2009 Publications by Dave Fritts and Colleagues


Abdu, M. A., E. A. Kherani, I. S. Batista, E. R. de Paula, 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., L. Wang, and J. Werne, 2009: Gravity wave - fine structure interactions: A reservoir of small-scale
        and large-scale turbulence energy, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L19805, doi:10.1029/2009GL039501. 
        ********  Paper.pdf  **********

Fritts, D. C., L. Wang, J. Werne, T. Lund, and K. Wan, 2009: Gravity wave instability dynamics at high Reynolds
        numbers, 1: Wave field evolution at large amplitudes and high frequencies, J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 1126-1148,
        doi:10.1175/2008JAS2726.1.  ********  Paper.pdf  **********

Fritts, D. C., L. Wang, J. Werne, T. Lund, and K. Wan, 2009: Gravity wave instability dynamics at high Reynolds
        numbers, 2: Turbulence evolution, structure, and anisotropy, J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 1149-1171,
        doi:10.1175/2008JAS2727.1. ***** Paper.pdf, Movies ****

Janches, D., D. C. Fritts, M. J. Nicolls, and C. J. Heinselman, 2009: Obervations of D-region structure, atmospheric tides,
         and gravity waves with PFISR during active aurora, J. Atmos. Solar-Terres. Phys., 71, 688-696,        
         doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2008.08.01.  ******  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, 1657-1668.  ********  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   *********

Murphy, D. J., T. Aso, D. C. Fritts, R. E. Hibbins, A. J. McDonald, D. M. Riggin, M. Tsutsumi, and R. A. Vincent, 2009:
         Source regions for the Antarctic MLT non-migrating semidiurnal tide, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L09805,
        doi:10.1029/2008GL037064. ****** 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   *********

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   *******