Ionospheric response to the partial solar eclipse of March 29, 2006, according to the observations at Nizhni Novgorod and Murmansk |
| |
Authors: | V. V. Belikovich V. D. Vyakhirev E. E. Kalinina V. D. Tereshchenko S. M. Chernyakov V. A. Tereshchenko |
| |
Affiliation: | (1) Radiophysical Research Institute, Bol’shaya Pecherskaya ul. 25, GSP-51, Nizhni Novgorod, 603600, Russia;(2) Polar Geophysical Institute, Kola Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Fersmana 14, Apatity, Murmansk oblast, 184200, Russia |
| |
Abstract: | The results of observations of the solar eclipse ionospheric effects on March 29, 2006, are presented. The observations were conducted using the partial reflection method near Nizhni Novgorod and the vertical sounding method at the automatic ionospheric station near Murmansk. It has been obtained that the electron density at altitudes of 77 and 91 km decreases by a factor of more than 4; in this case the response of the ionosphere at an altitude of 91 km lags behind the eclipse maximum phase on the Earth by approximately 20 min. It has been established that the eclipse in the E and F1 regions of the polar ionosphere causes a change in the electron density by 15–20%. The delay time of this effect varies from 12 to 24 min depending on the altitude. It has been registered that the reflection virtual altitude at altitudes of the ionospheric F region increases in Murmansk and Nizhni Novgorod. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录! |
|