Publications resulting from the Spread F Experiment
(SpreadFEx)

Annales Geophysicae
SpreadFEx Special Issue

Abdu, M. A., E. A. Kherani, I. S. Batista, E. R. de Paula, and D. C. Fritts, 2009: An evaluation of the ESF/bubble
        irregularity growth conditions under gravity wave influences based on observational data from the SpreadFEx
        campaign, Ann. Geophys., xx, SpreadFEx special issue, 27, 2607-2622.  ********  Paper.pdf  *********

Fechine, J., C. M. Wrasse, H. Takahashi, A. F. Medeiros, P.P.Batista, B.R.Clemesha, L.M. Lima, D. Fritts, B. Laughman,
        M. J. Taylor, P. D. Pautet, M. G. Mlynczak, and J. M. Russell, 2009: Mesospheric bore event during SpreadFEx
        campaign, Ann. Geophys., SpreadFEx special issue, 27, 1399-1406.   ********  Paper.pdf   *********

Fritts, D. C., M. A. Abdu, B. R. Batista, I. S. Batista, P. P. Batista, R. Buriti, B. R. Clemesha, T. Dautermann, E. de Paula,
        B. J. Fechine, B. Fejer, D. Gobbi, J. Haase, F. Kamalabadi, B. Laughman, P. P. Lima, H.-L. Liu, A. Medeiros,
        D. Pautet, D. M. Riggin, F. Sao Sabbas, J. H. A. Sobral, P. Stamus, H. Takahashi, M. J. Taylor, S. L. Vadas, and
        C. Wrasse,  2009: The Spread F Experiment (SpreadFEx): Program overview and first results, Earth Planets Space,
        61, 411-430. ********  Paper.pdf  *********

Fritts, D. C., M. A. Abdu, B. R. Batista, I. S. Batista, P. P. Batista, R. Buriti, B. R. Clemesha, T. Dautermann, E. de Paula,
    B. J. Fechine, B. Fejer, D. Gobbi, J. Haase, F. Kamalabadi, E. A. Kherani, B. Laughman, P. P. Lima, H.-L. Liu, A.
    Medeiros, D. Pautet, F. Sao Sabbas, J. H. A. Sobral, P. Stamus, H. Takahashi, M. J. Taylor, S. L. Vadas, F. Vargas,
    and C. Wrasse, 2009: Overview and summary of the Spread F Experiment (SpreadFEx), Ann. Geophys., 27,
    2141-2155.  ********  Paper.pdf   *******

Fritts, D. C., S. L Vadas, D. M. Riggin, M. A. Abdu, I. S. Batista, H. Takahashi, A. Medeiros, F. Kamalabadi, H.-L. Liu,
    B. J. Fejer, and M. J. Taylor, 2008: Gravity wave and tidal influences on equatorial spread F based on observations
    during the Spread F Experiment (SpreadFEx), Ann. Geophys., 26, SpreadFEx special issue, 3235-3252.
    ********  Paper.pdf  *******

Fritts, D. C., and S. L. Vadas, 2008: Gravity wave penetration into the thermosphere: Sensitivity to solar cycle
        variations and mean winds, Ann. Geophys., SpreadFEx special issue, 26, 3841-3861.   ******  Paper.pdf   ******

Kamalabadi, F., et al., 2009: Electron densities in the lower thermosphere from GUVI 1356 tomographic inversions
        in support of SpreadFEx, Ann. Geophys., SpreadFEx special issue, 27, 2439-2448.  ********  Paper.pdf   *********

Kherani, E. A., M. A. Abdu, E. R. de Paula, D. C. Fritts, J. H. A. Sobral, and F. C. de Meneses Jr., 2009: The impact
        of gravity waves rising from convection in the lower atmosphere on the generation and nonlinear evolution of
        equatorial plasma bubbles, Ann. Geophys., SpreadFEx special issue, 27, 511-523..  ********  Paper.pdf   ********

Laughman, B., D. C. Fritts, and J. Werne, 2009: Numerical simulation of bore generation and morphology in thermal
        and Doppler ducts, Ann. Geophys.,  SpreadFEx special issue, 27, 511-523.  ********  Paper.pdf   *********

