Author Profile: T Cook

Publications from T. Cook

Research Spotlight 2 February 2016

New Model Improves Predictions of Shallow Landslides

An advanced, process-based model that incorporates typically neglected processes provides new insight into the complex dynamics controlling shallow landslide formation.

Biogeosciences

Research Spotlight 29 January 2016

High Methane Emissions Detected During Subarctic Lake Melt

A spike detected in surface methane released from a seasonally ice-covered lake in northern Sweden coincides with the spring thaw and lake overturn.

Planetary Sciences

Research Spotlight 25 January 2016

Satellites Reveal the History of the Moon's "Frigid Sea"

The history of aluminum-rich basalts in Mare Frigoris may help scientists better understand the evolution of the lunar mantle.

Atmospheric Sciences

Research Spotlight 22 January 2016

What Triggers Intraseasonal Oscillations in the Indian Ocean?

A new modeling study suggests that the triggering of the Madden-Julian Oscillation is dominated by interactions with preceding events.

Geology & Geophysics

Research Spotlight 11 November 2015

Wharton Basin Earthquakes: Evidence for a New Plate Boundary?

The largest ever strike-slip earthquake may have occurred on a newly developing boundary between the Indian and Australian plates.

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology

Research Spotlight 10 November 2015

Dating Lava Domes in California's Salton Trough

Scientists use a trio of techniques to resolve the age and duration of rhyolite volcanism of the Salton Buttes.

Atmospheric Sciences

Research Spotlight 2 November 2015

Birthplace of Pacific Tropical Cyclones on the Move

A study says the point of origin for cyclones in the western North Pacific is moving closer to land because of warming of the tropical troposphere.

Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

Research Spotlight 9 October 2015

Near-Surface Aquifer Discovered on Svalbard Glacier

Arctic glacier aquifer may respond more rapidly to climate change than larger aquifers found on the Greenland ice sheet.

Ocean Sciences

Research Spotlight 21 September 2015

Large Variability Measured in Kuroshio Current East of Taiwan

Ship surveys show that the "Gulf Stream" of the Pacific is not a stable boundary current.

Atmospheric Sciences

Research Spotlight 16 September 2015

Circulation Models Cannot Simulate Organized Tropical Convection

Challenges in predicting and simulating the Madden-Julian Oscillation indicate a lack of understanding of the atmospheric circulation pattern's fundamental physics.

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