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Alexander, M Joan

Person

Positions

Research Affiliate, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (ATOC)

Publications

selected publications

chapter
- Gravity Waves in the Stratosphere. Geophysical Monograph. 109-121. 2010
journal article
- Estimating Subseasonal Variability and Trends in Global Atmosphere Using Reanalysis Data. Geophysical Research Letters. 12999-13007. 2018
- GHOST A Satellite Mission Concept for Persistent Monitoring of Stratospheric Gravity Waves Induced by Severe Storms. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 1813-1828. 2018
- The Risks of Contracting the Acquisition and Processing of the Nation's Weather and Climate Data to the Private Sector (vol 99, pg 869, 2018). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 1109-1109. 2018
- Satellite Observations of Stratospheric Gravity Waves Associated With the Intensification of Tropical Cyclones. Geophysical Research Letters. 1692-1700. 2018
- MJO-Related Intraseasonal Variation in the Stratosphere: Gravity Waves and Zonal Winds. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 775-788. 2018
- Intercomparison of AIRS and HIRDLS stratospheric gravity wave observations. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 215-232. 2018
- Out-of-Cloud Convective Turbulence: Estimation Method and Impacts of Model Resolution. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 121-136. 2018
- A Census of Atmospheric Variability From Seconds to Decades. Geophysical Research Letters. 11201-11211. 2017
- Relationships Between Gravity Waves Observed at Earth's Surface and in the Stratosphere Over the Central and Eastern United States. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 11482-11498. 2017
- Small-Scale Wind Fluctuations in the Tropical Tropopause Layer from Aircraft Measurements: Occurrence, Nature, and Impact on Vertical Mixing. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 3847-3869. 2017
- Sensitivity of Gravity Wave Fluxes to Interannual Variations in Tropical Convection and Zonal Wind. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 2701-2716. 2017
- New AIM/CIPS global observations of gravity waves near 50-55 km. Geophysical Research Letters. 7044-7052. 2017
- Exploring gravity wave characteristics in 3-D using a novel S-transform technique: AIRS/Aqua measurements over the Southern Andes and Drake Passage. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 8553-8575. 2017
- An evaluation of gravity waves and gravity wave sources in the Southern Hemisphere in a 7 km global climate simulation. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 2481-2495. 2017
- A decadal satellite record of gravity wave activity in the lower stratosphere to study polar stratospheric cloud formation. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2901-2920. 2017
- THE NASA AIRBORNE TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE EXPERIMENT High-Altitude Aircraft Measurements in the Tropical Western Pacific. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 129-+. 2017
- Tropical Waves and the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation in a 7-km Global Climate Simulation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 3771-3783. 2016
- A Case Study on the Far-Field Properties of Propagating Tropospheric Gravity Waves. Monthly Weather Review. 2947-2961. 2016
- Climatology and ENSO-related interannual variability of gravity waves in the Southern Hemisphere subtropical stratosphere revealed by high-resolution AIRS observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 7622-7640. 2016
- MJO-related intraseasonal variation of gravity waves in the Southern Hemisphere tropical stratosphere revealed by high-resolution AIRS observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 7641-7651. 2016
- Characteristics of Gravity Waves from Convection and Implications for Their Parameterization in Global Circulation Models. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 2729-2742. 2016
- High-frequency gravity waves and homogeneous ice nucleation in tropical tropopause layer cirrus. Geophysical Research Letters. 6629-6635. 2016
- Ubiquitous influence of waves on tropical high cirrus clouds. Geophysical Research Letters. 5895-5901. 2016
- Stratospheric gravity waves at Southern Hemisphere orographic hotspots: 2003-2014 AIRS/Aqua observations. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 9381-9397. 2016
- Upper atmospheric gravity wave details revealed in nightglow satellite imagery. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA. E6728-E6735. 2015
- Global and seasonal variations in three-dimensional gravity wave momentum flux from satellite limb-sounding temperatures. Geophysical Research Letters. 6860-6867. 2015
- Realistic simulations of atmospheric gravity waves over the continental US using precipitation radar data. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 823-835. 2015
- Direct impacts of waves on tropical cold point tropopause temperature. Geophysical Research Letters. 1584-1592. 2015
- Case studies of nonorographic gravity waves over the Southern Ocean emphasize the role of moisture. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 1278-1299. 2015
- Summer Season Squall-Line Simulations: Sensitivity of Gravity Waves to Physics Parameterization and Implications for Their Parameterization in Global Climate Models. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 3376-3391. 2014
- The Residual-Mean Circulation in the Tropical Tropopause Layer Driven by Tropical Waves. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 1305-1322. 2014
