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

• Published in: Weather
• Main Authors: Hanna, Edward, Aplin, Karen L, Bjornsson, H, Bryant, Robert, Cappelen, J., S. Fausto, Robert, Fettweis, Xavier, Graham, Edward, Harrison, R. Giles, Jonsson, T, Penman, JC, Pitts, Dilkushi de Alwis, Bilton, Alexander
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Greenland; Ice Sheet; Iceland
• 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

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.