PhD Dissertation/Theses Titles
Title Author Faculty Advisor

Dissertation Quarter

Assessing Causes of Global Methane Changes During 1979-2007 Using Measurements and Models of Mixing Ratios and Stable Isotopes Fuu Ming Kai  Stanley Tyler S09
Eastern Pacific and Central Pacific Types of ENSO Hsun-Ying Kao Jin-Yi Yu S09
Simulating The Effects of Atmospheric Nutrient Deposition on Ocean Biogeochemistry Aparna Krishnamurthy J. Keith Moore S09
ENSO Decadal Modulation and Tropical Pacific Mean Climate Fengpeng Sun Jin-Yi Yu X08
Quantifying Seasonal Variationsin Continental Surface Water Storage Using a Catchment-Based Hydrologic and Routing Modeling System (CHARMS) with Explicit Surface Water Bodies  Gopi Goteti Jay Famiglietti X08
The Importance of Intrinsic Controls in Driving Interannual NEP Variability Adrian Rocha Mike Goulden S08
Detection of Dihalogens in Coastal Urban Air Brandon Finley Eric Saltzman W08
Optimization and Sensitivity Analysis of a Global Ocean Biogeochemistry Model Eun Young Kwon Francois Primeau W08
Dissolved Organic Carbon Concentrations and Isotope Ratios in the Northeast Pacific Ocean Steve Beaupre Ellen Druffel X07
Partitioning Sources of Ecosystem Respiration Mariah Carbone Susan Trumbore X07
Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Water Storage:  Implications for Continental Freshwater Discharge Estimation Hassan Syed Jay Famiglietti S07
Effects of Vertically-Resolved Solar Heating, Snow Aging, and Black Carbon on Snow Albedo Feedback  Mark Flanner Charlie Zender S07
Observations of Planetary Wave Breaking and Nonlinear Reflection John Abatzoglou Gudrun Magnusdottir S06
Footprint-Scale Soil Moisture Spatial-Temporal Variabiltiy and Implications for Satellite Validation Dongryeol Ryu Jay Famiglietti S06
Photochemical Production of Oceanic Alkyl Nitrates Elizabeth Dahl Eric Saltzman S05
Studies on Oceanic Methane: Concentrations, Stable Isotope Ratios, and Natural Radiocarbon Measurements John Kessler William S. Reeburgh S05
ITCZ Breakdown in Three Dimensional Flows Chia-Chi Wang Gudrun Magnusdottir S05
Using a Carbon 14 Release to Partition Soil Respiration Sources in a Southeastern Hardwood Forest LuzMaria Cisneros Dozal Susan Trumbore W05
Particulate and Sedimentary Organic Matter in the Northeast Pacific Ocean Jeom-Shik Hwang Ellen Druffel S04
Methane Dynamics and Carbon Dioxide Exchange in a California Rice Paddy Andrew McMillan

Stan Tyler/Mike Goulden

S04
Modelling and Analysis of Regional and Global Soil Moisture Variations Aaron Berg Jay Famiglietti F03
Methyl Halide Emissions from Rice Paddies Kelly Redeker Ralph Cicerone S02
Nonlinear Planetary-Wave Reflection in Tropospheric Flows Christopher Walker Gudrun Magnusdottir S02
Improvement and Application of UCI Chemistry Transport Model Huisheng Bian Michael Prather F01
Belowground Carbon Cycling in Three Temperate Forests of the Eastern United States Julia Gaudinski Susan Trumbore W01
Investigations of Atmospheric Trace Gases Using the University of California Chemistry Transport Model Seth Olson Michael Prather  F00
Physical and Biological Controls on the Soil COProfile  Adam Hirsh Susan Trumbore F00
Studies of Atmospheric Trace Gases Using an Improved Three-Dimensional Global Chemistry Transport Model Bryan Hannegan Michael Prather S00
Biogeochemistry of Hydrogen and Methane in Anoxic Environments: Thermodynamic and Isotope Studies David Valentine William S. Reeburgh S00
Effects of Vegetation on Methane Emissions from Arctic Tundra Ecosystems Jennifer King William S. Reeburgh F99
Radiocarbon Measurements of Black Carbon on Ocean Sediments and a Small Rover Caroline Masiello Ellen Druffel F99
Stable Isotopes in N20 Emitted from Tropical Rain Forest Soils and Agriculture Fields:  Implications for the Global Atmospheric N20 Tibisay Perez Susan Trumbore F99
In situ Measurements of BrO & the Photochemistry of Inorganic Bromine in the Artic Stratosphere Karena McKinney Darin W. Toohey W98
Mechanistic & Experimental Studies of Halogen Oxides Important in the Lower Stratosphere James M. Pierson Darin W. Toohey F97
Methyl Bromide Emissions from Agriculture Field Fumigations & Cattle, & Atmospheric Measurements of Methyl Halides  Jody Williams Ralph Cicerone S97
Use of Stable Isotope Ratio Measurementsof Carbon & Hydrogen to Quantify Aspects of Methane Production, Oxidation, and Transport in Rice Paddies Rebecca Susan Bilek Ralph Cicerone S97
Modeling the Role of Selected Light Nonmethane Hydrocarbons on the Chemical Composition of Natural and Perturbed Troposphere Mohan L. Gupta Ralph Cicerone S96