- A convection-based gravity wave parameterization in a general circulation model: Implementation and improvements on the QBO. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 264-279. 2014
- Observation of mountain lee waves with MODIS NIR column water vapor. Geophysical Research Letters. 710-716. 2014
- Intercomparison of stratospheric gravity wave observations with AIRS and IASI. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 4517-4537. 2014
- Seasonal cycle of orographic gravity wave occurrence above small islands in the Southern Hemisphere: Implications for effects on the general circulation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2013
- Seasonal cycle of orographic gravity wave occurrence above small islands in the Southern Hemisphere: Implications for effects on the general circulation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 11589-11599. 2013
- A new wave scheme for trajectory simulations of stratospheric water vapor. Geophysical Research Letters. 5286-5290. 2013
- A Comparison between Gravity Wave Momentum Fluxes in Observations and Climate Models. Journal of Climate. 6383-6405. 2013
- Gravity wave generation by convection and momentum deposition in the mesosphere-lower thermosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 6233-6245. 2013
- Tropical Precipitation Variability and Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves on Submonthly Time Scales in Reanalyses and TRMM. Journal of Climate. 3013-3030. 2013
- Simultaneous observations of convective gravity waves from a ground-based airglow imager and the AIRS satellite experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 3178-3191. 2013
- A global view of stratospheric gravity wave hotspots located with Atmospheric Infrared Sounder observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 416-434. 2013
- Incorporation of a gravity wave momentum deposition parameterization into the Venus Thermosphere General Circulation Model (VTGCM). Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 2013
- On the Intermittency of Gravity Wave Momentum Flux in the Stratosphere. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 3433-3448. 2012
- High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder observations of the gravity wave-driven elevated stratopause in 2006. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2012
- WRF simulations of convectively generated gravity waves in opposite QBO phases. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2012
- Model Study of Intermediate-Scale Tropical Inertia-Gravity Waves and Comparison to TWP-ICE Campaign Observations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 591-610. 2012
- Three-dimensional properties of Andes mountain waves observed by satellite: A case study. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2011
- Equatorial Waves in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere Forced by Latent Heating Estimated from TRMM Rain Rates. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 2321-2342. 2011
- Mesoscale simulations of gravity waves during the 2008-2009 major stratospheric sudden warming. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2011
- On the Wave Spectrum Generated by Tropical Heating. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 2042-2060. 2011
- Solutions to the Vertical Structure Equation for Simple Models of the Tropical Troposphere. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 2061-2072. 2011
- Equatorial waves in High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS) data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2010
- Global estimates of gravity wave parameters from GPS radio occultation temperature data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2010
- Occurrence frequency of convective gravity waves during the North American thunderstorm season. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2010
- Recent developments in gravity-wave effects in climate models and the global distribution of gravity-wave momentum flux from observations and models. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 1103-1124. 2010
- Model Study of Waves Generated by Convection with Direct Validation via Satellite. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 1617-1631. 2010
- Imaging of atmospheric gravity waves in the stratosphere and upper mesosphere using satellite and ground-based observations over Australia during the TWPICE campaign. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2009
- Gravity wave activity during stratospheric sudden warmings in the 2007-2008 Northern Hemisphere winter. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2009
- Momentum flux estimates for South Georgia Island mountain waves in the stratosphere observed via satellite. Geophysical Research Letters. 2009
- Retrieval of stratospheric temperatures from Atmospheric Infrared Sounder radiance measurements for gravity wave studies. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2009
- Antarctic NAT PSC belt of June 2003: Observational validation of the mountain wave seeding hypothesis. Geophysical Research Letters. 2009
- A model study of gravity waves over Hurricane Humberto (2001). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 3231-3246. 2008
- Intermediate-scale tropical inertia gravity waves observed during the TWP-ICE campaign. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2008
- Global observations of HNO3 from the High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS): First results. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2008
