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Overview

Sharon L. Vadas is affiliated with Northwest Research Associates in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Oceanography, and Aerospace Engineering.

Their work frequently appears in prominent publication venues, including:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Vadas has collaborated often with researchers such as Erich Becker, Katrina Bossert, Lars Hoffmann, V. Lynn Harvey, and C. A. O. B. Figueiredo. These collaborations have contributed to a sustained record of publications and research outputs.

Their research topics broadly cover areas including:

  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • GNSS positioning and interference

Some of the recently published scientific papers authored or co-authored by Vadas include:

  • Explicit Global Simulation of Gravity Waves in the Thermosphere, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Secondary Gravity Waves Generated by Breaking Mountain Waves Over Europe, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Concentric Secondary Gravity Waves in the Thermosphere and Ionosphere Over the Continental United States on March 25-26, 2015 From Deep Convection, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • A High-Resolution Whole-Atmosphere Model With Resolved Gravity Waves and Specified Large-Scale Dynamics in the Troposphere and Stratosphere, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Primary and Secondary Gravity Waves and Large-Scale Wind Changes Generated by the Tonga Volcanic Eruption on 15 January 2022: Modeling and Comparison With ICON-MIGHTI Winds, 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics

Best Publications

  • Horizontal and vertical propagation and dissipation of gravity waves in the thermosphere from lower atmospheric and thermospheric sources

    Sharon L. Vadas

  • Thermospheric responses to gravity waves: Influences of increasing viscosity and thermal diffusivity

    Sharon L. Vadas;David C. Fritts

  • Generation of large-scale gravity waves and neutral winds in the thermosphere from the dissipation of convectively generated gravity waves

    Sharon L. Vadas;Han-li Liu

  • Sources of the traveling ionospheric disturbances observed by the ionospheric TIDDBIT sounder near Wallops Island on 30 October 2007

    Sharon L. Vadas;Geoff Crowley

  • Mechanism for the Generation of Secondary Waves in Wave Breaking Regions

    Sharon L. Vadas;David C. Fritts;M. Joan Alexander

  • Secondary Gravity Waves in the Winter Mesosphere: Results From a High-Resolution Global Circulation Model

    Erich Becker;Sharon L. Vadas

  • Mean and variable forcing of the middle atmosphere by gravity waves

    David C. Fritts;Sharon L. Vadas;Kam Wan;Joseph A. Werne

  • Gravity wave penetration into the thermosphere: sensitivity to solar cycle variations and mean winds

    D. C. Fritts;S. L. Vadas

  • Thermospheric responses to gravity waves arising from mesoscale convective complexes

    Sharon L. Vadas;David C. Fritts

  • Influence of solar variability on gravity wave structure and dissipation in the thermosphere from tropospheric convection

    Sharon L. Vadas;David C. Fritts

  • The Excitation of Secondary Gravity Waves From Local Body Forces: Theory and Observation

    Sharon L. Vadas;Jian Zhao;Xinzhao Chu;Erich Becker

  • Gravity wave radiation and mean responses to local body forces in the atmosphere

    Sharon L. Vadas;David C. Fritts

  • Simultaneous observation of ionospheric plasma bubbles and mesospheric gravity waves during the SpreadFEx Campaign

    H. Takahashi;M. J. Taylor;P.-D. Pautet;A. F. Medeiros

  • Concentric gravity waves in the mesosphere generated by deep convective plumes in the lower atmosphere near Fort Collins, Colorado

    Jia Yue;Sharon L. Vadas;Chiao-Yao She;Takuji Nakamura

  • Numerical modeling of the large-scale neutral and plasma responses to the body forces created by the dissipation of gravity waves from 6 h of deep convection in Brazil

    S. L. Vadas;H.-L. Liu

  • Gravity wave and tidal influences on equatorial spread F based on observations during the Spread F Experiment (SpreadFEx)

    D. C. Fritts;S. L. Vadas;D. M. Riggin;M. A. Abdu

  • Explicit global simulation of gravity waves in the thermosphere

    Erich Becker;Sharon L. Vadas

  • Overview and summary of the Spread F Experiment (SpreadFEx)

    D. C. Fritts;M. A. Abdu;B. R. Batista;I. S. Batista

  • A model study of the effects of winds on concentric rings of gravity waves from a convective plume near Fort Collins on 11 May 2004

    Sharon L. Vadas;Jia Yue;Chiao-Yao She;Peter A. Stamus

  • The phases and amplitudes of gravity waves propagating and dissipating in the thermosphere: Theory

    S. L. Vadas;M. J. Nicolls

  • An estimate of strong local body forcing and gravity wave radiation based on OH airglow and meteor radar observations

    David C. Fritts;Sharon L. Vadas;Yoshinori Yamada

  • Numerical Modeling of the Generation of Tertiary Gravity Waves in the Mesosphere and Thermosphere During Strong Mountain Wave Events Over the Southern Andes

    Sharon L. Vadas;Erich Becker

  • Numerical Modeling of the Excitation, Propagation, and Dissipation of Primary and Secondary Gravity Waves during Wintertime at McMurdo Station in the Antarctic

    Sharon L. Vadas;Erich Becker

Frequent Co-Authors

David C. Fritts
David C. Fritts G & A Technical Software (United States)
Michael J. Taylor
Michael J. Taylor Utah State University
Han-Li Liu
Han-Li Liu National Center for Atmospheric Research
Xinzhao Chu
Xinzhao Chu University of Colorado Boulder
Jonathan J. Makela
Jonathan J. Makela University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Takuji Nakamura
Takuji Nakamura National Institute of Polar Research
M.A. Abdu
M.A. Abdu National Institute for Space Research
H. Takahashi
H. Takahashi National Institute for Space Research
J. H. A. Sobral
J. H. A. Sobral National Institute for Space Research
Chester S. Gardner
Chester S. Gardner University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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