Title
Atmospheric electric field variations and lower ionosphere disturbance during the total solar eclipse of 2010 July 11
Date Issued
15 November 2016
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Raulin J.
Fernandez G.
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
In this paper, we study the variations of atmospheric electric field during the total solar eclipse (TSE) of July 11, 2010, at Complejo Astronómico El Leoncito (CASLEO). These variations observed with two identical sensors separated by 0.4 km, show a significant increase (∼55 V/m) when compared with averaged values measured during previous and subsequent fair weather days. Furthermore, identical changes are detected on the measured phases of Very Low Frequency waves received at CASLEO. The latter suggests a possible connection between the lower ionosphere and the lower atmosphere during the period of the eclipse.
Start page
2052
End page
2056
Volume
58
Issue
10
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Meteorología y ciencias atmosféricas
Investigación climática
Ingeniería ambiental y geológica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84957900402
Source
Advances in Space Research
ISSN of the container
02731177
Sponsor(s)
Observational electric field and VLF data from this study are available upon request. The work of JT was supported by CAPESP funding agency. JPR thanks CNPq funding agency (Proc. 482000/2011-2 and 312788/2013-4). Authors are grateful to anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and suggestions, which helped to improve the quality of the paper.
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