SA31B:
Polar Gravity Wave Dynamics and Effects I Posters

Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Chairs:  Michael J Taylor, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT, United States and Irfan Azeem, Atmospheric and Space Technology Research Associates LLC, Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Conveners:  Michael J Taylor, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT, United States
Co-conveners:  Irfan Azeem, Atmospheric and Space Technology Research Associates LLC, Boulder, CO, United States, David C Fritts, GATS Inc., Boulder, CO, United States and Takuji Nakamura, National Inst of Polar Res., Tokyo, Japan
OSPA Liaisons:  Michael J Taylor, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

 
Studies of gravity wave dynamics at the polar vortex edge using the Esrange lidar
Marin Stanev1, Peggy Achtert2, Saeed Falahat1, Jonas Hedin1 and Jorg Gumbel3, (1)Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, (2)University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, (3)Stockholm Univ, Stockholm, Sweden
 
The Effect of Polar Vortex Disturbances on Mesopause Gravity Wave Drag in Relation to Mesopause Pole-to-Pole Coupling
Rosmarie de Wit1, Robert E Hibbins1,2 and Patrick J Espy1,2, (1)Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, (2)Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Bergen, Norway
 
Impact of the Stratospheric Warming 2012 / 2013 on the Middle Atmosphere
Michael Bittner1,2, Lisa Küchelbacher1, Carsten Schmidt1, Sabine Wüst1, Silje Eriksen Holmen3, Patrick J Espy4, Galina Gavrilyeva5, Jeng-Hwa Yee6, Martin G Mlynczak7 and James M Russell III8, (1)DLR, Wessling, Germany, (2)Augsburg University, Augsburg, Germany, (3)The University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway, (4)Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, (5)Institute for Cosmophysical Research and Aeronomy SB RAS, Yakutsk, Russia, (6)Johns Hopkins Univ, Laurel, MD, United States, (7)NASA Langley Research Ctr, Hampton, VA, United States, (8)Hampton University, Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, VA, United States
 
Thermospheric Gravity Wave Characteristics Obtained Using the Poker Flat Incoherent Scatter Radar
Michael Negale, Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences, Logan, UT, United States, Kim Nielsen, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT, United States, Michael J Taylor, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT, United States and Michael J Nicolls, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, United States
 
A study of the character of mesospheric gravity waves observed with MF radar at Poker Flat, and Tromsø
Takenari Kinoshita, NICT National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan, Yasuhiro Murayama, Integrated Science Data System Research Lab., Tokyo, Japan, Seiji Kawamura, NICT, Tokyo, Japan, Satonori Nozawa, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan and Chris M Hall, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
 
Comprehensive Analysis of Deep Gravity Wave Propagation from Ground-Based Lidar Measurements and Numerical Simulations
Benedikt Ehard1, Peggy Achtert2, Andreas Dörnbrack1, Sonja Gisinger1, Jorg Gumbel3, Markus Rapp1 and Johannes Wagner4, (1)German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Wessling, Germany, (2)University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, (3)Stockholm Univ, Stockholm, Sweden, (4)University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
 
Characteristics of Small-scale Gravity Wave Propagation in the Mesopause Region over Alaska
Minoru Kubota1, Yuta Yamaguchi2, Seiji Kawamura1, Yasuhiro Murayama1 and Kazuyuki Kita2, (1)Natl Inst Info & Commctn Tech, Tokyo, Japan, (2)Ibaraki University, Mito, Japan
 
Influence of the Observation Geometry on the Estimation of Gravity Wave Amplitudes using TIMED-SABER, NDMC and Radiosonde Measurements and Conclusions concerning Wave Characteristics
Sabine Wüst1, Verena Wendt1,2, Carsten Schmidt1, Jeng-Hwa Yee3, Martin G Mlynczak4, James M Russell III5 and Michael Bittner1,6, (1)German Aerospace Center Oberpfaffenhofen, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, (2)Environmental research station Schneefernerhaus, Zugspitze, Germany, (3)Johns Hopkins Univ, Laurel, MD, United States, (4)NASA Langley Research Ctr, Hampton, VA, United States, (5)Hampton University, Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, VA, United States, (6)Augsburg University, Augsburg, Germany
 
