Session 5 Gravity waves

Thursday, 13 January 2000: 8:30 AM-10:30 AM
Host: 11th Conference on the Middle Atmosphere
Organizer:
John N. Koshyk, Univ. of Toronto, Department of Physics, Toronto, ON

Papers:
8:30 AM
5.1
Evidence for inertia-gravity waves in HRDI mesospheric winds
Ruth S. Lieberman, Colorado Research Associates, Boulder, CO

8:45 AM
5.2
High resolution simulation of observed cases of stratospheric gravity wave breakdown
Daniel Marc Landau, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and M. G. Wurtele and L. J. Ehernberger

9:00 AM
5.3
Sources of gravity waves simulated by a high-resolution GCM
Kaoru Sato, Kyoto Univ., Kyoto, Japan; and M. Takahashi

9:15 AM
5.4
Gravity wave focusing in the middle atmosphere
Len Sonmor, Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, NS, Canada; and G. P. Klaassen

9:30 AM
5.5
Effects of varying tropospheric wind shear on the spectrum of gravity waves generated by tropical convection
Jadwiga H. Beres, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. J. Alexander and J. R. Holton

10:00 AM
5.7
A study of the interactions of tides and gravity waves
David A. Ortland, NorthWest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA; and M. J. Alexander

10:15 AM
5.6a
Coffee Break

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