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Item A comparison of the grading practices of small-school band directors in West Texas(Texas Tech University, 2004-05) Petersen, Renee LThe intent of this study was to determine which techniques of grading are most commonly used for bands in Texas. The experiment design consisted of a single test followed by an observation. The group was a single sample (N = 52). Directors were surveyed at region band tryouts in two regions to collect information regarding grading procedures used in their ensembles. Surveys were distributed and collected on site. Once collected, the information was organized according to teaching venue (elementary, junior high, and high school), the amount of experience the teachers had, and the directors' degree of satisfaction with their grading policies. Initially, data were analyzed using a chi-square test for multiple samples to determine whether there was a significant difference among the components of the grading policies. Then, data were analyzed to determine between which components the significant differences appear. This researcher hoped to determine the relationship between the directors' satisfaction with the policy, the amount of teaching experience, teaching venue, and each component of the grading system. Results indicated that directors were somewhat consistent in their selection of components for the grading policies, regardless of the degree of satisfaction with said policies, their teaching venue or their years of experience as a teacherItem A qualitative investigation of the factors that influence crop planting and water management in West Texas(2008-12) Leigh, Kathryn; Doerfert, David; Fraze, Steven; Akers, CindyThe purpose of this study is to determine the factors that influence farmers in their planting decisions from year to year. The population for this study was be the farmers serving on the board of the Texas Alliance for Water Conservation (TAWC) project. The results of this study will be of benefit to businesses, and companies that depend on the farmer and his decisions for the success of their company. The study will also help policy.Item A survey of gravity waves in West Texas(2008-12) Huckabee, Jennifer C.; Leary, Colleen; Basu, SukantaGravity waves are not uncommon in the atmosphere. They occur most often as a result of some imbalance in the atmosphere and act as a restoring force for the atmosphere. Most gravity waves are generated as a result of decaying storms. The energy released from these storms causes the initial imbalance in the atmosphere which is then restored by the resulting gravity waves. In general, gravity waves have the following characteristics. Wavelength: 50-400 km, amplitude: 0.2-2 mb, horizontal phase speed: 10-30 m/s, period: 0.5-4 hours. These gravity waves can be observed as either a wave packet, which is most common, or as a single wave. There is limited understanding of gravity waves, however, these waves have the potential to significantly effect the weather. The research I have conducted includes seven different gravity wave cases, all of which occurred under different conditions. Conclusions will be drawn about the synoptic conditions associated with these gravity waves as well as source mechanisms of these wave events. I hope to determine some sort of conclusions about gravity waves in general.Item Airborne lidar-aided comparative facies architecture of Yates Formation (Permian) middle to outer shelf depositional systems, McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico and west Texas(2010-12) Sadler, Cari Elizabeth; Kerans, C. (Charles), 1954-; Steel, Ronald; Fisher, WilliamThe eastern side of the Guadalupe Mountains, located in New Mexico and west Texas, represents an erosional profile along the Capitan reef margin. A complete shelf-to-basin exposure of the Upper Permian Capitan shelf margin is found on the north wall of North McKittrick Canyon, which is nearly perpendicular to the Capitan reef margin. An excellent 2-D sequence stratigraphic framework for upper Permian backreef facies has been developed by previous workers for North McKittrick Canyon (Tinker, 1998) and Slaughter Canyon (Osleger, 1998), forming the basis for observations in this study. The goal of this study is to describe the sequence stratigraphic architecture of the Yates Formation, focusing on the Y4-Y6 high-frequency sequences (HFSs) found in the middle to outer shelf depositional systems, and to illustrate the use of airborne lidar data to quantitatively map at the cycle-scale. Seven measured sections were taken in North McKittrick Canyon. From airborne lidar, 3-D geometries of key sedimentary and structural features were mapped in Polyworks, in addition to the sequence boundaries delineating the Yates 4-6 HFSs. In general, major cycles exhibit asymmetry and shoal upward. Cycle boundaries are sometimes hard to delineate due to amalgamation, particularly in the shelf crest. High-frequency sequences are commonly asymmetric; they deepen and thicken upward toward the maximum flooding surface, and the boundaries between HFSs are usually marked by thick siltstones. Major HFS boundaries can be mapped across the entire dataset, and some component cycles can be observed for minimum distances of one