Meteorological effects and impacts of the 10 June 2021 solar eclipse over the British Isles, Iceland and Greenland
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...
Published in: | Weather |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2022
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1983/ef75a75f-287c-47f4-ac2f-79819795945b https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/ef75a75f-287c-47f4-ac2f-79819795945b https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.4175 https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/files/317929636/Weather_2022_Hanna_Meteorological_effects_and_impacts_of_the_10_June_2021_solar_eclipse_over_the_British_Isles_.pdf |
Summary: | 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. |
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