Internal wave coupling processes in Earth's atmosphere

E Yiğit, AS Medvedev - Advances in Space Research, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper presents a contemporary review of vertical coupling in the atmosphere and
ionosphere system induced by internal waves of lower atmospheric origin. Atmospheric …

A review of vertical coupling in the Atmosphere–Ionosphere system: Effects of waves, sudden stratospheric warmings, space weather, and of solar activity

E Yiğit, PK Knížová, K Georgieva, W Ward - Journal of Atmospheric and …, 2016 - Elsevier
This brief introductory review of some recent developments in atmosphere–ionosphere
science is written for the “Vertical Coupling Special Issue” that is motivated by the 5th …

Generation of large‐scale gravity waves and neutral winds in the thermosphere from the dissipation of convectively generated gravity waves

SL Vadas, H Liu - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We study the response of the thermosphere and ionosphere to the dissipation of gravity
waves (GWs) excited by a deep convective plume on 1 October 2005 at 52.5° W, 15.0° S …

Explicit global simulation of gravity waves in the thermosphere

E Becker, SL Vadas - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We present a new version of the high‐resolution Kühlungsborn Mechanistic general
Circulation Model (KMCM) extended to z∼ 450 km. This model is called HIAMCM (HI …

Impacts of gravity waves on the thermospheric circulation and composition

HL Liu, PH Lauritzen, F Vitt - Geophysical Research Letters, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The high‐resolution Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model with
thermosphere/ionosphere extension (WACCM‐X) is used to study the impacts of gravity …

Numerical modeling of the generation of tertiary gravity waves in the mesosphere and thermosphere during strong mountain wave events over the Southern Andes

SL Vadas, E Becker - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate the effects on the mesosphere and thermosphere from a strong mountain
wave (MW) event over the wintertime Southern Andes using a gravity wave (GW)‐resolving …

Sources of the traveling ionospheric disturbances observed by the ionospheric TIDDBIT sounder near Wallops Island on 30 October 2007

SL Vadas, G Crowley - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
We model the gravity waves (GWs) excited by Tropical Storm (TS) Noel at 0432 UT on 30
October 2007. Using forward ray tracing, we calculate the body forces which result from the …

Concentric secondary gravity waves in the thermosphere and ionosphere over the continental United States on March 25–26, 2015 from deep convection

SL Vadas, I Azeem - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We examine the total electron content (TEC) from GPS receivers over the United States on
March 25–26, 2015. We observe partial to nearly fully concentric rings of traveling …

Gravity waves in planetary atmospheres: Their effects and parameterization in global circulation models

AS Medvedev, E Yiğit - Atmosphere, 2019 - mdpi.com
The dynamical and thermodynamical importance of gravity waves was initially recognized in
the atmosphere of Earth. Extensive studies over recent decades demonstrated that gravity …

High‐altitude gravity waves in the Martian thermosphere observed by MAVEN/NGIMS and modeled by a gravity wave scheme

E Yiğit, SL England, G Liu… - Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
First high‐altitude observations of gravity wave (GW)‐induced CO2 density perturbations in
the Martian thermosphere retrieved from NASA's Neutral Gas Ion Mass Spectrometer …