SA32A:
Atmospheric Gravity Wave Sources, Propagation, Instabilities, and Regional and Global Effects from the Surface into the Thermosphere and Ionosphere II
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Session ID#: 18263
Session Description:
Atmospheric gravity waves (GWs) play central roles in atmospheric dynamics, structure, and variability extending from the Earth’s surface well into the thermosphere and ionosphere. Despite these roles, there are many aspects GW dynamics and effects that are poorly understood at present.
This session will include invited and contributed talks and posters addressing all aspects of GW dynamics and effects, including, but not limited to, the following:
1) GW source dynamics, scales, and meteorological and environmental influences,
2) GW propagation, filtering, wave-mean flow interactions, forcing of the general circulation and thermal structure, and roles in inter-hemispheric coupling,
3) GW instability dynamics, mixing, and transports of momentum, heat, and constituents,
4) gravity wave interactions with tides and planetary waves in the stratosphere, mesosphere, and lower thermosphere,
5) GW propagation, interactions, and effects impacting the thermosphere and ionosphere, and
6) recent advances in subgrid-scale GW parameterization schemes.
Primary Convener: David C Fritts, GATS, Inc., Newport News, VA, United States
Conveners: Michael J Taylor, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT, United States, Kaoru Sato, The University of Tokyo, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Tokyo, Japan and Prof. Erdal Yiğit, PhD., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Greenbelt, United States
Chairs: Michael J Taylor, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT, United States and Prof. Erdal Yiğit, PhD., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Greenbelt, United States
OSPA Liaison: Pierre-Dominique Pautet, Utah State University, Logan, United States
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Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Kaoru Sato, The University of Tokyo, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Tokyo, Japan, Masashi Kohma, The University of Tokyo, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Bunkyo-ku, Japan, Masaki Tsutsumi, SOKENDAI Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Kanagawa, Japan and Toru Sato, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Richard L Walterscheid1, Christopher James Heale2 and Jonathan B Snively2, (1)Aerospace Corporation Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States
Brian Laughman1, David C Fritts1 and Thomas Lund2, (1)GATS, Inc., Newport News, VA, United States, (2)NorthWest Research Associates Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Katrina Bossert1, David C Fritts2, Tao Yuan3, Pierre-Dominique Pautet4, Mike Taylor5 and Bifford Preston Williams2, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (2)GATS, Inc., Newport News, VA, United States, (3)Utah State University, Physics, Logan, UT, United States, (4)Utah State University, Logan, United States, (5)Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States
Yafang Guo and Alan Z Liu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States
Jonathan B Snively1, Matthew D Zettergren1 and Attila Komjathy2, (1)Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States, (2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Yasunobu Miyoshi, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, Hidekatsu Jin, NICT National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan, Hitoshi Fujiwara, Seikei University, Tokyo, Japan and Hiroyuki Shinagawa, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan
