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Changes in atmospheric parameters due to annular solar eclipse of June 21, 2020, over India

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In the present study, various solar and atmospheric parameters, namely solar radiation, surface ozone, relative humidity, air temperature, and wind speed, have been studied first time for the annular solar eclipse of June 21, 2020, at seven Indian stations simultaneously. All the seven different stations are selected along the solar eclipse path having the maximum eclipse magnitude of 92% and above. The various atmospheric parameters have shown the change in behavior during the solar eclipse duration. The incoming solar radiation has a maximum 95.97% decrease at Ludhiana at the time of maximum obscuration compared to the previous day. The surface ozone concentration has shown a decrease for all the seven stations during the maximum obscuration period. A maximum of 9.25% decrease in surface temperature has been observed nearly after 30 min of the time of maximum obscuration of the eclipse. Relative humidity started increasing at all the stations and showed an inverse trend from temperature. The wind speed was found to suppress during the maximum solar eclipse which may be attributed to stabilization of atmospheric boundary layer due to cooling.

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All the data used in the present study are obtained from the Centre Pollution Control Board (CPCB): https://app.cpcbccr.com/ccr/#/caaqm-dashboard-all/caaqm-landing/data. The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thanks Central pollution control board (CPCB) for providing data for different stations: https://app.cpcbccr.com/ccr/#/caaqm-dashboard-all/caaqm-landing/data.

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The work is partially supported by SERB, New Delhi for the CRG project (File No: CRG/2019/000573) and partially by the Institute of Imminence (IoE) Program of BHU, Varanasi.

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  2. Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P., 221005, India

    A K Singh

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Patel, K., Singh, A.K. Changes in atmospheric parameters due to annular solar eclipse of June 21, 2020, over India. Indian J Phys 96, 1613–1624 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-021-02112-2

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