A high‐resolution whole‐atmosphere model with resolved gravity waves and specified large‐scale dynamics in the troposphere and stratosphere

E Becker, SL Vadas, K Bossert… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We present a new version of the HIgh Altitude Mechanistic general Circulation Model
(HIAMCM) with specified dynamics. We utilize a spectral method that nudges only the large …

Primary and secondary gravity waves and large‐scale wind changes generated by the Tonga volcanic eruption on 15 January 2022: Modeling and comparison with …

SL Vadas, E Becker, C Figueiredo… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We simulate the primary and secondary atmospheric gravity waves (GWs) excited by the
upward movement of air generated by the Hunga Tonga‐Hunga Ha'apai (hereafter “Tonga”) …

Explicit global simulation of gravity waves in the thermosphere

E Becker, SL Vadas - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We present a new version of the high‐resolution Kühlungsborn Mechanistic general
Circulation Model (KMCM) extended to z∼ 450 km. This model is called HIAMCM (HI …

Traveling ionospheric disturbances induced by the secondary gravity waves from the Tonga eruption on 15 January 2022: Modeling with MESORAC‐HIAMCM‐SAMI3 …

SL Vadas, C Figueiredo, E Becker… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We simulate the gravity waves (GWs) and traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs) created
by the Hunga Tonga‐Hunga Ha'apai (hereafter “Tonga”) volcanic eruption on 15 January …

[HTML][HTML] Interhemispheric differences of mesosphere–lower thermosphere winds and tides investigated from three whole-atmosphere models and meteor radar …

G Stober, A Kuchar, D Pokhotelov, H Liu… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Long-term and continuous observations of mesospheric–lower thermospheric winds are
rare, but they are important to investigate climatological changes at these altitudes on …

Multi‐step vertical coupling during the January 2017 sudden stratospheric warming

E Becker, L Goncharenko, VL Harvey… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This study analyzes a simulation of the Arctic winter 2016–2017 with focus on multi‐step
vertical coupling (MSVC) by primary, secondary, and higher‐order gravity waves (GWs). We …

Numerical modeling of the generation of tertiary gravity waves in the mesosphere and thermosphere during strong mountain wave events over the Southern Andes

SL Vadas, E Becker - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate the effects on the mesosphere and thermosphere from a strong mountain
wave (MW) event over the wintertime Southern Andes using a gravity wave (GW)‐resolving …

Numerical modeling of the excitation, propagation, and dissipation of primary and secondary gravity waves during wintertime at McMurdo Station in the Antarctic

SL Vadas, E Becker - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We analyze the results of the gravity wave (GW)‐resolving, high‐resolution Kühlungsborn
Mechanistic general Circulation Model in July at McMurdo Station (166.69° E and 77.84° S) …

Concentric secondary gravity waves in the thermosphere and ionosphere over the continental United States on March 25–26, 2015 from deep convection

SL Vadas, I Azeem - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We examine the total electron content (TEC) from GPS receivers over the United States on
March 25–26, 2015. We observe partial to nearly fully concentric rings of traveling …

Secondary gravity waves generated by breaking mountain waves over Europe

CJ Heale, K Bossert, SL Vadas… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A strong mountain wave, observed over Central Europe on 12 January 2016, is simulated in
2D under two fixed background wind conditions representing opposite tidal phases. The aim …