Erdal Yiğit's Research

Erdal Yiğit's Research

Main Research Interests

Gravity waves in planetary atmospheres
Whole atmosphere coupling
General circulation modeling
Dynamics of planetary atmospheres
Space weather

Gravity waves in planetary atmospheres

Internal gravity waves are present in all planetary atmospheres studied in the Solar System. They are produced in the lower atmosphere and can propagate into the upper atmosphere. General circulation models have coarse grid resolution so they have to include gravity wave parameterizations. I have developed a whole atmosphere gravity wave parameterization, which represents the propagation and dissipation of gravity wave effect in the entire atmosphere.

Some Highlights and Media

Satellite data helps Mason physicist study gravity waves in Mars' upper atmosphere , News at Mason, 2016.
Students as Scholar Research Assistant Highlights, George Mason University, 2015, USA.
Erdal Yiğit - Highlight on Young Scientist, University of Michigan, 2011

Upcoming events

American Geophysical Union, Washington DC -- SA42A: Progress in Whole Atmosphere Coupling Studies
- Oral: Thursday, 13 December 2018, 10:20-12:20 Convention Ctr - 202B
- Posters: Friday, 14 December 2018, 8:00-12:20 Convention Ctr - Hall A-C (Poster Hall)
- My abstracts:
  - P43K-3906 Comparing MAVEN/NGIMS Thermospheric Wind Observations with M-GITM Simulations
  - SA42A-08 Variation of small scale gravity wave activity in the ionosphere during a major sudden stratospheric warming event of 2009
  - SA51B-2730 Climatology of gravity wave activity in the middle atmosphere as simulated by a whole atmosphere gravity wave parameterization in a GCM and as observed by SABER/TIMED.

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