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...

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Published in:Weather
Main Authors: Hanna, Edward, Aplin, Karen, Bjornsson, Halldor, Bryant, Robert G., Cappelen, John, Fausto, Robert, Fettweis, Xavier, Harrison, R. Giles, Jonsson, Trausti, Penman, John, de Alwis Pitts, Dilkushi, Bilton, Alexander J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023
Subjects:
Greenland
Ice Sheet
Iceland
Online Access:https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/103320/
https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/103320/8/Weather%20-%202022%20-%20Hanna%20-%20Meteorological%20effects%20and%20impacts%20of%20the%2010%20June%202021%20solar%20eclipse%20over%20the%20British%20Isles%20.pdf
https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/103320/1/Hanna_etal_2021Eclipse.pdf
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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 was also affected.

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