kilometer in an updip-downdip direction. Also, some facies tract dimensions can be estimated directly from the lidar data. Measured sections indicate that the shelf crest facies tract shifts seaward with each successive HFS, while the outer shelf facies tract steps landward. Future work that could be done with the Y4-Y6 HFSs includes 8-10 more measured sections, collection of samples for thin sections, and tracing out of contacts between facies tracts. Extensive lidar data interpretation needs to be done so that digital outcrop models demonstrating facies distributions can be produced. This would enable the development of an outcrop analog model to mixed carbonate-siliciclastic reservoirs, which would be unprecedented in this area.Item The Black Shale Basin of West Texas(1939-08) Cole, Charles Taylor, 1913-; Bybee, Halbert Pleasant, 1888-1957The Black Shale Basin of West Texas covers an area in excess of 21,000 square miles and includes the region from Terrell and Pecos Counties eastward to Menard and Kimble Counties. It extends from Real, Edwards, and Val Verde northward beyond Glasscock and Upton Counties. This basin includes such local basins as the "Midland Basin," and "Val Verde Basin," of Frank E. Lewis, the "Sheffield Channel," and the "Kerr Basin." Reasons are given for the belief that the black shale sediments in this basin were derived from rocks south of this area. The shale ranges in age from Bend (lower Pennsylvanian) through Clear Fork (middle Permian). The shale of the Midland Basin has been divided into three distinct zones. Pre-Cretaceous erosion has removed the offlapping Permian shale in the extreme southern portion of the area leaving Pennsylvanian directly beneath the Trinity. The problem of stratigraphy is complicated by gradation and lack of diagnostic fossils. There is a great divergence of opinion as to correlative formational units derived from a study of the well cuttings.Item Climatology of blowing dust and triggering mechanisms across West Texas(Texas Tech University, 1995-08) Bernier, Scott A.Wigner (1984) stated that blowing dust climatologies for stations other than Lubbock need to be compiled to better understand this phenomenon across the South Plains. It is with this statement in mind that this thesis has been written. The main objective of this thesis is to present detailed blowing dust climatologies for Amarillo, Midland, Reese Air Force Base, and Lubbock (updated). Intercomparisons of the four stations are provided. Lubbock and Reese Air Force Base are compared to attempt to determine which station better represents the Lubbock area. A possible explanation for the change in blowing dust patterns over the forty-one year (forty-two for Reese and Lubbock) period is presented.Item Conceptualizing vertebrate faunal dynamics : new perspectives from the Triassic and Eocene of Western North America(2013-05) Stocker, Michelle Renae; Bell, Christopher J., 1966-Conceptualizations of actual biological patterns as preserved in the fossil record must accommodate the results of biotic and abiotic drivers of faunal dynamics. However, those conceptualizations also may reflect cognitive biases resulting from foundational philosophical stances. Whether fossils are conceptualized as the remains of biological entities or as geological objects will affect both taxonomic identifications and secondary inferences derived from those identifications. In addition, operational research bias centered on relativistic views of ‘importance’ of particular components (i.e., taxonomic or skeletal region) of the assemblage results in preferential documentation of some taxa and marginalization of others. I explored the consequences of those specific cognitive and operational biases through examination of Triassic and Eocene faunal assemblages in western North America. For the Triassic I focused on taxonomic and systematic treatments of Paleorhinus, a group of phytosaurs important for the establishment of biochronologic correlations. Specimen-level reexamination of Paleorhinus supported a restricted usage of Paleorhinus as a clade, dissolved a biochronologic connection between terrestrial and marine deposits, and indicated a prior compression of the early part of the Late Triassic as a result of previous conceptualizations of species. I reexamined the Otis Chalk tetrapod assemblage in light of new specimens and modern phylogenetic frameworks. My examination supported a restricted usage of the Otischalkian for biochronologic correlation of the Late Triassic, and emphasized the importance of apomorphic character-based specimen examinations in conjunction with detailed lithostratigraphy prior to the development of biochronologic schema. For the Eocene I focused on undocumented terrestrial reptiles from the late Uintan fauna of West Texas. Specifically I discovered new taxa and new geographic occurrences of amphisbaenians and caimanine crocodylians. The amphisbaenians represent the southernmost record of the clade in the North American Paleogene, and, when combined with other amphisbaenian records, document that the clade responded to late Paleogene climatic changes in ways different from the inferred mammalian response. The new taxon of caimanine crocodylian represents a new geographic and temporal record of that