Solar radiation during a total solar eclipse

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...

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

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Ionospheric measurements of relative coronal brightness during the total solar eclipses

Swept-frequency (1±10 MHz) ionosonde measurements were made at Helston, Cornwall (50 060N, 5 180W) during the total solar eclipse on August 11, 1999. Soundings were made every three minutes. We present a method for estimating the percentage of the ionising solar radiation which remains unobscured at any time during the eclipse by comparing the variation of the ionospheric E-layer with the behav...

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Effects of total solar eclipse of 29 March 2006 on surface radiation

Solar irradiance spectral measurements were performed during a total solar eclipse. The spectral effect of the limb darkening to the global, direct irradiance and actinic flux measurements was investigated. This effect leads to wavelength dependent changes in the measured solar spectra showing a much more pronounced decrease in the radiation at the lower wavelengths. Radiative transfer model re...