Pautet, P.-D., M. J. Taylor, N. P. Chapagain, H. Takahashi, A. F. Medreiros, F. T. Sao Sabbas, and D. C. Fritts, 2009:       
        Simultaneous observations of equatorial F-region plasma depletions over Brazil during the Spread F Experiment
        (SpreadFEx) , Ann. Geophys.,  SpreadFEx special issue, 27, 2371-2381.  ********  Paper.pdf   *********

Rodrigues, F., D. L. Hysell, and E. R. de Paula, 2008: Coherent backscatter radar imaging in Brazil: Large-scale waves
        in the bottomside F region at the onset of equatorial spread F, Ann. Geophys., SpreadFEx special issue, 26, 3355-3364. 
        ********  Paper.pdf   *********

Sao Sabbas, F., V. T. Rampinelli, J. Santiago, P. Stamus, S. L. Vadas, D. C. Fritts, M. J. Taylor, P. D. Pautet,
        G. D. Neto, and O. Pinot, 2009: Characteristics of sprite and gravity wave convective sources present in satellite
        IR images during the SpreadFEx 2005 in Brazil, Ann. Geophys., SpreadFEx special issue, 27, 1279-1293.
       ********  Paper.pdf   *********

Takahashi, H., M. J. Taylor, P.-D. Pautet, A. F. Medeiros, D. Gobbi, C. M. Wrasse, J. Fechine, M. A. Abdu,
    I. S. Batista, E. Paula, J.H.A. Sobral, D. Arruda, S. Vadas, F. S. Sabbas, and D. Fritts, 2009: Simultaneous
    observation of ionospheric plasma bubbles and mesospheric gravity waves during the SpreadFEx Campaign,
    Ann. Geophys., SpreadFEx special issue, 27, 1477-1487.  ********  Paper.pdf   ********

Taylor, M. J., P. D. Pautet, A. F. Medeiros, R. Buriti, J. Fechine, D. C. Fritts, S. Vadas, H. Takahashi,
    and F. Sao Sabbas, 2009: Characterizing mesospheric gravity waves near the magnetic equator, Brazil during
    the SpreadFEx campaign, Ann. Geophys., SpreadFEx special issue, 27(2), 461-472.  ******  Paper.pdf   ******

Vadas, S. L., and D. C. Fritts, 2009: Reconstruction of the gravity wave field from convective plumes via ray
        tracing, Ann. Geophys., SpreadFEx special issue, 27(1), 147-177. ********  Paper.pdf   *******

Vadas, S. L., M. J. Taylor, P.-D. Pautet, P. Stamus, D. C. Fritts, H.-L. Liu, F. Sao Sabbas, and V. T. Rampinelli,
        P. Batista, and H. Takahashi, 2009: Convection: The likely source of the medium-scale gravity waves observed
        in the OH airglow layer near Brasilia, Brazil, during the SpreadFEx campaign, Ann. Geophys., SpreadFEx
        special issue, 27, 231-259. ********  Paper.pdf   *******

Vargas, F., D. Gobbi, and H. Takahashi, 2009: Gravity wave amplitudes and momentum fluxes inferred from OH
        airglow intensities and meteor radar winds during SpreadFEx, Ann. Geophys., SpreadFEx special issue, 27, 2361-2369.
       ********  Paper.pdf   *********

Wrasse, H. Takahashi, A. F. Medeiros, and J. V. Bageston, 2009: Mesospheric gravity wave observations during
        the SpreadFEx campaign: Evidence of tropospheric sources, Ann. Geophys., SpreadFEx special issue, in revision.
       ********  Paper.pdf   *********


Acknowledgments: Research described on these pages was performed with support under NASA contracts NNH04CC67C and NAS5-02036, AFOSR contract F49620-06-C-0129, and NSF grants ATM-0314060, ATM 0436703, and ATM-0537311. Extensive support and collaborative efforts were also provided by our colleagues at Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) in Brazil and by DEELUMINOS Grant 04/12350-7 by FAPESP within Brazil.