clade. That new record indicates that the biogeographic range of extant caimans represents a climate-driven restriction from a formerly more expansive range, and suggests that the previous geographic and temporal gap in paleodistribution data is related to sampling biases and is not a solely a biological phenomenon. These data indicate that reliable characterization of vertebrate faunal dynamics requires open acknowledgment and appropriate documentation of cognitive and operational biases that affect interpretations of paleontological data.Item Dismantling normative ideologies in college classrooms: Extending a critical communication pedagogy(2012-08) Mitchell, Stephen; Heuman, Amy N.; Doty, Timothy M.; Scholl, Juliann C.This thesis examines how pedagogues experience normative ideologies in their college classrooms and strategies for managing the expression of those ideologies. A long tradition of critical theories suggests that normative ideologies have harmful material consequences for particular social and cultural groups. This premise has guided the development of critical pedagogies that challenge those ideologies, and in so doing force educators to rethink the ways they approach classrooms. In Communication Studies, this work has been extended to understand the ways some of those ideologies are communicated and the ways educators can communicate to resist them. This thesis takes a broad approach to questioning expressions of normativity and strategies for educators to resist it. Twenty in-depth interviews were conducted with instructors at colleges in the West Texas region. Two emergent typologies are outlined. Normative ideologies are expressed discursively, attitudinally, bodily and paralinguistically. Instructors mediate those expressions via discursive, content, organizational and performative strategies. Expressions of normativity are situated within the context of features that participants characterized as unique qualities of West Texas. Strategies are presented alongside participants’ acknowledgements of the limits critical pedagogues face working toward their goals.Item Ecology of arthropods in Texas High Plains cotton and development of sampling plans for selected cotton pests(Texas Tech University, 2004-08) Shrestha, Ram B.Not availableItem Economic significance, population dynamics, and new methods of control of hog lice populations on swine under West Texas conditions(Texas Tech University, 1976-05) Bynum, Edsel DNot availableItem Effects of biosolids and an inorganic mulch on soil-plant relationships in two Chihuahuan Desert grasslands(Texas Tech University, 2000-12) Jurado-Guerra, PedroIn-depth research is needed to understand the effects of biosolids (sewage sludge) application on plant growth in semiarid regions. The objectives of this research were to determine the effects of surface application of biosolids on soil properties and plant growth on two Chihuahuan desert grasslands sites during two years. A tobosagrass (Hilaria mutica) site with a Stellar very fine sandy loam soil and a blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) site with a Jal fine sandy loam soil were selected on the Sierra Blanca ranch, in Texas. Biosolids at 0,18, and 34 Mg ha^-1 were applied either in the dormant or growing season to experimental plots in 1997 or 1998. An inorganic mulch (synthetic fiber-floor pads, "IM") was applied to simulate ground cover of biosolids rates. Supplemental irrigation was provided to half of the plots throughout the growing season. Afternoon soil temperature, soil-volumetric water content, and soil NO3-N were measured throughout the growing season. Plant tissue nitrogen concentration (TKN) was measured in August and October on both tobosagrass and blue grama in 1998. Standing crop was measured in October for both grasses. In general, soil temperature decreased under application of both mulches at both sites during the two years. Soil-water content was higher under application of both mulches at both sites at most sampling dates. Nitrate-nitrogen in the soil increased with application of biosolids during both seasons of application with a more pronounced effect from biosolids applied during the dormant season during the first year of application on both sites. Nitrate-nitrogen in the soil slightly increased with inorganic mulch application on both sites. The dormant application of biosolids promoted earlier improvement of soil properties compared to growing season application of biosolids during the first year of application at both sites. Tobosagrass TKN remained similar with biosolids application in August and October and decreased with IM application in October. In contrast, blue grama TKN increased with biosolids rates in October and was not affected by mulch application in any date. Standing crop of both grasses increased with application of both mulches and irrigation. Biosolids increased NO3-N in the soil and improved plant forage quality more than the inorganic mulch in both sites and years.Item Effects of prescribed fire on small mammals and beetle assemblages in conservation reserve program (CRP) grasslands(Texas Tech University, 1998-05) Davis, Stephen SethThe Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) was established as a portion of the 1985 Food