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) …

Atmospheric gravity waves: Processes and parameterization

U Achatz, MJ Alexander, E Becker… - Journal of the …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Atmospheric predictability from subseasonal to seasonal time scales and climate variability
are both influenced critically by gravity waves (GW). The quality of regional and global …

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 …

First tomographic observations of gravity waves by the infrared limb imager GLORIA

I Krisch, P Preusse, J Ungermann… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
Atmospheric gravity waves are a major cause of uncertainty in atmosphere general
circulation models. This uncertainty affects regional climate projections and seasonal …

[HTML][HTML] High-altitude (0–100 km) global atmospheric reanalysis system: Description and application to the 2014 austral winter of the deep propagating gravity wave …

SD Eckermann, J Ma, KW Hoppel… - Monthly Weather …, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
High-Altitude (0–100 km) Global Atmospheric Reanalysis System: Description and Application
to the 2014 Austral Winter of the Deep Propagating Gravity Wave Experiment (DEEPWAVE) in …

Characteristics of the quiet‐time hot spot gravity waves observed by GOCE over the Southern Andes on 5 July 2010

SL Vadas, S Xu, J Yue, K Bossert… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We analyze quiet‐time data from the Gravity Field and Ocean Circulation Explorer satellite
as it overpassed the Southern Andes at z≃ 275 km on 5 July 2010 at 23 UT. We extract the …

Airborne wind lidar measurements of vertical and horizontal winds for the investigation of orographically induced gravity waves

B Witschas, S Rahm, A Dörnbrack… - … of Atmospheric and …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
Airborne coherent Doppler wind lidar measurements, acquired during the Gravity Wave Life-
Cycle (GW-LCYCLE) I field campaign performed from 2 to 14 December 2013 in Kiruna …

Numerical simulation of mountain waves over the southern Andes. Part I: Mountain wave and secondary wave character, evolutions, and breaking

TS Lund, DC Fritts, K Wan… - Journal of the …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
This paper addresses the compressible nonlinear dynamics accompanying increasing
mountain wave (MW) forcing over the southern Andes and propagation into the mesosphere …

Secondary gravity wave generation over New Zealand during the DEEPWAVE campaign

K Bossert, CG Kruse, CJ Heale, DC Fritts… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple events during the Deep Propagating Gravity Wave Experiment measurement
program revealed mountain wave (MW) breaking at multiple altitudes over the Southern …