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Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology

Selected Works

2010

Gravity waves

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Wave-Induced Transport Of Atmospheric Constituents And Its Effect On The Mesospheric Na Layer, Chester S. Gardner, Alan Z. Liu Oct 2010

Wave-Induced Transport Of Atmospheric Constituents And Its Effect On The Mesospheric Na Layer, Chester S. Gardner, Alan Z. Liu

Alan Z Liu

No abstract provided.


First Year Investigation Of Gravity Waves And Temperature Variability Over The Andes., Jonathan Pugmire, Neal Criddle, Michael Taylor, Dominique Pautet, Yucheng Zhao Sep 2010

First Year Investigation Of Gravity Waves And Temperature Variability Over The Andes., Jonathan Pugmire, Neal Criddle, Michael Taylor, Dominique Pautet, Yucheng Zhao

Jonathan Pugmire

The Andes region is an excellent natural laboratory for investigating gravity wave influences on the Upper Mesospheric and Lower Thermospheric (MLT) dynamics: during the summer months the dominant gravity waves result from deep convection arising from severe thunderstorms over the continent to the east. In winter this convective activity is expected to be replaced by strong orographic forcing due to intense prevailing zonal winds blowing eastward from the Pacific Ocean and suddenly encountering the towering Andes mountain range (6000m). This creates large amplitude mountain waves that have been measured well into the stratosphere and most recently penetrate occasionally into the …


The First Ten Months Of Investigation Of Gravity Waves And Temperature Variability Over The Andes., Jonathan R. Pugmire, Neal Criddle, Michael J. Taylor, Dominique Pautet, Yucheng Zhao May 2010

The First Ten Months Of Investigation Of Gravity Waves And Temperature Variability Over The Andes., Jonathan R. Pugmire, Neal Criddle, Michael J. Taylor, Dominique Pautet, Yucheng Zhao

Jonathan Pugmire

The Andes region is an excellent natural laboratory for investigating gravity wave influences on the Upper Mesospheric and Lower Thermospheric (MLT) dynamics: during the summer months the dominant gravity waves result from deep convection arising from severe thunderstorms over the continent to the east. In winter this convective activity is expected to be replaced by strong orographic forcing due to intense prevailing zonal winds blowing eastward from the Pacific Ocean and suddenly encountering the towering Andes mountain range (6000m). This creates large amplitude mountain waves that have been measured well into the stratosphere and most recently penetration occasionally into the …