Meteorological effects and impacts of the 10 June 2021 solar eclipse over the British Isles, Iceland and Greenland

• Published in: Weather
• Main Authors: Hanna, E., Aplin, K., Bjornsson, H., Bryant, R., Cappelen, J., Fausto, R., Fettweis, Xavier, Graham, E., Harrison, G., Jonsson, T., Penman, J., de Alwis Pitts, D., Bilton, A.
• Other Authors: SPHERES - ULiège
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2022
• Subjects: Physical; chemical; mathematical & earth Sciences; Earth sciences & physical geography; Physique; chimie; mathématiques & sciences de la terre; Sciences de la terre & géographie physique; Greenland; Ice Sheet; Iceland
• Online Access: https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/288878; https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/288878/1/Weather%20-%202022%20-%20Hanna%20-%20Meteorological%20effects%20and%20impacts%20of%20the%2010%20June%202021%20solar%20eclipse%20over%20the%20British%20Isles%20.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.4175

peer reviewed We present a pioneering report of the meteorological effects of a partial solar eclipse across a wide region. Using large networks of official weather stations and a regional climate model simulation, we detected meteorological effects of the 10 June 2021 eclipse in the UK, Iceland and Greenland. A meteorological model was used to show that the eclipse decreased the daily Greenland Ice Sheet surface melt by ~10%. Solar photovoltaic and wind renewable energy production across the UK were also affected.