Modeling tsunami-induced gravity waves in the upper atmosphere

Although I was greeted with no lei, I was pleasantly surprised to hear and see some traditional song and dance as I stepped into the Faa'a international airport. At the tail end of an insanely long voyage, I was waiting for customs while carrying my personal luggage and a box containing two domes for the imager that was to be installed here in Tahiti. After making it through, I picked up the rental car and drove toward the hotel with my google map directions. I was worried about driving a stick-shift; that should not have been my concern.

I was told that this winter had been particularly dry this year. Over two months with no rain. Glad that the weather decided it had enough of that for my third day here. Today the clouds really came in and with them more fog and light drizzle. I headed back to the laboratory to give my presentation and wrap up my stay there. I presented on airglow imagers over the pacific. They seemed very satisfied that we were working toward measuring tsunami amplitude using our imagers.