Security Act. The CRP removed highly erodible farmland from production by seeding perennial grasses. Acreage enrolled in CRP could not be grazed or harvested for 10 years. Since 1985, 400,000 ha in the Southern High Plains have been enrolled in CRP providing the unique opportunity for scientists to study a variety of animals in relatively homogenous man-made habitats. The stands of CRP in the Southern High Plains are dominated by weeping lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula). Information on community structure and microhabitat use of small mammals in homogenous CRP grasslands is severely lacking. Therefore, the hypothesis that rodents within CRP grasslands differed in microhabitat use was examined. Small mammals were live-trapped on 12 study plots from 11 to 15 March 1996 in Lynn County, Texas. First captures of small mammals were separated into four vegetation categories based on canopy cover at the trap site. Eight species of small mammals were captured during 6000 trapnights. The deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) and the hispid pocket mouse rChaetodipus hispidus) differed from the expected distribution of captures (chi square, 3 df, P < 0.001 and P = 0.001) with more captures in open trap sites. In contrast, the cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) and the western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis^ differed from the expected distribution of captures (chi square, 3 df, P < 0.001 and P = 0.058) with more captures in densely vegetated trap sites. Results suggest rodents living in weeping lovegrass monocultures select different microhabitat cover. The effects of prescribed fire on small mammals and beetle assemblages in CRP grasslands have yet to be documented. Small mammals and beetles were sampled on six burned and six non-burned areas over the summers of 1996 and 1997. Small mammal trapping revealed 2532 captures of 1380 individuals of 10 species. R. megalotis and S. hispidus decreased dramatically following fire (P = 0.001 and P = 0.003). The northern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys leucogaster) increased following fire ( P = 0.044). Three other species, the spotted ground squirrel (Spermophilus spilosoma). P. maniculatus. and C. hispidus. all exhibited burn by time interactions and increased in at least one time period on burned areas. Rodent postfire succession in CRP grassland is a dynamic process. Habitats are continually being optimized by changing groups of rodents even when grasses return to preburn densities. Beetle trapping revealed 13 different beetle families, with six families captured in sufficient numbers for statistical analysis. Scarabaeidae, Tenebrionidae, and Meloidae beetles were not affected by fire. Carabidae and Cicindelidae, although not significant at the P < 0.05 level, had trends which suggested possible fire effects. Elateridae beetles decreased 16 months postburn but did not differ in previous samples. Beetles seem to be resilient to fire and families that are affected most are those depended on litter and detritus for habitat.Item Herbaceous production as influenced by juniper canopy cover in west Texas(Texas Tech University, 1998-12) Racher, Brent J.Juniper encroachment and subsequent density and canopy cover increases on rangeland reduce herbaceous production beneath and outside of the canopy area. Associated problems are decreased water yield, reduced carrying capacity, higher erosion, and difficult livestock handling. The objective of this study was to quantify and correlate aerial phytomass production with different levels of redberry juniper {Juniperus pinchotii Sudw.) canopy cover, density, and canopy volume in west Texas. The Texas Tech Experimental Ranch (Borden County, TX) study sites were on a deep hardland range site with Olton clay loam soils. The Pitchfork Ranch (Dickens County, TX) sites were on a mixedland range site with very fine sand soils. The Stone Ranch (Tom Green County, TX) sites were on a clay loam range site with Angelo clay loam soils. The Triangle Ranch (Foard and Hardeman Counties, TX) sites were on a deep hardland range site with Tilhnan clay loam soils. Juniper canopy cover was measured with both line transects and belt transects. Aerial phytomass yield and relative frequency of grass species were estimated by clipping 0.25-m quadrats. Dominant grass species differed among locations. Line intercept canopy cover of redberry juniper was more highly correlated with herbaceous yield than the canopy cover estimates obtained with belt transects. Yield was reduced an average of 1,000 kg/ha as juniper canopy cover increased from 0 to 35%. Regression analysis predicted a yield reduction 33.5% and 50% at 20% and 40% juniper canopy cover, respectively. Yield reductions at 20% juniper canopy cover were greater on the two deep hardland range sites compared to the clay loam and mixedland ranges sites, but at 40% canopy cover, yield reductions were about equal across range sites. The largest decreases m yield occurred as juniper canopy cover increased from 0 to 15%, contrary to prior beliefs.Item Mutually assured construction : resurrecting the West Texas missile silos(2016-05) East, Andrew Joseph; Dahlby, Tracy; Brenner, RobertA group of enthusiasts near