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Overview

Stephen D. Eckermann is affiliated with the United States Naval Research Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Physics and Astronomy, with a significant body of work intersecting various subfields.

Their published work spans several subfields of study, including:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Oceanography
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Geophysics

The main topics covered in their research comprise:

  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Mesospheric Bore Evolution and Instability Dynamics Observed in PMC Turbo Imaging and Rayleigh Lidar Profiling Over Northeastern Canada on 13 July 2018, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Determining Gravity Wave Sources and Propagation in the Southern Hemisphere by Ray-Tracing AIRS Measurements, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • The Role of Inertial Instability in Cross-Hemispheric Coupling, 2021, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • Stratospheric Gravity Waves Excited by a Propagating Rossby Wave Train-A DEEPWAVE Case Study, 2021, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • Gravity Wave Breaking and Vortex Ring Formation Observed by PMC Turbo, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Stephen D. Eckermann frequently collaborates with several coauthors, notably:

  • Dave Broutman
  • Harold Knight
  • C. B. Kjellstrand
  • B. P. Williams
  • Cory Barton

The researcher's publications have appeared in prominent journals including:

  • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
  • Monthly Weather Review

Best Publications

  • Recent developments in gravity-wave effects in climate models and the global distribution of gravity-wave momentum flux from observations and models

    M. J. Alexander;M. Geller;C. McLandress;S. Polavarapu

  • An overview of the past, present and future of gravity-wave drag parametrization for numerical climate and weather prediction models

    Young‐Joon Kim;Stephen D. Eckermann;Hye‐Yeong Chun

  • Global Measurements of Stratospheric Mountain Waves from Space

    Stephen D Eckermann;Peter Preusse

  • The Navy Global Environmental Model

    Timothy Hogan;Ming Liu;James Ridout;Melinda Peng

  • A three-dimensional nonhydrostatic ray-tracing model for gravity waves : formulation and preliminary results for the middle atmosphere

    Crispin J. Marks;Stephen D. Eckermann

  • Space-based measurements of stratospheric mountain waves by CRISTA 1. Sensitivity, analysis method, and a case study

    Peter Preusse;Andreas Dörnbrack;Stephen D. Eckermann;Martin Riese

  • The deep propagating gravity wave experiment (deepwave): an airborne and ground-based exploration of gravity wave propagation and effects from their sources throughout the lower and middle atmosphere

    David C. Fritts;Ronald B. Smith;Michael J. Taylor;James D. Doyle

  • The predictability of the extratropical stratosphere on monthly time‐scales and its impact on the skill of tropospheric forecasts

    Om P. Tripathi;Mark Baldwin;Andrew Charlton-Perez;Martin Charron

  • Gravity wave and equatorial wave morphology of the stratosphere derived from long‐term rocket soundings

    Stephen D. Eckermann;Isamu Hirota;Wayne K. Hocking

  • Stratospheric horizontal wavenumber spectra of winds, potential temperature, and atmospheric tracers observed by high-altitude aircraft

    Julio T. Bacmeister;Stephen D. Eckermann;Paul A. Newman;Leslie Lait

  • Global Gravity Wave Variances from Aura MLS: Characteristics and Interpretation

    Dong L. Wu;Stephen D. Eckermann

  • Case studies of the mesospheric response to recent minor, major, and extended stratospheric warmings

    David. E. Siskind;Stephen. D. Eckermann;John P. McCormack;Larry Coy

  • Transparency of the atmosphere to short horizontal wavelength gravity waves

    Peter Preusse;Stephen D. Eckermann;Manfred Ern

  • Global Ray Tracing Simulations of the SABER Gravity Wave Climatology

    Peter Preusse;Stephen D. Eckermann;Manfred Ern;Jens Oberheide

  • Geographical distribution and interseasonal variability of tropical deep convection: UARS MLS observations and analyses

    Jonathan H. Jiang;Bin Wang;Kenshi Goya;Klemens Hocke

  • Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) MLS observation of mountain waves over the Andes

    Jonathan H. Jiang;Dong L. Wu;Stephen D. Eckermann

  • Remote sounding of atmospheric gravity waves with satellite limb and nadir techniques

    Dong L. Wu;Peter Preusse;Stephen D. Eckermann;Jonathan H. Jiang

  • High-altitude data assimilation system experiments for the northern summer mesosphere season of 2007

    Stephen D. Eckermann;Karl W. Hoppel;Lawrence Coy;John P. McCormack

  • On Recent Interannual Variability of the Arctic Winter Mesosphere: Implications for Tracer Descent

    David E. Siskind;Stephen D. Eckermann;Lawrence Coy;John P. McCormack

  • Intraseasonal wind variability in the equatorial mesosphere and lower thermosphere: long-term observations from the central Pacific

    Stephen D Eckermann;Deepak K Rajopadhyaya;Deepak K Rajopadhyaya;Robert A Vincent

  • Widespread solid particle formation by mountain waves in the Arctic stratosphere

    Kenneth S. Carslaw;Thomas Peter;Julio T. Bacmeister;Stephen D. Eckermann

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Preusse
Peter Preusse Forschungszentrum Jülich
Lawrence Coy
Lawrence Coy Goddard Space Flight Center
Karl W. Hoppel
Karl W. Hoppel United States Naval Research Laboratory
James D. Doyle
James D. Doyle United States Naval Research Laboratory
Markus Rapp
Markus Rapp German Aerospace Center
Martin Riese
Martin Riese Forschungszentrum Jülich
David E. Siskind
David E. Siskind United States Naval Research Laboratory
Michael J. Taylor
Michael J. Taylor Utah State University
Dong L. Wu
Dong L. Wu Goddard Space Flight Center
Andreas Dörnbrack
Andreas Dörnbrack German Aerospace Center

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