Our Recent Paper in JASTP


Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
Volume 74, January 2012, Pages 232–237

Impact of a noon-time annular solar eclipse on the mixing layer height and vertical distribution of aerosols in the atmospheric boundary layer

  • Manoj Kumar Mishra, 
  • K. RajeevCorresponding author contact information, E-mail the corresponding author, 
  • Anish Kumar M. Nair, 
  • K. Krishna Moorthy, 
  • K. Parameswaran
For full paper, click this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2011.10.012,


Abstract
Impact of the long duration noontime annular solar eclipse on 15 January 2010 on the vertical distribution of aerosols and mixing layer height (HM) in a well-developed convective atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) has been investigated using continuous Lidar observations over a tropical coastal station, Thumba (8.5°N, 76.9°E). This study shows that HM has decreased from its peak value of ∼1800 m at 12:00 h to ∼1000 m following the annular phase of the eclipse (13:17 h), while the corresponding decrease in the total aerosol abundance of ABL is ∼29%. The post-eclipse increase of HM is rapid compared to that during forenoon.


Mishra,M.K.,K. Rajeev, A.K.M.Nair, K. Krishna Moorthy, K. Parameswaran, Impact of a noon-time annular solar eclipse on the mixing layer height and vertical distribution of aerosols in the atmospheric boundary layer, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 74, January 2012, Pages 232-237, ISSN 1364-6826, 10.1016/j.jastp.2011.10.012.
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364682611002860)

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