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David C. Fritts
Researcher at Cora
Publications - 245
Citations - 16309
David C. Fritts is an academic researcher from Cora. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gravity wave & Thermosphere. The author has an hindex of 66, co-authored 227 publications receiving 14924 citations. Previous affiliations of David C. Fritts include University of Colorado Boulder & National Waste & Recycling Association.
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Computation of clear‐air radar backscatter from numerical simulations of turbulence: 3. Off‐zenith measurements and biases throughout the lifecycle of a Kelvin‐Helmholtz instability
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared backscatter power and inferred velocities with the distributions of turbulence and the true velocity and revealed biases in the identification of active or intense turbulence and in the inferred Doppler spectrum and vertical velocity throughout the flow evolution.
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Small-scale structure observed in-situ during MAC/EPSILON
Tom A. Blix,E. V. Thrane,David C. Fritts,U. von Zahn,Franz-Josef Lübken,W. Hillert,S.P Blood,J. D. Mitchell,G.A. Kokin,S. V. Pakhomov +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, the level of turbulence activity in the middle atmosphere observed during the MAC/EPSILON campaign using different in-situ techniques was determined using spectra of density fluctuations covering height intervals of typically 8 km.
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Three-dimensional evolution of Kelvin-Helmholtz billows in stratified compressible flow
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present results of an initial study of Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in a stratified shear flow using a three-dimensional, nonlinear, compressible, spectral collocation model.
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Dynamics of counter-rotating vortex pairs in stratified and sheared environments
TL;DR: In this paper, the evolution of a vertically propagating vortex pair in stratified and sheared environments is studied with a two-dimensional numerical model, and it is shown that stratification causes the formation of counter-sign vorticity around each of the original vortices through baroclinic production.
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Large-Amplitude Mountain Waves in the Mesosphere Observed on 21 June 2014 During DEEPWAVE: 1. Wave Development, Scales, Momentum Fluxes, and Environmental Sensitivity
Michael J. Taylor,Pierre-Dominique Pautet,David C. Fritts,Bernd Kaifler,Steven M. Smith,Yucheng Zhao,Neal R. Criddle,Pattilyn McLaughlin,William R. Pendleton,Michael P. McCarthy,Gonzalo Hernandez,Stephen D. Eckermann,James A. Doyle,Markus Rapp,B. Liley,James M. Russell +15 more
TL;DR: Fritts et al. as mentioned in this paper observed a large-amplitude, mountain wave (MW) breaking event on the night of 21 June 2014 by ground-based optical instruments operated on the New Zealand South Island during the Deep Propagating Gravity Wave Experiment (DEEPWAVE).