Effects of solar eclipse of July 22, 2009 on VLF signals and atmospheric electricity parameters over Kolkata

Author

De, S.S. ; De, B.K. ; Bandyopadhyay, B. ; Das, T.K. ; Paul, Suman ; Haldar, D.K. ; Nandi, S. ; Barui, S.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Radio Phys. & Electron., S.K. Mitra Centre for Res. in Space Environ., Kolkata, India

fYear

2009

fDate

14-16 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Some experiments on July 22, 2009, the day of solar eclipse, were undertaken at Kolkata (latitude: 22.56Â° N, longitude: 88.5Â° E) to observe the effect of solar eclipse on various parameters of the atmospheric electricity which are directly related to global thunderstorm activity and solar irradiation. Significant changes are observed in their values during the eclipse period than their ambient values for the same period in the adjacent five days, which will be presented here along with their interpretation.

Keywords

atmospheric electricity; radiation effects; radiowave propagation; solar eclipses; thunderstorms; AD 2009 07 22; India; Kolkata; VLF signals; atmospheric electricity parameter; global thunderstorm activity; solar eclipse effect; solar irradiation; Antenna measurements; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric waves; Cloud computing; Earth; Electric fields; Electric potential; Humidity; Lightning; Sun; Atmospheric electricity; global electric field; potential gradient; solar eclipse;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers and Devices for Communication, 2009. CODEC 2009. 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kolkata

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5073-2

Type

conf

Filename

5407075