27 September 2010 to 1 October 2010
CSIR Convention Centre
Africa/Johannesburg timezone

Observing mesospheric gravity waves with an imaging riometer in SANAE

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CSIR Convention Centre

CSIR Convention Centre

CSIR, Pretoria
Presentation Track D2 - Space Science

Speaker

Mr Bhekumuzi Sfundo Khanyile (University of Fort Hare)

Description

We present the characteristics of small scale (< 100 km) gravity waves in the lower and upper atmosphere derived from imaging riometer at SANAE (710 S,20 W). FFT technique is used to extract wave parameters of the gravity waves. These waves have horizontal phase speed of 0-250 m/s, horizontal wavelength of 16-30 km and the period of 3-30 min. And the propagation direction is ~ 50 degrees.

Primary author

Mr Bhekumuzi Sfundo Khanyile (University of Fort Hare)

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