Defenses for Spring 2015
![Estimating Emission Rates of Volatile Organic Compounds from Oil and Natural Gas Operations in the Piceance Basin](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/images/default-video.png)
Jul 16, 2015
MS Defense
“Estimating Emission Rates of Volatile Organic Compounds from Oil and Natural Gas Operations in the Piceance Basin”
![Wake Vortices and Tropical Cyclogenesis Downstream of Sumatra over the Indian Ocean](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20150626-Fine.jpg)
Jun 26, 2015
MS Defense
“Wake Vortices and Tropical Cyclogenesis Downstream of Sumatra over the Indian Ocean”
![Uncertainties in Global Aerosols and Climate Effects Due to Biofuel Emissions](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20150514-Kodres.jpg)
May 14, 2015
MS Defense
“Uncertainties in Global Aerosols and Climate Effects Due to Biofuel Emissions”
![Cumulus Moistening, the Diurnal Cycle, and Large-Scale Tropical Dynamics](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20150508-Ruppert.jpg)
May 08, 2015
PhD Defense
“Cumulus Moistening, the Diurnal Cycle, and Large-Scale Tropical Dynamics”
![Linear and Nonlinear Properties of Numerical Methods for the Rotating Shallow Water Equations](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/images/default-video.png)
May 07, 2015
PhD Defense
“Linear and Nonlinear Properties of Numerical Methods for the Rotating Shallow Water Equations”
![Balanced and Transient Aspects of the Intertropical Convergence Zone](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/images/default-video.png)
May 06, 2015
PhD Defense
“Balanced and Transient Aspects of the Intertropical Convergence Zone”
![Toward an Improved Understanding of the Synoptic and Mesoscale Dynamics Governing Nocturnal Heavy-Rain-Producing Mesoscale Convective Systems](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20150421-Peters.jpg)
Apr 21, 2015
PhD Defense
“Toward an Improved Understanding of the Synoptic and Mesoscale Dynamics Governing Nocturnal Heavy-Rain-Producing Mesoscale Convective Systems”
![Vertical and Horizontal Mixing in the Tropical Tropopause Layer](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/images/default-video.png)
Apr 15, 2015
MS Defense
“Vertical and Horizontal Mixing in the Tropical Tropopause Layer”
![Time-Filtered Inverse Modeling of Land-Atmosphere Carbon Exchange](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20150403-Geyer.jpg)
Apr 03, 2015
MS Defense
“Time-Filtered Inverse Modeling of Land-Atmosphere Carbon Exchange”
![On the Observed Relationships Between Variability in Sea Surface Temperatures and the Atmospheric Circulation in the Northern Hemisphere](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20150403-Wills.jpg)
Apr 03, 2015
MS Defense
“On the Observed Relationships Between Variability in Sea Surface Temperatures and the Atmospheric Circulation in the Northern Hemisphere”
![Tropical Tropopause Layer Variability Associated with the Madden-Julian Oscillation during DYNAMO](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20150327-Dagg.jpg)
Mar 27, 2015
MS Defense
“Tropical Tropopause Layer Variability Associated with the Madden-Julian Oscillation during DYNAMO”
![The Spatial and Temporal Properties of Precipitation Uncertainty Structures over Tropical Oceans](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20150313-Liu.jpg)
Mar 13, 2015
MS Defense
“The Spatial and Temporal Properties of Precipitation Uncertainty Structures over Tropical Oceans”
![The Validation of Emission Rate Estimation Methods](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/images/default-video.png)
Jan 29, 2015
MS Defense
“The Validation of Emission Rate Estimation Methods”