Movements Of Airglow Structures Within The Intertropical Arc Observed From Southern Kenya
Abstract
6300 Å airglow observations from Olorgesailie, Kenya (1.6°S, 36.4°E) show two types of movement within the southern intertropical red arc. The arc moves as a whole equatorwards at a rate of 3–4° per hour before local midnight tending to reverse direction after midnight. The second movement is an east-west wave propagation with a wavelength of approximately 600 km and a velocity of 120–130 m s−1. The wavelike movements have properties similar to medium scale atmospheric gravity waves.
URI
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0021916977900939http://hdl.handle.net/11295/66140
Citation
Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics Volume 39, Issues 11–12, November–December 1977, Pages 1395–1398Publisher
University of Nairobi