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Alison Bridger
Alison Bridger, Research Scientist

 

Official title and contact information:
Research Scientist
Planetary Systems Branch
Space Science Division
NASA/Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000

Current Position:

Education:
Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science, 1981, Colorado State University
M.Sc. in Meteorology, 1975, Reading University, England
B.Sc. in Mathematics, 1974, Sussex University, England

Research Interests:
The dynamics of motions in Earth's and Mars' atmospheres at both large- and mesoscales.

Brief Biographical Sketch:

Outside Interests and Hobbies:

Selected Publications:
Haberle, R.M., J.L. Hollingsworth, A.F.C. Bridger, J.R. Barnes, M.M. Joshi, J. Schaeffer, D.E. Smith, M.T. Zuber, B.J. Conrath & J.C. Pearl, 2001: Mars general circulation model simulations with MOLA topography. Submitted to Icarus.

Forbes, J.M., A.F.C. Bridger, M.E. Hagan, S.W. Bougher, J.L. Hollingsworth, G.M. Keating, & J.R. Murphy, 2001: Nonmigrating tides in the thermosphere of Mars. Submitted to J. Geophys. Res..

Joshi, M.M., J.L. Hollingsworth, R.M. Haberle and A.F.C. Bridger, 2000: An interpretation of Martian thermospheric waves based on analysis of a general circulation model. Geophysical Research Letters, 27, pp 613-616.

Haberle, R.M., M.M. Joshi, J.R. Murphy, J.R. Barnes, J.T. Schofield, G. Wilson, M. Lopez-Valverde, J.L. Hollingsworth, A.F.C. Bridger, and J. Schaeffer, 1999: General circulation model simulations of the Mars Pathfinder atmospheric structure investigation/meteorology data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, pp 8957-8974.

A.F.C. Bridger and J.R. Murphy, 1998: Mars' surface pressure tides and their behavior during global dust storms. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, pp 8587-8601.

J.L. Hollingsworth, R.M. Haberle, J.R. Barnes, A.F.C. Bridger, J.B. Pollack, H. Lee, and J. Schaeffer, 1995: Orographic control of storm zones on Mars. Nature, 380, pp 413-416.

A.F.C. Bridger, A.J. Becker, F.L. Ludwig, R.M. Endlich, 1994: Evaluation of the WOCSS wind analysis scheme for the San Francisco Bay Area. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 33, pp 1210-1218.

A.F.C. Bridger, W.C. Brick, and P.F. Lester, 1993: The offshore structure of the marine inversion layer during MABLES-WC: Mesoscale conditions. Monthly Weather review, 121, pp 335-351.

A.F.C. Bridger, 1992: Editor of "Fundamentals of Atmospheric Dynamics and Thermodynamics" by C.A. Riegel, World Scientific Press, 496 pp.

 
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