{"title":"Study of VLF signal during partial solar eclipse of 25 October 2022","authors":"Ramesh Krishna B, P. Chaithra, Kamsali Nagaraja","doi":"10.1016/j.jastp.2025.106458","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The partial solar eclipse on October 25, 2022, had an observable effect on very low frequency (VLF) signals along the transmission paths of GQD (22.10 kHz) and DHO (23.40 kHz). Signal variations were analyzed for October 22–28, 2022, with a focus on amplitude changes during the greatest eclipse (GE) phase. During the partial solar eclipse, the GQD and DHO signal paths experienced 11% and 14% obstructions, respectively. On the day of the eclipse, the amplitude of the GQD is 0.83 dB lower compared to pre-days and 0.11 dB greater than post-days, and for DHO it is increased by 0.26 dB and 0.57 dB for pre- and post-eclipse days at the time of GE. Observations revealed stronger solar flare signatures in GQD signal compared to the DHO signal, attributed to differences in ionospheric conditions along the propagation paths. A pronounced rise in amplitude before and after the GE phase was observed in the GQD signal, linked to solar flare activity. Additionally, the analysis confirmed that the PSE was the primary driver of increased VLF signal amplitude during the GE phase along the DHO path. The results emphasize the significant impact of partial solar eclipses on ionospheric dynamics and VLF signal propagation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15096,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics","volume":"269 ","pages":"Article 106458"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics","FirstCategoryId":"89","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364682625000422","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
Study of VLF signal during partial solar eclipse of 25 October 2022
The partial solar eclipse on October 25, 2022, had an observable effect on very low frequency (VLF) signals along the transmission paths of GQD (22.10 kHz) and DHO (23.40 kHz). Signal variations were analyzed for October 22–28, 2022, with a focus on amplitude changes during the greatest eclipse (GE) phase. During the partial solar eclipse, the GQD and DHO signal paths experienced 11% and 14% obstructions, respectively. On the day of the eclipse, the amplitude of the GQD is 0.83 dB lower compared to pre-days and 0.11 dB greater than post-days, and for DHO it is increased by 0.26 dB and 0.57 dB for pre- and post-eclipse days at the time of GE. Observations revealed stronger solar flare signatures in GQD signal compared to the DHO signal, attributed to differences in ionospheric conditions along the propagation paths. A pronounced rise in amplitude before and after the GE phase was observed in the GQD signal, linked to solar flare activity. Additionally, the analysis confirmed that the PSE was the primary driver of increased VLF signal amplitude during the GE phase along the DHO path. The results emphasize the significant impact of partial solar eclipses on ionospheric dynamics and VLF signal propagation.
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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.