SA11A
Atmospheric Gravity Wave Dynamics and Vertical Coupling from Their Sources to Their Altitudes of Dissipation I

Monday, 14 December 2015: 08:00-10:00
2016 (Moscone West)
Primary Conveners:  David C Fritts, GATS Inc., Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Michael J Taylor, Utah State University, CASS, Logan, UT, United States and Andreas Doernbrack, DLR, Atmospheric Sciences, Munich, Germany
Chairs:  Ronald B Smith, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States and David C Fritts, GATS, Inc., Newport News, VA, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Michael J Taylor, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT, United States
08:00
Gravity Wave Predictability and Dynamics in Deepwave (64045)
James D Doyle1, David C Fritts2, Ronald B Smith3, Stephen D Eckermann4, Michael J Taylor5, Andreas Dörnbrack6, Michael Uddstrom7, Carolyn A. Reynolds1, Alex Reinecke1 and Qingfang Jiang1, (1)Naval Research Lab, Monterey, CA, United States, (2)GATS, Inc., Newport News, VA, United States, (3)Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States, (4)Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, (5)Utah State Univ, Logan, UT, United States, (6)DLR, Atmospheric Sciences, Munich, Germany, (7)NIWA National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand
08:15
The Multi-Scale Dynamics of Gravity Waves in Parameterizations: Central Issues and Solution Strategies (60276)
Ulrich Achatz1, Erich Becker2, Jorge L. Chau2, Andreas Doernbrack3, Uwe Harlander4, Illia Horenko5, Rupert Klein6, Franz-Josef Luebken2, Elisa Manzini7, Peter Preusse8, Markus Rapp9, Hauke Schmidt7, Peter Spichtinger10, Günther Zängl11, Christoph Zuelicke2 and MS-GWaves, (1)Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, (2)Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kühlungsborn, Germany, (3)German Aerospace Center DLR Cologne, Cologne, Germany, (4)University BTU-Cottbus, Cottbus, Germany, (5)Universita della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland, (6)Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany, (7)Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany, (8)Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany, (9)German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Wessling, Germany, (10)University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany, (11)Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Offenbach am Main, Germany
08:30
Stratospheric Gravity Wave Scales And Fluxes During Deepwave (67272)
Ronald B Smith, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
08:45
Observations of a Breakdown of a Mountain Wave Near 84 km Altitude Over Cerro Pachon Chile from the Andes Lidar Observatory (62789)
James H Hecht1, Lynette J Gelinas1, Richard J Rudy1, Richard L Walterscheid1, Michael J Taylor2, Pierre-Dominique Pautet3, David C Fritts4 and Steven Michael Smith5, (1)Aerospace Corporation Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)Utah State Univ, Logan, UT, United States, (3)Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States, (4)GATS, Inc., Newport News, VA, United States, (5)Boston Univ, Boston, MA, United States
09:00
High-resolution turbulence observations in the stratosphere with LITOS (64591)
Andreas Schneider, Michael Gerding, Franz-Josef Luebken and Jens Söder, Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kühlungsborn, Germany
09:15
Wave Propagation from Tropospheric Sources up to the Lower Thermosphere Observed by the DEEPWAVE Airborne Lidars and Correlative Instrumentation over the New Zealand Mountains and the Southern Ocean (83608)
Bifford Preston Williams1, David C Fritts1 and Katrina Bossert2, (1)GATS, Inc., Newport News, VA, United States, (2)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
09:30
Mesospheric Response to Strong and Weak Orographic Forcing During the DEEPWAVE Project (75332)
Pierre-Dominique Pautet1, Michael J Taylor2, David C Fritts3, Bifford Preston Williams3 and Katrina Bossert4, (1)Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States, (2)Utah State Univ, Logan, UT, United States, (3)GATS, Inc., Newport News, VA, United States, (4)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
09:45
3-years Occurrence Variability of Concentric Gravity Waves in the Mesopause Observed by IMAP/VISI (78678)
Septi Perwitasari1, Takeshi Sakanoi1, Yuichi Otsuka2, Atsushi Yamazaki3, Yasunobu Miyoshi4, Yuta Hozumi5 and Akinori Saito6, (1)Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, (2)Nagoya University, Solar terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya, Japan, (3)ISAS/JAXA, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan, (4)Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, (5)Kyoto University, Geophysics, Kyoto, Japan, (6)Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
 
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