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Gravity Wave Instability

Gravity Wave Instability is a theoretical construct in atmospheric dynamics that identifies the conditions under which gravity waves amplify due to inherent instabilities in vertically sheared flows, distinguishing it from stable oscillatory wave behavior by its focus on perturbation growth mechanisms.

425

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28.2K

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681

Authors

324

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2017–2026

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Publications

425

Gravity wave dynamics and effects in the middle atmosphere

David C. Fritts, M. Joan Alexander · Reviews of Geophysics · 2003 · 2.8K citations · Full text

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Turbulence and stress owing to gravity wave and tidal breakdown

Richard S. Lindzen · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1981 · 2.1K citations

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Numerical Simulation of Gravity Waves

Walter Craig, Catherine Sulem · Journal of Computational Physics · 1993 · 619 citations

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Evidence for a Saturated Spectrum of Atmospheric Gravity Waves

Steven A. Smith, David C. Fritts, T. E. Vanzandt · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1987 · 495 citations · Full text

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Instability of periodic wavetrains in nonlinear dispersive systems

T. Brooke Benjamin · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1967 · 447 citations

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Authors

681

  1. DC
    David C. Fritts

    Northwest Research Associates, United States

    44 publications · 5.8K citations

    31

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  2. TL
    Thomas Lund

    Stanford University, United States

    11 publications · 375 citations

    11

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  3. MS
    M. S. Longuet‐Higgins

    University of California San Diego, United States

    9 publications · 749 citations

    9

    h-index

  4. CK
    Christian Kharif

    Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors Équilibre, France

    8 publications · 215 citations

    8

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  5. CO
    C. O. Hines

    University of Toronto, Canada

    8 publications · 395 citations

    8

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Institutions

324

  1. Northwest Research Associates

    Redmond, United States

    17 h-index

    35 publications

    7.9K citations

  2. G & A Technical Software (United States)

    Newport News, United States

    17 h-index

    51 publications

    1.8K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    16 h-index

    34 publications

    2.6K citations

  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    12 h-index

    16 publications

    1.4K citations

  5. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    11 h-index

    22 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. University of Alaska Fairbanks

    Fairbanks, United States

    11 h-index

    14 publications

    1K citations

  7. Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University

    Daytona, United States

    11 h-index

    27 publications

    791 citations

  8. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    11 h-index

    15 publications

    484 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    59 publications · 3.7K citations

    36

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  2. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    63 publications · 3K citations

    33

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 41 publications · 5.2K citations

    31

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  4. Physics of Fluids

    17 publications · 624 citations

    15

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  5. Geophysical Research Letters

    19 publications · 1K citations

    15

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