A study of multiple tropopause structures caused by inertia-gravity waves in the Antarctic
Ryosuke Shibuya1, Kaoru Sato1, Yoshihiro Tomikawa2,3, Masaki Tsutsumi2,3 and Toru Sato4, (1)University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan, (2)NIPR National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan, (3)SOKENDAI Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Kanagawa, Japan, (4)Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
 
Mystery of Polar Inertia-gravity Waves: An Observational Study Combining Lidar, Radar and Airglow Imager at McMurdo/Scott Base (77.8°S, 166.7°E)
Cao Chen1,2, Xinzhao Chu1,2, Weichun Fong1,2, Adrian McDonald3, Pierre-Dominique Pautet4 and Michael J Taylor4, (1)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)CIRES, CU Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, (4)Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States
 
Comparison with the horizontal phase velocity distribution of gravity waves observed airglow imaging data of different sampling periods
Takashi S Matsuda1,2, Takuji Nakamura2, Mitsumu K Ejiri2, Masaki Tsutsumi2 and Kazuo Shiokawa3, (1)SOKENDAI Graduate University for Advanced Studies, School of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Department of Polar Science, Kanagawa, Japan, (2)NIPR National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan, (3)Nagoya University, Solar terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya, Japan
 
Investigating Mesospheric Gravity Wave Dynamics Over McMurdo Station, Antarctica (77° S)
Jonathan Rich Pugmire, Michael J Taylor, Pierre-Dominique Pautet and Yucheng Zhao, Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States
 
Large-scale atmospheric conditions during DEEPWAVE-NZ
Markus Rapp1, Andreas Dörnbrack2, Sonja Gisinger1, Bernd Kaifler1, Natalie Kaifler1, Benedikt Ehard3, James D Doyle4, Stephen D Eckermann5, David C Fritts6, Ronald B Smith7, Michael J Taylor8 and Michael Uddstrom9, (1)German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Wessling, Germany, (2)German Aerospace Center DLR, Oberphaffenhofen, Germany, (3)German Aerospace Center Oberpfaffenhofen, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, (4)NRL, Monterey, CA, United States, (5)Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, (6)GATS, Inc., Newport News, VA, United States, (7)Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States, (8)Utah State Univ, Logan, UT, United States, (9)NIWA National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand
 
The ANGWIN Antarctic Research Program: First Results on Coordinated Trans-Antarctic Gravity Wave Measurements
Michael J Taylor1, Pierre-Dominique Pautet2, Yucheng Zhao2, Takuji Nakamura3, Mitsumu K Ejiri3, Damian J Murphy4, Tracy Moffat-Griffin5, Andrew John Kavanagh6, Hisao Takahashi7 and Cristiano M. Wrasse7, (1)Utah State Univ, Logan, UT, United States, (2)Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States, (3)National Inst of Polar Res., Tokyo, Japan, (4)Australian Antarctic Division, Kingston, TAS, Australia, (5)British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom, (6)NERC British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, CB3, United Kingdom, (7)INPE National Institute for Space Research, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil
 
On the Southern Gravity Wave Hot Spot: An Individual Waves Study with Cosmic GPS-RO
Neil Hindley, Corwin Wright and Nicholas J Mitchell, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
 
DEEPWAVE Initial Investigation of Mesospheric Gravity Wave Signatures Generated by Variable Orographic Forcing Over Lauder Station (45°S). New Zealand
Neal Criddle, Michael J Taylor, Pierre-Dominique Pautet and Yucheng Zhao, Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States
 
The Sensitivity of the Cloud Imaging and Particle Size Experiment to Gravity Wave Density Perturbations near the Stratopause
Justin N Carstens, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Scott Martin Bailey, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, M Joan Alexander, NorthWest Research Associates Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Cora E Randall, Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States
 
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