Near surface atmospheric response to the Total Solar Eclipse at Dibrugarh on 22 July 2009

► New micro-meteorological experiment facility is set up in north eastern India. ► Surface and upper air measurements made on the Total Solar Eclipse of 22 July 2009. ► A near constancy in temperature at 4 m height is noticed for an hour around TSE. ► A dip in solar radiation and wind speed, reversal in direction is noted around TSE. ► A near surface inversion in temperature at TSE timings is observed