When the sun disappears behind the moon on Monday, scientists will be
ready. The astrophysics of the eclipse are known, so for space watchers
it will be a time to
relax and partake
in the strange beauty of day gone suddenly dark. For the atmospheric
scientist however, the eclipse provides a shining opportunity to
directly study how the sun influences weather patterns by heating the
atmosphere. To that end, a team of researchers from Oklahoma State
University and the University of Nebraska is going to spend Monday
tracking changes in the atmosphere in the path of the eclipse. And to
get just how the eclipse changes the weather in the low sky, the team
will fly drones during the totality.
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