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David C. Fritts

G & A Technical Software (United States)ORCID

517

Works

21,447

Citations

75

h-index

278

i10-index

Research Topics

Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

Affiliations

NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research1978–2002

Utah State University1997–1997

Natural Resources Canada2002–2002

Marshall Space Flight Center1993–1993

Goddard Space Flight Center1997–2004

Top Works

Gravity wave dynamics and effects in the middle atmosphere

David C. Fritts,M. Joan Alexander

20032,736 citations

Atmospheric Ozone and Climate

Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

Gravity wave saturation in the middle atmosphere: A review of theory and observations

David C. Fritts

1984614 citations

CASES-99: A Comprehensive Investigation of the Stable Nocturnal Boundary Layer

Gregory S. Poulos,William Blumen,et al.

2002543 citations

Evidence for a Saturated Spectrum of Atmospheric Gravity Waves

Steven A. Smith,David C. Fritts,et al.

1987494 citations

Mesospheric Momentum Flux Studies at Adelaide, Australia: Observations and a Gravity Wave–Tidal Interaction Model

David C. Fritts,R. A. Vincent

1987378 citations

Convective and dynamical instabilities due to gravity wave motions in the lower and middle atmosphere: Theory and observations

David C. Fritts,P. K. Rastogi

1985347 citations

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

Sharon L. Vadas,David C. Fritts

2005285 citations

Sources of Mesoscale Variability of Gravity Waves. Part II: Frontal, Convective, and Jet Stream Excitation

David C. Fritts,G. D. Nastrom

1992261 citations

Gravity wave initiation of equatorial spread F/plasma bubble irregularities based on observational data from the SpreadFEx campaign

M. A. Abdu,E. A. Kherani,et al.

2009234 citations