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Fritts Dave

Institute:
NorthWest Research Associates/CoRA.
Boulder, United States

QUASI-LINEAR AND NONLINEAR DYNAMICS OF GRAVITY WAVES IN THE THERMOSPHERE AND POTENTIAL PLASMA RESPONSES

Authors: Dave Fritts and Tom Lund, NWRA/CoRA, Boulder CO

This talk will describe recent numerical studies of large-scale and large-amplitude gravity wave propagation and nonlinear behavior in deep domains. Important neutral atmosphere effects include strong tidal interactions and filtering, induced mean flows, large-scale turbulence, and mixing. We also consider the implications of these dynamics for gravity wave influences on plasma dynamics occurring at comparable spatial scales.
gravity waves, instabilities and turbulence, thermosphere, ionosphere, plasma dynammics

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