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Using eclipse observations to test scintillation models

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Near second and third contact during a solar eclipse the spatial spectrum of the solar illumination changes as the relative power at high spatial frequencies increases strongly. Since groundlevel atmospheric scintillation depends on a weighted integral of the image power spectrum, we can expect to see a measureable time dependence to solar scintillation during an eclipse. This effect was observed during an annular solar eclipse and quantitatively compared with a scintillation model.

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  1. National Solar Observatory, 88349, Sunspot, NM, U.S.A.

    D. Georgobiani, J. R. Kuhn & J. M. Beckers

  2. Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory, 2a Al.Kazbegi ave., Tbilisi, Georgian Republic

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Georgobiani, D., Kuhn, J.R. & Beckers, J.M. Using eclipse observations to test scintillation models. Sol Phys 156, 1–5 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00669570

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