Effects of Solar Eclipse on Audio Frequency Atmospherics
Effects of Solar Eclipse on Audio Frequency Atmospherics
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日食对音频大气的影响
DOI:
10.1038/131081a0
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发表时间:
1933
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影响因子:
64.8
通讯作者:
E. M. Boardman
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作者:
E. Burton;E. M. Boardman
STUDIES of low-frequency atmospherics have shown marked diurnal variations, the nighttime intensity considerably exceeding that of the day1 These variations may be attributed to radiation from the sun through its effect on ionisation in the reflecting and absorbing layers of the upper atmosphere. Although it is believed that the major portion of this ionisation is due to sunlight, an appreciable effect may be due to a eorpuscular radiation from the sun. A solar eclipse affords an opportunity for comparing light and corpuscular effects, since a difference in velocity of these types of radiation should result in a time separation of the two eclipses at the earth's surface. Prof. S. Chapman2 has shown that, with an assumed corpuscular velocity of 1,000 miles a second, the corpuscular eclipse precedes the visible one by about two hours. The motion of the moon through a corpuscular radiation results in a trailing shadow. In overtaking the visible shadow of the moon, the earth arrives first at the location of the corpuscular shadow.