Development of an automated technique to pursue a climatology of atmospheric gravity waves above Eureka, Nunavut

dc.contributor.advisorWard, William
dc.contributor.authorVail, Christopher
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-01T16:22:34Z
dc.date.available2023-03-01T16:22:34Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.date.updated2023-03-01T15:01:55Z
dc.description.abstractA new automated technique developed to detect atmospheric gravity waves in images of an All Sky Imager (ASI) is described. The instrument used for this analysis is the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL) ASI (PASI) located at Eureka, Nunavut (80°N, 86°W) which has been operating since 2007. This imager data set is analyzed using this technique and the following wave parameters are determined: background wind corrected wave speed, intrinsic period, propagation direction, and horizontal and vertical wavelengths. The results of the analysis are collected over every season of operation and combined to determine the typical wave characteristics for this location and the seasonal variations. The preferred direction of gravity waves for each month is described. The first high Arctic observation of the daily variation in brightness and direction of gravity waves during a Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) are described in detail.
dc.description.copyright© Christopher Vail, 2019
dc.formattext/xml
dc.format.extentxiii, 292 pages
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.identifier.urihttps://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/13680
dc.language.isoen_CA
dc.publisherUniversity of New Brunswick
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.subject.disciplinePhysics
dc.titleDevelopment of an automated technique to pursue a climatology of atmospheric gravity waves above Eureka, Nunavut
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplinePhysics
thesis.degree.fullnameMaster of Science
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of New Brunswick
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.Sc.

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