- Global estimates of gravity wave momentum flux from High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2008
- Formation of large (similar or equal to 100 mu m) ice crystals near the tropical tropopause. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 1621-1633. 2008
- Observation and analysis of a large amplitude mountain wave event over the Antarctic peninsula. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2007
- Stratospheric gravity wave simulation over Greenland during 24 January 2005. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2007
- Using satellite observations to constrain parameterizations of gravity wave effects for global models. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 1652-1665. 2007
- Generation and trapping of gravity waves from convection with comparison to parameterization. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 2963-2977. 2006
- Gravity wave influence on the global structure of the diurnal tide in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 2006
- Small-scale gravity waves in ER-2 MMS/MTP wind and temperature measurements during CRYSTAL-FACE. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 1091-1104. 2006
- Spatial and temporal variations of gravity wave parameters. Part I: Intrinsic frequency, wavelength, and vertical propagation direction. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 125-142. 2005
- Characteristics of gravity waves with short vertical wavelengths observed with radiosonde and GPS occultation during DAWEX (Darwin Area Wave Experiment). Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2004
- Absolute values of gravity wave momentum flux derived from satellite data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2004
- Gravity waves generated by convection in the Darwin area during the Darwin Area Wave Experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2004
- VHF profiler observations of winds and waves in the troposphere during the Darwin Area Wave Experiment (DAWEX). Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2004
- On the spectrum of vertically propagating gravity waves generated by a transient heat source. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 923-932. 2004
- A method of specifying the gravity wave spectrum above convection based on latent heating properties and background wind. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 324-337. 2004
- Gravity-wave forcing in the stratosphere: Observational constraints from the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite and implications for parameterization in global models. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2003
- Gravity wave dynamics and effects in the middle atmosphere. Reviews of Geophysics. 2003
- Hemispheric differences in the temperature of the summertime stratosphere and mesosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2003
- Mechanism for the generation of secondary waves in wave breaking regions. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 194-214. 2003
- Effects of tropospheric wind shear on the spectrum of convectively generated gravity waves. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 1805-1824. 2002
- Latitudinal variations observed in gravity waves with short vertical wavelengths. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 1394-1404. 2002
- Evidence for short vertical wavelength Kelvin waves in the Department of Energy-Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Nauru99 radiosonde data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 20125-20129. 2001
- The quasi-biennial oscillation. Reviews of Geophysics. 179-229. 2001
- Tropical stratospheric gravity wave activity and relationships to clouds. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 22299-22309. 2000
- Gravity waves in the tropical lower stratosphere: A model study of seasonal and interannual variability. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 17983-17993. 2000
- Gravity waves in the tropical lower stratosphere: An observational study of seasonal and interannual variability. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 17971-17982. 2000
- Microwave Limb Sounder observations of gravity waves in the stratosphere: A climatology and interpretation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 11947-11967. 2000
- Dispersion imposed limits on atmospheric gravity waves in the mesosphere: Observations from OH airglow.. Geophysical Research Letters. 875-878. 2000
- A spectral parameterization of mean-flow forcing due to breaking gravity waves. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 4167-4182. 1999
- Linear stratospheric gravity waves above convective thermal forcing. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 2434-2446. 1999
- An analysis of the structure and forcing of the equatorial semiannual oscillation in zonal wind. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 1759-1774. 1998
- Nonstationary gravity wave forcing of the stratospheric zonal mean wind. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 23465-23474. 1996
- LOCAL TIME ASYMMETRIES IN THE VENUS THERMOSPHERE. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 10849-10871. 1993
- MECHANISM FOR THE VENUS THERMOSPHERIC SUPERROTATION. Geophysical Research Letters. 2207-2210. 1992
- ATOMIC OXYGEN IN THE MARTIAN THERMOSPHERE. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 91-102. 1992

Background

awards and honors

Union Fellows, conferred by American Geophysical Union, 2017
Atmospheric Sciences Section/Jacob Bjerknes Lecture, conferred by American Geophysical Union, 2000