Atmospheric changes from solar eclipses

KL Aplin, CJ Scott, SL Gray - … Transactions of the Royal …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This article reviews atmospheric changes associated with 44 solar eclipses, beginning with
the first quantitative results available, from 1834 (earlier qualitative accounts also exist) …

Long-term variations of air quality influenced by surface ozone in a coastal site in India: association with synoptic meteorological conditions with model simulations

R CT, SK MK, V KT - Atmosphere, 2020 - mdpi.com
Atmospheric ozone (O3) in the surface level plays a central role in determining air quality
and atmospheric oxidizing capacity. In this paper, we review our comprehensive results of …

Processes governing the surface ozone over a tropical hill station in the Western Ghats

RS Ajayakumar, IA Girach, M Soni, N Ojha… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - Elsevier
Tropospheric ozone (O 3) plays predominant role in atmospheric chemistry, exacerbates the
air quality, and contributes to the climate change. Near the Earth's surface, O 3 levels exhibit …

Impact of a solar eclipse on surface radiation and photovoltaic energy

BL Madhavan, MV Ratnam - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
We investigate the impact of annular solar eclipse (26 December 2019) on the surface
radiation and photovoltaic (PV) energy generation observed at Gadanki (13.48° N, 79.18° …

Variations in O3, CO, and CH4 over the Bay of Bengal during the summer monsoon season: shipborne measurements and model simulations

IA Girach, N Ojha, PR Nair, A Pozzer… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
We present shipborne measurements of surface ozone (O 3), carbon monoxide (CO), and
methane (CH 4) over the Bay of Bengal (BoB), the first time such measurements have been …

Disturbances in Sporadic‐E during the great solar eclipse of August 21, 2017

G Chen, J Wang, BW Reinisch, Y Li… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The great solar eclipse traveled eastward through the American Continent from coast to
coast on August 21, 2017 and provided a rare opportunity to investigate the ionospheric …

Ozone chemistry and dynamics at a tropical coastal site impacted by the COVID-19 lockdown

IA Girach, N Ojha, SS Babu - Journal of Earth System Science, 2021 - Springer
The nationwide lockdown in India to curb the spread of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19) led to colossal reduction in anthropogenic emissions. Here, we investigated the impact …

Decadal changes in surface ozone at the tropical station Thiruvananthapuram (8.542 N, 76.858 E), India: Effects of anthropogenic activities and meteorological …

PR Nair, RS Ajayakumar, LM David, IA Girach… - … Science and Pollution …, 2018 - Springer
This paper presents the first observational results from an Indian station on the long-term
changes in surface ozone (O 3)—a major environmental pollutant and green house gas …

Plasma flux and gravity waves in the midlatitude ionosphere during the solar eclipse of 20 May 2012

G Chen, C Wu, X Huang, Z Zhao… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The solar eclipse effects on the ionosphere are very complex. Except for the ionization
decay due to the decrease of the photochemical process, the couplings of matter and energy …

Tropospheric carbon monoxide over the northern Indian Ocean during winter: influence of inter-continental transport

IA Girach, PR Nair, N Ojha, LK Sahu - Climate Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
South Asian outflow over the adjoining marine regions is most pronounced during winter
season, whereas the prevalence of strong winds aloft can transport the influences from inter …