Abilene, Texas are turning decommissioned, Cold War-era nuclear missile silos into homes, doomsday shelters, historical monuments and businesses, offering a unique glimpse into the blue-collar, do-it-yourself psyche of a region of Texas forged during the Cold War.Item Queens of the South Plains: Collected oral histories of drag queens living in Lubbock, TX(2013-05) Ballard, Katy; Check, Ed; Akins-Tillett, Future; Ortega, Francisco; Peaslee, Robert M.; Sharp, Elizabeth A.In my dissertation research, Queens of the South Plains: Collected Oral Histories of Drag Queens Living in Lubbock, Texas, I am collecting oral histories of five Lubbock, Texas performance artists who participate or have participated in local drag queen shows and culture: Thomas Mims, Devon Nicole, and Damion Davis, Audrianna Guillen, and Chris Wheeler. I utilize oral histories because no other institutional histories exist. Academically, there is a large amount of research on drag histories in metropolitan areas and on non-metropolitan lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, questioning, queer and intersexed (LGBTQ) lives, but there is very little, if any, research that connects these two fields of study. Since the early 1990s, there has been a small but growing body of literature and art documenting rural and non-metropolitan spaces and lives. However, other than the collected interviews of two rural drag queens in the documentary film Small Town Gay Bar scant literature exists on drag queens in rural areas. In this study, I conduct face-to-face interviews with five subjects that I document through audio recordings using a semi-structured interview format. In addition to the five subjects/performers, I conduct supplemental interviews of people involved in the subjects’ lives to gain a broader perspective of small city drag culture in Lubbock as a non-metropolitan setting. The literature review of urban drag queen cultures and rural queer lives is juxtaposed against the contexts and invisible histories of the lives of drag queens in rural/non-metropolitan settings. This research is a small step in bridging the gap in academic research connecting drag queen culture and research on rural and non-metropolitan LGBTQ lives.Item Sensitivity of seismic response to variations in the Woodford Shale, Delaware Basin, West Texas(2010-12) Shan, Na; Tatham, R. H. (Robert H.), 1943-; Sen, Mrinal K.; Spikes, Kyle T.; Ruppel, Stephen C.; Ogiesoba, Osareni C.The Woodford Shale is an important unconventional oil and gas resource. It can act as a source rock, seal and reservoir, and may have significant elastic anisotropy, which would greatly affect seismic response. Understanding how anisotropy may affect the seismic response of the Woodford Shale is important in processing and interpreting surface reflection seismic data. The objective of this study is to identify the differences between isotropic and anisotropic seismic responses in the Woodford Shale, and to understand how these anisotropy parameters and physical properties influence the resultant synthetic seismograms. I divide the Woodford Shale into three different units based on the data from the Pioneer Reliance Triple Crown #1 (RTC #1) borehole, which includes density, gamma ray, resistivity, sonic, dipole sonic logs, part of imaging (FMI) logs, elemental capture spectroscopy (ECS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) data from core samples. Different elastic parameters based on the well log data are used as input models to generate synthetic seismograms. I use a vertical impulsive source, which generates P-P, P-SV and SV-SV waves, and three component receivers for synthetic modeling. Sensitivity study is performed by assuming different anisotropic scenarios in the Woodford Shale, including vertical transverse isotropy (VTI), horizontal transverse isotropy (HTI) and orthorhombic anisotropy. Through the simulation, I demonstrate that there are notable differences in the seismic response between isotropic and anisotropic models. Three different types of elastic waves, i.e., P-P, P-SV and SV-SV waves respond differently to anisotropy parameter changes. Results suggest that multicomponent data might be useful in analyzing the anisotropy for the surface seismic data. Results also indicate the sensitivity offset range might be helpful in determining the location for prestack seismic amplitude analysis. All these findings demonstrate the potentially useful sensitivity parameters to the seismic data. The paucity of data resources limits the evaluation of the anisotropy in the Woodford. However, the seismic modeling with different type of anisotropy assumptions leads to understand what type of anisotropy and how this anisotropy affects the change of seismic data.Item Synoptic conditions of the low-level jet over West Texas(2010-12) Jameson, Dale A; Leary, Colleen; Basu, Sukanta; Columbie, ArqimedesThe low-level jet is common to West Texas. This thesis will focus on the synoptic conditions that occur during low-level jet events during the boundary layer evening transition period of June and July 2006 and July 2008.Item Teaching limited English proficient students: an analysis of curricular and instructional comments made by in-service, content-area teachers in a middle school(Texas Tech