A review of Mesosphere–Stratosphere–Troposphere (MST) radar developments and studies, circa 1997–2008

WK Hocking - Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 2011 - Elsevier
Studies of the Mesosphere, Stratosphere and Troposphere by radar have shown great
growth in the last 10–15 years. The growth has occurred in both diversity and depth in all …

Multi-scale dynamics of Kelvin–Helmholtz instabilities. Part 1. Secondary instabilities and the dynamics of tubes and knots

DC Fritts, L Wang, TS Lund, SA Thorpe - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
We perform a direct numerical simulation (DNS) of interacting Kelvin–Helmholtz instabilities
(KHI) that arise at a stratified shear layer where KH billow cores are misaligned or exhibit …

Quantifying Kelvin‐Helmholtz instability dynamics observed in noctilucent clouds: 1. Methods and observations

G Baumgarten, DC Fritts - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Noctilucent clouds (NLCs) have been imaged during two nights in summer 2009 from
northern Germany (Kühlungsborn, 54° N) and middle Norway (Trondheim, 64° N). For the …

Kelvin‐Helmholtz billow interactions and instabilities in the mesosphere over the Andes Lidar Observatory: 1. Observations

JH Hecht, DC Fritts, LJ Gelinas, RJ Rudy… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A very high spatial resolution (∼ 25 m pixel at 90 km altitude) OH airglow imager was
installed at the Andes Lidar Observatory on Cerro Pachón, Chile, in February 2016. This …

PMC Turbo: Studying gravity wave and instability dynamics in the summer mesosphere using polar mesospheric cloud imaging and profiling from a stratospheric …

DC Fritts, AD Miller, CB Kjellstrand… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Polar Mesospheric Cloud Turbulence (PMC Turbo) experiment was designed
to observe and quantify the dynamics of small‐scale gravity waves (GWs) and instabilities …

High-resolution observations and modeling of turbulence sources, structures, and intensities in the upper mesosphere

DC Fritts, L Wang, G Baumgarten, AD Miller… - Journal of Atmospheric …, 2017 - Elsevier
New capabilities for imaging small-scale instabilities and turbulence and for modeling
gravity wave (GW), instability, and turbulence dynamics at high Reynolds numbers are …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical modeling of multiscale dynamics at a high Reynolds number: Instabilities, turbulence, and an assessment of Ozmidov and Thorpe scales

DC Fritts, L Wang, MA Geller… - Journal of the …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
Numerical Modeling of Multiscale Dynamics at a High Reynolds Number: Instabilities,
Turbulence, and an Assessment of Ozmidov and Thorpe Scales in: Journal of the …

Multi‐Scale Kelvin‐Helmholtz Instability Dynamics Observed by PMC Turbo on 12 July 2018: 2. DNS Modeling of KHI Dynamics and PMC Responses

DC Fritts, L Wang, TS Lund, SA Thorpe… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Kjellstrand et al.(2022), https://10.1029/2021JD036232 describes the evolution and
dynamics of a strong, large‐scale Kelvin‐Helmholtz instability (KHI) event observed in polar …

[HTML][HTML] Gravity wave–fine structure interactions. Part I: Influences of fine structure form and orientation on flow evolution and instability

DC Fritts, L Wang, JA Werne - Journal of the Atmospheric …, 2013 - journals.ametsoc.org
Gravity Wave–Fine Structure Interactions. Part I: Influences of Fine Structure Form and Orientation
on Flow Evolution and Instability in: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences Volume 70 Issue 12 …

Kelvin‐Helmholtz billow interactions and instabilities in the mesosphere over the Andes Lidar Observatory: 2. Modeling and interpretation

DC Fritts, SA Wieland, TS Lund… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A companion paper by Hecht et al.(2020, https://doi. org/10.1002/2014JD021833) describes
high‐resolution observations in the hydroxyl (OH) airglow layer of interactions among …