic, microbial, dendritic shrub structures transition into aragonite botryoids by serving as an organic substrate that promotes the initiation of aragonite ...
Investigation of Vegetation Discontinuities and the Enhancement of Convection Related to the April 27 2011 Multiple Ef4 and Ef5 Tornado Scars
During the April 25 – 28, 2011 severe weather outbreak, 350 tornadoes were confirmed across 21 states, making the event the largest 3-day outbreak in U.S. History. Of the 350 tornadoes, 13 were of EF4 or EF5 strength. Due ...
An Investigation into the Impacts of Land-Use/Land-Cover on Cloud-To-Ground Lightning Activity
Cloud-to-Ground (CG) lightning activity was analyzed across the lower Mississippi River valley. The goal was to determine whether certain land use/ land cover (LULC) types supported convective thunderstorms’ generation of ...
Risk assessment of rock surface spillway erosion using parametric studies
(Mississippi State University, 2007-07-02)
As more dams experience spillway flows from flood events, identification and analysis of erosion in auxiliary rock surface spillways has become a primary focus in maintaining dam integrity. The spillway erosion risk ...
Soil-microbe-volatile organic compound (SMVOC) analysis and authentic science inquiry into gas chromatography for a general chemistry laboratory class
(Mississippi State University, 7/6/2011)
Sound research and effective teaching are both essential to the progress of science. This thesis encompasses two studies to address the two needs: a multi-scale soil study designed to validate a novel soil biological ...
Determining South Mississippi forest susceptibility to windthrow and shear damage in a hurricane environment through data mining of meteorological, physiographical, pedological, and tree level data
An estimated 39 million m3 of timber was damaged across the Southeast Forest District of Mississippi due to Hurricane Katrina. Aggregated forest plot-level biometrics was coupled with wind, topographical, and soil attributes ...
Spatio-Temporal Characteristics Of Mississippi Wildfires
Based on wildfire data acquired from Mississippi forestry commission from 1991- 2005 approximately 4,000 wildfires occur in Mississippi each year, burning over 60,000 acres of forest and grassland. This study focuses on ...