University, 2002-12) Juarez-Torres, RachelThe purpose of this study was to analyze what a group of In-Service, Content- Area teachers in a middle school were saying to their Limited English Proficient (LEP) students as part of the curriculum and instruction, and lo categorize the comments along the lines of scientific curriculum inquiry (Foshay, 1991, as cited in Short, 1991). Observations and interview s were the primary methods of data collection for this proposed study. An analysis was made of what the teachers were saying to communicate curricular applications and instructional modifications made by In-Service, Content-Area teachers at a middle school to leach LEP students. The language that this group of teachers used was coded lo describe the originality of the types of statements made by the teachers. The study attempted to identify the curricular applications and instructional modifications made by In-Service, Content-Area teachers in a middle school. Moreover, the study attempted to fill in the gap in the literature regarding curriculum and instruction for LEP students at the middle school level. The study did not attempt to evaluate the curricular adaptations and instructional modifications of the second-language-acquisition strategies learned in university-level course for meeting the needs of LEP students. In addition, the study did not attempt to evaluate the effectiveness of the In-Service, Content-Area teacher at the middle school level. Finally, the study did not attempt to predict success of the curricular adaptations and instructional modifications. The teachers in this study, who had taken university-level courses designed to meet the needs of LEP students, have been found to have applied specific second-language- acquisition methods to their delivery of curriculum and instruction. In addition, this group of In-Service, Content-Area teachers at the middle school level who have been assigned to teach LEP students use language to manage lime, lessons, and the classroom. As a result of further analysis, as related to curricular adaptations and instructional modifications, the language was found as being of substance (what), educational practice (how), and purpose (why).Item The association between socioeconomic status and cardiovascular disease risk factors in a rural-dwelling aging cohort of west Texas(2011-05) Chen, Wenping; Rahnama, Masha; Ende, Terry V.; Miller, Peggy G.Socioeconomic status (SES) refers to an individual’s social and economic position relative to other members in a society. Due to the fact that American society is aging and few studies on the association between socioeconomic status and risk factors for cardiovascular disease were conducted in rural residents of U.S., it is urgent that more related studies focus on rural aging people. Data on 509 rural-dwelling aging people from West Texas were analyzed using binary Logistic regression. Data analysis showed that people in rural areas have relative lower socioeconomic status and higher prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Logistic regression results demonstrated that both of SES and demographic indicators have significant effects on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Age was linked to most of the CVD risk factors; males and Hispanic have a higher risk for developing diabetes; people without house tenure tend to have alcohol use problem; household income is the strongest estimator to diabetes and an effective estimator to hypertension and depression in a rural setting; higher occupational level was positively associated with the decrease of diabetes and obesity risk; both household income and occupation directly affect CVD risk; in contrast, education indirectly influence health outcome; the underlying pathway through which education benefit health outcomes is the financial and occupational improvement that associated with education.Item The effect of rainfall rate on latent and sensible heat fluxes in West Texas(Texas Tech University, 2006-05) Kook, David RichardAn understanding of local changes and relationships of meteorological parameters in the atmospheric boundary layer can be very useful when working with numerical models. A better understanding of these relationships can lead to a better parameterization of the models in the planetary boundary layer thus increasing the accuracy of the models. Using the West Texas Mesonet data from 2003 for all 40 of the sites, I looked into the effects that variable amounts of rainfall had on the amounts of latent and sensible heat fluxes during different periods. Calculations of fluxes from the mesonet data were used to compare dry periods and periods of rainfall throughout the year in hopes that some valuable relationships could be determined. Comparisons were also made between environmentally stable and unstable atmospheres, as well as station location being on or off the Caprock to get a better feeling for how these parameters relate. Linear analysis was then done to show the effect that increasing amounts of precipitation has on the fluxes in an attempt to quantify any possible relationships. Eventually the goal is to be able to accurately partition these fluxes on the small scale and input them as a grid of data into mesoscale numerical models