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Temperature perturbations in the troposphere - stratosphere over Thumba ( 8 . 5 ◦ N , 76 . 9 ◦ E ) during the solar eclipse 2009 / 2010

Measurements of atmospheric temperature profiles in the troposphere and lower stratosphere were made over Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) (8.5 N, 76.9 E) during a partial solar eclipse (22 July 2009) and an annular solar eclipse (15 January 2010). It was observed that during the partial solar eclipse, the temperature decreased by 2–3 C in the vicinity of the tropopause and in...

Coordinated weather balloon solar radiation measurements during a solar eclipse

Solar eclipses provide a rapidly changing solar radiation environment. These changes can be studied using simple photodiode sensors, if the radiation reaching the sensors is unaffected by cloud. Transporting the sensors aloft using standard meteorological instrument packages modified to carry extra sensors, provides one promising but hitherto unexploited possibility for making solar eclipse rad...

Simulation of solar radiation during a total eclipse: a challenge for radiative transfer

A solar eclipse is a rare but spectacular natural phenomenon and furthermore it is a challenge for radiative transfer modelling. Whereas a simple one-dimensional radiative transfer model with reduced solar irradiance at the top of the atmosphere can be used to calculate the brightness during partial eclipses a much more sophisticated model is required to calculate the brightness (i.e. the diffu...

The Solar Eclipse of 2017-A (Protected) View From the Path of Totality.

Something is about to happen in Nashville, Tennessee, that has not happened since Andrew Johnson was president of the United States in 1865. The time before that was Christmas Day 1628: the year Charles I of England granted a land charter to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. And the next occurrence will not take place until August 2566, some 549 years hence. You get the picture! On Monday, August 2...

Solar radiation during a total solar eclipse