Surface-to-space atmospheric waves from Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai eruption

CJ Wright, NP Hindley, MJ Alexander, M Barlow… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The January 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai eruption was one of the most
explosive volcanic events of the modern era,, producing a vertical plume that peaked more …

Toward an improved representation of middle atmospheric dynamics thanks to the ARISE project

E Blanc, L Ceranna, A Hauchecorne… - Surveys in …, 2018 - Springer
This paper reviews recent progress toward understanding the dynamics of the middle
atmosphere in the framework of the Atmospheric Dynamics Research InfraStructure in …

A high‐resolution whole‐atmosphere model with resolved gravity waves and specified large‐scale dynamics in the troposphere and stratosphere

E Becker, SL Vadas, K Bossert… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We present a new version of the HIgh Altitude Mechanistic general Circulation Model
(HIAMCM) with specified dynamics. We utilize a spectral method that nudges only the large …

The mesoscale gravity wave response to the 2022 Tonga volcanic eruption: AIRS and MLS satellite observations and source backtracing

M Ern, L Hoffmann, S Rhode… - Geophysical Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract On 15 January 2022, the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted violently.
This exceptional event excited a manifold of atmospheric waves. Here, we focus on the …

Traveling ionospheric disturbances induced by the secondary gravity waves from the Tonga eruption on 15 January 2022: Modeling with MESORAC‐HIAMCM‐SAMI3 …

SL Vadas, C Figueiredo, E Becker… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We simulate the gravity waves (GWs) and traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs) created
by the Hunga Tonga‐Hunga Ha'apai (hereafter “Tonga”) volcanic eruption on 15 January …

Atmospheric gravity waves: Processes and parameterization

U Achatz, MJ Alexander, E Becker… - Journal of the …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Atmospheric predictability from subseasonal to seasonal time scales and climate variability
are both influenced critically by gravity waves (GW). The quality of regional and global …

An 18‐year climatology of directional stratospheric gravity wave momentum flux from 3‐D satellite observations

NP Hindley, CJ Wright, L Hoffmann… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric gravity waves (GWs) are key drivers of the atmospheric circulation, but their
representation in general circulation models (GCMs) is challenging, leading to significant …

[HTML][HTML] Observed and modeled mountain waves from the surface to the mesosphere near the Drake Passage

CG Kruse, MJ Alexander, L Hoffmann… - Journal of the …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Four state-of-the-science numerical weather prediction (NWP) models were used to perform
mountain wave (MW)-resolving hindcasts over the Drake Passage of a 10-day period in …

Tonga eruption triggered waves propagating globally from surface to edge of space

C Wright, N Hindley, MJ Alexander, M Barlow… - Authorea …, 2022 - essopenarchive.org
The January 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption was one of the most explosive
volcanic events of the modern era, producing a vertical plume which peaked> 50km above …

A multiannual record of gravity wave activity in Mars's lower atmosphere from on-planet observations by the Mars Climate Sounder

NG Heavens, DM Kass, A Kleinböhl, JT Schofield - Icarus, 2020 - Elsevier
Gravity waves in Mars's atmosphere strongly affect the general circulation as well as middle
atmospheric cloud formation, but the climatology and sources of gravity waves in the lower …