Changes in Meteorological Variables in Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay, During the Total Solar Eclipse of 3 November 1994

 

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Auteurs: Fernández Rojas, Walter, Hidalgo León, Hugo G., Coronel Martínez, Genaro, Morales Espínola, Evelio
Formaat: artículo original
Publicatiedatum:1996
Omschrijving:Solar global radiation, air temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed were measured in Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay, within the path of totality of the eclipse of 3 November 1994. Global radiation decreased gradually as the sun was being eclipsed and became negligible during the totality, then increased to their normal values. Surface air temperature decreased significantly, about 3 ‘C, with the lowest value occurring about 7 minutes after totality. Relative humidity, because of its dependence on temperature, increased as a consequence of the temperature decrease. Surface wind speed decreased gradually during the eclipse, as a result of the cooling and stabilization of the atmosphere. Although atmospheric pressure was also measured, it was not possible to record pressure changes clearly associated to the eclipse, since the pressure sensor was only able to detect pressure variations of at least 1 hPa.
Land:Kérwá
Instelling:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
Taal:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/89911
Online toegang:https://hdl.handle.net/10669/89911
Keyword:Solar eclipse
METEOROLOGY