SA31B:
Gravity Waves in the Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and Ionosphere II

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Session ID#: 32143

Session Description:
Atmospheric gravity waves(GWs) are important to the stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and ionosphere (SMTI), because they transport significant momentum and energy, create variability, saturate/dissipate, and create traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs). These processes can alter the dynamics and characteristics regionally and globally, and can result in secondary GWs that transfer momentum and energy to higher altitudes and other regions. Abstracts are solicited on the modeling and observational topics at all latitudes ranging from (a) GW excitation by sources in the lower, middle and upper atmosphere, including deep convection, orography, body forces, wave breaking, and geostrophic adjustment, (b) propagation, dissipation, and breaking of GWs in the middle and upper atmosphere, c) TIDs created by GWs, (d) GW effects on the regional flow and global circulation, and (e) interactions of GWs with planetary waves and tides.
Primary Convener:  Sharon Vadas, NorthWest Research Associates Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Convener:  Erich Becker, Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kühlungsborn, Germany
Chairs:  Erich Becker, Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kühlungsborn, Germany and Franz-Josef Luebken, IAP Kuehlungsborn, Kuehlungsborn, Germany
OSPA Liaison:  Erich Becker, Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kühlungsborn, Germany
Index Terms:

2427 Ionosphere/atmosphere interactions [IONOSPHERE]
3334 Middle atmosphere dynamics [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3369 Thermospheric dynamics [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3384 Acoustic-gravity waves [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

The Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE): Quantifying the Impact of Gravity Waves on the Edge of Space (280181)
Michael J Taylor1, Jeffrey M M Forbes2, David C Fritts3, Stephen D Eckermann4, Jonathan B Snively5, Hanli Liu6, Diego Janches7, Erik A Syrstad8, Roy W Esplin9, Pierre-Dominique Pautet10, Yucheng Zhao11 and William R Pendleton1, (1)Utah State University, Logan, United States, (2)Department of Aerospace Engineering, Boulder, United States, (3)Global Atmospheric Technologies and Sciences (GATS), Boulder, United States, (4)Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, United States, (5)Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States, (6)NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, United States, (7)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (8)Space Dynamics Lab, Logan, United States, (9)Space Dynamics Laboratory, North Logan, UT, United States, (10)Utah State Universtiy, Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences, Logan, United States, (11)Ctr for Atmosp & Space Sci, Logan, UT, United States
Diagnosing High Frequency Gravity Wave Influences in the MLT through Modeling and Observation (283894)
Tyler Mixa, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Katrina Bossert, GATS Inc. Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, David C Fritts, Global Atmospheric Technologies and Sciences (GATS), Boulder, United States, Brian Laughman, GATS, Inc., Newport News, VA, United States, Thomas Lund, NorthWest Research Associates Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Lakshmi H Kantha, Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States
Secondary gravity waves from momentum deposition in the stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and ionosphere (226384)
Sharon Vadas, NorthWest Research Associates Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Solar Terminator Waves in the Ionosphere Measured by the Wallops Island, VA Dynasonde (280496)
Nikolay A Zabotin, NorthWest Research Associates Boulder, Boulder, United States, Huan Song, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; University of Colorado at Boulder, ECEE, Boulder, CO, United States and Terence W Bullett, CIRES - NOAA/NCEI, Boulder, United States
Vertical Coupling and Observable Effects of Evanescent Acoustic-Gravity Waves in the Mesosphere and Thermosphere (301082)
Jonathan B Snively, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States
Observation and Modeling of Storm Generated Acoustic Waves in the Ionosphere Revealed in a Dense Network of GPS Receivers (244936)
Richard L Walterscheid, Aerospace Corporation Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Irfan Azeem, NOAA NESDIS, Office of Space Weather Observations, Lanham, United States

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