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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 Series. 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 - (BAMS). 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 - (BAMS). 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 (JGR): 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 (JGR): 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 (ACP). 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 (ACP). 2901-2920. 2017
- THE NASA AIRBORNE TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE EXPERIMENT High-Altitude Aircraft Measurements in the Tropical Western Pacific. Bulletin of The American Meteorological Society - (BAMS). 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 (JGR): 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 (JGR): 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 (ACP). 9381-9397. 2016
- Upper atmospheric gravity wave details revealed in nightglow satellite imagery. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 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 (JGR): 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 (JGR): 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 (JGR): 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 (JGR): 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 (JGR): Atmospheres. 3178-3191. 2013
- A global view of stratospheric gravity wave hotspots located with Atmospheric Infrared Sounder observations. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): 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 (JGR): Atmospheres. 2012
- WRF simulations of convectively generated gravity waves in opposite QBO phases. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): 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 (JGR): 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 (JGR): 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 (JGR): Atmospheres. 2010
- Global estimates of gravity wave parameters from GPS radio occultation temperature data. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres. 2010
- Occurrence frequency of convective gravity waves during the North American thunderstorm season. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): 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 (JGR): Atmospheres. 2009
- Gravity wave activity during stratospheric sudden warmings in the 2007-2008 Northern Hemisphere winter. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): 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 (JGR): 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 (JGR): Atmospheres. 2008
- Global observations of HNO3 from the High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS): First results. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres. 2008
- Global estimates of gravity wave momentum flux from High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder observations. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres. 2008
- Formation of large (similar or equal to 100 mu m) ice crystals near the tropical tropopause. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP). 1621-1633. 2008
- Observation and analysis of a large amplitude mountain wave event over the Antarctic peninsula. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres. 2007
- Stratospheric gravity wave simulation over Greenland during 24 January 2005. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): 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 (JGR): Space Physics. 2006
- Small-scale gravity waves in ER-2 MMS/MTP wind and temperature measurements during CRYSTAL-FACE. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP). 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 (JGR): Atmospheres. 2004
- Absolute values of gravity wave momentum flux derived from satellite data - art. no. D20103. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres. 2004
- Gravity waves generated by convection in the Darwin area during the Darwin Area Wave Experiment - art. no. D20S04. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres. 2004
- VHF profiler observations of winds and waves in the troposphere during the Darwin Area Wave Experiment (DAWEX). Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres. 2004
- On the spectrum of vertically propagating gravity waves generated by a transient heat source. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP). 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 (JGR): Atmospheres. 2003
- Gravity wave dynamics and effects in the middle atmosphere - art. no. 1003. Reviews of Geophysics. 2003
- Hemispheric differences in the temperature of the summertime stratosphere and mesosphere - art. no. 4051. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): 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 (JGR): 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 (JGR): Atmospheres. 22299-22309. 2000
- Gravity waves in the tropical lower stratosphere: A model study of seasonal and interannual variability. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres. 17983-17993. 2000
- Gravity waves in the tropical lower stratosphere: An observational study of seasonal and interannual variability. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres. 17971-17982. 2000
- Microwave Limb Sounder observations of gravity waves in the stratosphere: A climatology and interpretation. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): 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 (JGR): Atmospheres. 1759-1774. 1998
- Nonstationary gravity wave forcing of the stratospheric zonal mean wind. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): 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 (JGR): 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