Mesospheric Mountain Wave Breaking and Oceanic Wave Signatures During DEEPWAVE

Authors

Mike J. Taylor, Utah State UniversityFollow
P.-D. Pautet, Utah State University
D. Fritts, Cora-GATS
Y. Zhao, Utah State University
J. Doyle, NPS
S. Eckermann, NRL
B. Williams, Cora-GATS
B. Kaifler, DLR
K. Bossert, Cora-GATS
N. Criddle, Utah State University
S. Smith, Boston University

Document Type

Poster

Journal/Book Title/Conference

AGU, Fall Meeting 2015

Location

San Francisco, CA

Publication Date

12-14-2015

Abstract

DEEPWAVE is an international program designed to quantify gravity wave (GW) dynamics and effects from the ground to the upper mesosphere in unprecedented detail. It was based in New Zealand and utilized a range of airborne and ground-based measurements during June and July, 2014. Our primary goal was to study well-documented, but little understood, New Zealand and Tasmania "hotspots" as identified in satellite stratospheric measurements. Multiple flights were conducted over the Southern Ocean and Tasman Sea to quantify deep orographic mountain GWs and also GWs arising from deep convection, jet streams, and frontal systems.

Recommended Citation

Taylor, Mike J.; Pautet, P.-D.; Fritts, D.; Zhao, Y.; Doyle, J.; Eckermann, S.; Williams, B.; Kaifler, B.; Bossert, K.; Criddle, N.; and Smith, S., "Mesospheric Mountain Wave Breaking and Oceanic Wave Signatures During DEEPWAVE" (2015). All Physics Faculty Publications. Paper 2179.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/physics_facpub/2179