Perturbations by the 2022 Hunga-Tonga Volcano Eruption in the MLT Region Investigated Using the WACCM-X Simulation and Meteor Radar Observations
Published in AGU Fall Meeting 2023, 2023
Poster presented at AGU Fall Meeting 2023 (San Francisco, CA), investigating how the January 2022 Hunga-Tonga volcanic eruption perturbed the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) region.
Research Focus
- Tracks wave perturbations from the eruption across four meteor radar stations by projecting winds toward the great-circle direction from the epicenter
- Compares meteor-radar observations directly against WACCM-X simulations in profile, amplitude, and wavelet space
- Re-confirmed that a single volcano can send shockwaves around the Earth, seen in both simulations and observations
Links
- Abstract (ADS): https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023AGUFMSA33B2892W/abstract
- Talk entry: Perturbations from the Hunga-Tonga eruption
Recommended citation: Wu, K., Liu, H.-L., Yi, W., & Xue, X. (2023). "Perturbations by the 2022 Hunga-Tonga Volcano Eruption in the MLT Region Investigated Using the WACCM-X Simulation and Meteor Radar Observations." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SA33B-2892.
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