Publications resulting from the Spread F Experiment
(SpreadFEx)



Abdu, M. A., E. A. Kherani, I. S. Batista, E. R. de Paula, and D. C. Fritts, 2008: 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, in revision. 
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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, 2008: Mesospheric bore event during SpreadFEx
        campaign
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Ann. Geophys., SpreadFEx special issue, in revision.   ********  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,  2008a:
The Spread F Experiment (SpreadFEx): Program overview and first results, Earth Planets Space,
        in press.
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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. São Sabbas, J. H. A. Sobral, P. Stamus, H. Takahashi, M. J. Taylor, S. L. Vadas, F. Vargas,
    and C. Wrasse, 2008c:
Overview and summary of the Spread F Experiment (SpreadFEx), Ann. Geophys., in press.
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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
, 2008b: 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.
   
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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, in press.  
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Haase, J., T. Dautermann, M. Taylor, N. Chapagain, E. Calais, and D. Pautet, 2008: Propagation of plasma bubbles     
        observed in Brazil from GPS and airglow data
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Ann. Geophys., SpreadFEx special issue, submitted.
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Kamalabadi, F., et al., 2008: Electron densities in the lower thermosphere from GUVI 1356 tomograqphic inversions
        in support of SpreadFEx, Ann. Geophys., SpreadFEx special issue, in revision. 
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Kherani, E. A., M. A. Abdu, E. R. de Paula, D. C. Fritts, J. H. A. Sobral, and F. C. de Meneses Jr., 2008: The impact
        of gravity waves rising from convection in the lower atmosphere on the generation and nonlinear evolution of
        equatorial plasma bubbles
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Ann. Geophys., SpreadFEx special issue, in revision.  ********  Paper.pdf   ********

Laughman, B., D. C. Fritts, and J. Werne, 2008: Numerical simulation of bore generation and morphology in thermal
        and Doppler ducts
, Ann. Geophys.,  SpreadFEx special issue, in press. 
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Pautet, P.-D., M. J. Taylor, N. P. Chapagain, H. Takahashi, A. F. Medreiros, F. T. Sao Sabbas, and D. C. Fritts, 2008: 
     
        Simultaneous observations of equatorial F-region plasma depletions over Brazil during the Spread F Experiment
        (SpreadFEx)
, Ann. Geophys.,  SpreadFEx special issue, in revision. 
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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. 

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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, 2008: Characteristics of convective sources of gravity waves and sprites present in satellite
        IR images during the SpreadFEx 2005 campaign
, Ann. Geophys., SpreadFEx special issue, in revision.
      
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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: Simultaneous
    observation of ionospheric plasma bubbles and mesospheric gravity waves during the SpreadFEx Campaign,
    Ann. Geophys., SpreadFEx special issue, in revision, 2008.  ********  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: Characterizing mesospheric gravity waves near the magnetic equator, Brazil during
    the SpreadFEx campaign, Ann. Geophys., SpreadFEx special issue, in press, 2008.  ******  Paper.pdf   ******

Vadas, S. L., and D. C. Fritts, 2008: Reconstruction of the gravity wave field from convective plumes via ray
        tracing, Ann. Geophys., SpreadFEx special issue, in press. ********  Paper.pdf   *******

Vadas, S. L., M. J. Taylor,
P.-D. Pautet, P. Stamus, D. C. Fritts, F. São Sabbas, and V. T. Rampinelli, 2008: Convection:
        The likely source of the medium-scale gravity waves observed in the OH airglow
layer near Brasilia, Brazil,
        Ann. Geophys., SpreadFEx special issue, in press.
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Vadas, S. L., D. C. Fritts, P.-D. Pautet, M. J. Taylor, H.-L. Liu, P. Batista, H. Takahashi, F. Sao Sabbas, P. Stamus,
        A. F. Medeiros, R. Buriti, and J. Fechine, 2008: Amplitudes, scales, and variability of gravity waves in the
        thermosphere from convective plumes
over Brazil, Ann. Geophys., to be submitted.

Vargas, F., D. Gobbi, and H. Takahashi, 2008: Gravity wave amplitudes and momentum fluxes inferred from OH
        airglow intensities and meteor
radar winds during SpreadFEx, Ann. Geophys., SpreadFEx special issue, in revision.
      
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Wrasse, H. Takahashi, A. F. Medeiros, and J. V. Bageston, 2008: Mesospheric gravity wave observations during
        the SpreadFEx
campaign: Evidence of tropospheric sources,
Ann. Geophys., SpreadFEx special issue, in revision.
      
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