Temperature variation in the mesosphere during solar eclipse |
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Authors: | P Chakrabarty D K Chakrabarty A K Saha |
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Affiliation: | 1. Physical Research Laboratory, 380 009, Ahmedabad, India 2. National Physical Laboratory, 110 012, New Delhi, India
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Abstract: | Rocket-borne observations of the extinction of solar hydrogen Lyman-alpha radiation made during the solar eclipses of 20 May 1966 at Karistos for normal and 44% visibility and of 7 March 1970 at East Quoddy for normal, 10% and 0.6% visibility have been used to study the variation of temperature in the mesosphere during these events. It is seen that near the mesopause the decrease of temperature at Karistos is by 20° K for 44% visibility and at East Quoddy by 100° K for 0.6% visibility. Possible causes of these temperature variationsvis-a-vis molecular oxygen and pressure variations have been briefly discussed. |
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