SAIP2010

Extracting gravity waves parameters during the September 2002 southern hemisphere stratospheric major warming using a SANAE imaging riometer.

Not scheduled

CSIR Convention Centre

Presentation Track D2 - Space Science

Speaker

Mr Nkanyiso Mbatha (UKZN and HMO)

Description

Using absorption data measured by imaging riometer for ionospheric studies (IRIS) located at the South Africa National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE), Antarctica (72˚S, 3˚W), we extracted the parameters of gravity waves (GW) of periods between 35 and 55 minutes during the period from 16 to 30 September 2002, a period of major sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) in the Southern Hemispheric middle atmosphere.