Ionospheric effects during the total solar eclipse over South-East Asia-Pacific on 9 March 2016, Part 2: Total electron content reduction and fluctuation patterns
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We report our observations and data analysis of ionospheric effects during the total solar eclipse over the South-East Asia-Pacific region on 9 March 2016. Here we present observations of spatio-temporal changes in the total electron content (TEC) distribution in the areas traversed by the eclipse. TEC reductions of 10-14 TECU were observed over the eastern part of Indonesia and over Guam. In the surveilled areas, TEC reductions due to solar extreme ultraviolet (EUV) obstruction during the eclipse were more prominent at coordinate points located further east, closer to the point of greatest eclipse duration in the middle of the Pacific. In addition, we also discuss observations of medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances (MSTIDs) associated with the passage of this solar eclipse. Signatures of eclipse-related TIDs were seen in the TEC perturbation (TECP) signals from several GPS receiver stations in eastern part of Indonesia and in the Doppler signals from ionosonde measurements at Guam. These MSTIDs were observed at F-region heights with a period of 30–45 min, Doppler velocity amplitude of 15 m/s, and TECP fluctuations of 0.3–0.4 TECU.
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The Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics (JASTP) is an international journal concerned with the inter-disciplinary science of the Earth''s atmospheric and space environment, especially the highly varied and highly variable physical phenomena that occur in this natural laboratory and the processes that couple them.
The journal covers the physical processes operating in the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, ionosphere, magnetosphere, the Sun, interplanetary medium, and heliosphere. Phenomena occurring in other "spheres", solar influences on climate, and supporting laboratory measurements are also considered. The journal deals especially with the coupling between the different regions.
Solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and other energetic events on the Sun create interesting and important perturbations in the near-Earth space environment. The physics of such "space weather" is central to the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics and the journal welcomes papers that lead in the direction of a predictive understanding of the coupled system. Regarding the upper atmosphere, the subjects of aeronomy, geomagnetism and geoelectricity, auroral phenomena, radio wave propagation, and plasma instabilities, are examples within the broad field of solar-terrestrial physics which emphasise the energy exchange between the solar wind, the magnetospheric and ionospheric plasmas, and the neutral gas. In the lower atmosphere, topics covered range from mesoscale to global scale dynamics, to atmospheric electricity, lightning and its effects, and to anthropogenic changes.