2006 Publications by Dave Fritts and Colleagues


Becker, E., and D. C. Fritts, 2006: Enhanced gravity-wave activity and interhemispheric coupling during
  the McWAVE/MIDAS northern summer program 2002, J. Atmos. Solar-Terres. Phys., SRef-ID:
  1432-0576/ag/2006-24-1175, 1175-1188.       ***********  Paper.pdf  ***********

Espy, P. J., R. E. Hibbins, G. R. Swenson, J. Tang, M. J. Taylor, D. M. Riggin, and D. C. Fritts, 2006: Regional
        variations of mesospheric gravity wave momentum fluxes over Antarctica, Ann. Geophys., 24, SRef-ID:
    1432-0576/ag/2006-24-81, 81-88.  ***********  Paper.pdf  ************

Fritts, D. C., D. Janches, D. M. Riggin, R. G. Stockwell, M. P. Sulzer, and S. Gonzalez, 2006: Gravity waves
        and momentum fluxes in the MLT using 430 MHz dual-beam measurements at Arecibo: 2. Frequency spectra,
        momentum fluxes, and variability, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D18108, doi:10.1029/2005JD006883. 
        ********  Paper.pdf   ***********

Fritts, D. C., S. L. Vadas, K. Wan, and J. A. Werne, 2006: Mean and variable forcing of the middle atmosphere
       by gravity waves, J. Atmos. Solar-Terres. Phys., 68, 247-265. ******* Paper.pdf  *******

Fritts, D. C., L. Wang, and R. H. Tolson, 2006: Mean and gravity wave structures and variability in the Mars upper
        atmosphere inferred from MGS and MO aero-braking densities, J. Geophys. Res., 111, A12304,
        doi:10.1029/2006JA011897,     ********  Paper.pdf  ********

Goldberg, R. A., D. C. Fritts, F. J. Schmidlin, B. P. Williams, C. L. Croskey, J. D. Mitchell, M. Friedrich,
        J. M. Russell III, and U. Blum, 2006: The MaCWAVE program to study gravity wave influences on the
        polar mesosphere, Ann. Geophys., SRef-ID: 1432-0576/ag/2006-24-1159, 1159-1173. 
        ***********  Paper.pdf  ***********

Janches, D., D. C. Fritts, D. M. Riggin, M. P. Sulzer, and S. Gonzalez, 2006: Gravity waves and momentum fluxes
        in the MLT using 430 MHz dual-beam measurements at Arecibo: 1. Measurements, methods, and gravity waves,
        J. Geophys. Res., 111, D18107, doi:10.1029/2005JD006882. ******  Paper.pdf    ********

Lehmacher, G. A., C. L. Croskey, J. D. Mitchell, M. Friedrich, F.-J. Luebken, M. Rapp, E. Kudeki, and D. C.
        Fritts, 2006: Intense turbulence observed above mesospheric temperature inversion at equatorial latitude,
        Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, doi:10.1029/2005GL024345.

Murphy, D. J., J. M. Forbes, R. L. Walterscheid, M. E. Hagan, S. K. Avery, T. Aso, G. J. Fraser, M. J. Jarvis,
        D. M. Riggin, D. C. Fritts, M. Tsutsumi, and R. A. Vincent, 2006: A climatology of tides in the Antacrtic
        mesosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 111, doi:10.1029/2005JD006803.   ***********  Paper.pdf   ***********.

Nielson, K., M. J. Taylor, P.-D. Pautet, N. Mitchell, C. Beldon, W. Singer, D. C. Fritts, F. J. Schmidlin, and
       R. A. Goldberg, 2006: Propagation and ducting of short-period geavity waves at high latitudes during the
       MaCWAVE winter campaign, Ann. Geophys., SRef-ID: 1432-0576/ag/2006-24-1227, 1227-1243. 
       ***********  Paper.pdf  ***********

Pancheva, D., Mukhtarov, P., M. G. Shepherd, N. J. Mitchell, D. C. Fritts, D. M. Riggin, S. J.Franke, P. P. Batista,
        M. A. Abdu, I. S. Batista, B. R. Clemesha, and T. Kikuchi, 2006: Two-day wave coupling of the low-latitude
        atmosphere-ionosphere system, J. Geophys. Res., 111, A07313, doi:10.1029/2005JA0115652.
        ***********  Paper.pdf  ************.

She, C.-Y., B. P. Williams, P. Hoffman, R Latteck, G. Baumgarten, J. D. Vance, J. Fielder, P. Acott,
       D. C. Fritts, U. von Zahn, and F.-J. Luebken, 2006: Simultaneous observation of sodium atoms, NLC and
       PMSE in the summer mesopause region above ALOMAR, Norway (69N, 12E), J. Atmos. Solar-Terres.
        Phys., 68, 93-101, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2005.08.014.   ***********  Paper.pdf  ***********

Vadas, S. L., and D. C. Fritts, 2006: The influence of increasing temperature and solar variability on gravity
    wave structure and dissipation in the thermosphere, J. Geophys. Res., TIMED special issue, 111, A10812,
    doi:10.1029/2005JA011510.  ********  Paper.pdf  *********** 

Wang, L., D. C. Fritts, and R. H. Tolson, 2006: Nonmigrating tides inferred from the Mars Odyssey and Mars Global
    Surveyor aerobraking data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L23201, doi:10.1029/2006GL027753. 
    ******  Paper.pdf ****** 

Wang, L., D. C. Fritts, B. P. Williams, R. A. Goldberg, F. J. Schmidlin, and U. Blum, 2006: Gravity waves in the
       middle atmosphere during the MaCWAVE winter campaign, Ann. Geophys., SRef-ID: 1432-0576/ag/2006-24-1209,
      1209-1226.      ******  Paper.pdf *******

Williams, B. P., D. C. Fritts, C. Y. She, G. Baumgarten, and R. A. Goldberg, 2006: Gravity wave propagation,
      tidal interaction, and instabiulities in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere during the winter 2003
      MaCWAVE rocket campaign, MaCWAVE special issue of Ann. Geophys., SRef-ID: 1432-0576/ag/2006-24-1199,
      1199-1208.  ********  Paper.pdf  *********

Williams, B. P., D. C. Fritts, J. D. Vance, C.-Y. She, T. Abe, and E. Thrane, 2006: Sodium lidar measurements
          of waves and instabilities near the mesopause during the DELTA rocket campaign, Earth Planets Space,
          58 (9), 1131-1137.   *******  Paper.pdf  *******