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1100-1200 hours. From this plot 6.3 km vertical wavelength of waves are dominant <strong>with</strong> clockwisedirection. If the rotation of the waves is in clockwise direction it represents that the waves arepropagated upward. If it is anticlockwise direction, it represents that the waves are propagateddownward. So this plot clearly shows the upward propagating waves means the source region is inthe lower atmosphere. The downward zonal momentum flux shows higher values on 18th July2001. Meridional momentum flux is southward from 7-13.5 km and northward from 13.5-17 km.Zonal and meridional variances are increasing <strong>with</strong> increasing height and reaching maximumvalues at higher heights.ConclusionThe seasonal variation of gravity wave activity in the troposphere and lower stratospherebased on wind velocity observations made <strong>with</strong> the Indian MST Radar for about 3 days in a eachseason, continuously for six hours duration April 2001-2002 January have been analyzed. Bytaking this data we have examined the gravity wave activity in the troposphere and lowerStratosphere. Zonal, Meridional and vertical velocity fields exhibited motions <strong>with</strong> periods rangingfrom a few minutes to hours <strong>with</strong> propagating character.AcknowledgementsThe authors are thankful to the UGC-SVU Center for MST Radar Applications, S.V.University, Tirupati and National MST Radar Facility (NMRF), Gadanki for providing necessaryfacilities to carry out this work. One of the author s I.V. Subba Reddy is thankful to the AdvancedCentre for Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Space, Govt. of India and also to the Council ofScientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for providing Junior Research Fellowship and SeniorResearch Fellowship respectively.ReferencesDutta G, B.Bapiraju, P.Balasubramanyam, H.Aleem Basha, VHF Radar observations of gravitywaves at a low latitude, Ann. Geophysicae., 17, 1012-1019. 1999Dhaka, S. K, P.K.Devarajan, Y.Shibagaki, R.K.Choudhary, S.Fukao, Indian MST Radarobservations of gravity wave activities associated <strong>with</strong> tropical convection, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phy., 63, 1631-1642, 2001.Dhaka, S. K, R. K.Choudhary, S. Malik, Y.Shibagaki, M. D. Yamanaka, S. Fukao, Observablesignatures of a convectively generated wave field over the tropics using Indian MST radar atGadanki (13.48º N, 79.18º E), Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 29, No.18, 2002.Fritts, D.C., M.A. Geller, B.B.Balsley, M.L.Chanin, I.Hirota, J.R.Holton, S. Kato, R.S. Lindzen,M.R.Schoebert, R.A.Vincent and R.F.Woodman, Research Status and recommendations fromthe Alaska Workshop on gravity waves and turbulence in the middle atmosphere, Bull. Am.Meteorol. Soc., 65, 149-159, 1984.Fritts, D. C., and Z.Luo. Gravity wave excitation by geostrophic adjustment of the jet stream.Part I: Two-dimensional; forcing, J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 861-697, 1992.Fritts, D. C., and G. D. Nastrom, Sources of mesoscale variability of gravity waves, II, Frontal,Convective and Jet stream excitation, J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 111-127, 1992Nagpal, O.P., D. Praveen Kumar and S.K. Dhaka., Characteristics of tropospheric gravity wavesby the Indian MST Radar: ST mode operation, Indian J. of <strong>Radio</strong> and Space Physics, 23, 6-11,1994.Nastrom, G.D., and D.C.Fritts, Sources of mesoscale variability of gravity waves, I:Topographic excitation, J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 101-110, 1992.Tsuda, T., Y.Murayama, H.Wiryosumarto, S.B.Harijiono, and S. Kato, <strong>Radio</strong>sonde observationsof equatorial atmosphere dynamics over Indonesia, 2, Characteristics of gravity waves, J.Geophys. Res., 99, 10,507-10,516, 1994179

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