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Studies of the atmospheric stability characteristics during the solar eclipse of February 16, 1980

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Observations made with a monostatic sodar and from a 120 m instrumented tower have been used to study the variations in the atmospheric boundary layer at Tarapur (19° 50′ N, 72° 41′ E) during the solar eclipse of February 16, 1980. Atmospheric instability was reduced below normal values during the eclipse but the atmosphere at no time became stable.

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  1. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, 400085, Bombay, India

    Ramesh K. Kapoor & B. B. Adiga

  2. National Physical Laboratory, 110012, New Delhi, India

    S. P. Singal, S. K. Aggarwal & B. S. Gera

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Kapoor, R.K., Adiga, B.B., Singal, S.P. et al. Studies of the atmospheric stability characteristics during the solar eclipse of February 16, 1980. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 24, 415–419 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00120730

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