Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability “Knots”: A “New” Instability Potentially Contributing Enhanced Gravity Wave Dissipation, Transport, and Mixing from 0-120 km

Fritts, David

Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability “Knots”: A “New” Instability Potentially Contributing Enhanced Gravity Wave Dissipation, Transport, and Mixing from 0-120 km

David C Fritts¹, Scott Wieland¹, Ling Wang², Thomas Lund³ and James H Hecht⁴, (1)GATS, Inc., Newport News, VA, United States, (2)GATS Inc., Boulder, CO, United States, (3)NorthWest Research Associates Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)The Aerospace Corp, Los Angeles, CA, United States