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

Edward Hanna; Karen L Aplin; H Bjornsson; Robert Bryant; J. Cappelen; Robert S. Fausto; Xavier Fettweis; Edward Graham; R. Giles Harrison; T Jonsson; JC Penman; Dilkushi de Alwis Pitts; Alexander Bilton

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

Edward Hanna^*, Karen L Aplin, H Bjornsson, Robert Bryant, J. Cappelen, Robert S. Fausto, Xavier Fettweis, Edward Graham, R. Giles Harrison, T Jonsson, JC Penman, Dilkushi de Alwis Pitts, Alexander Bilton

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	124-135
Number of pages	12
Journal	Weather
Volume	78
Issue number	5
Early online date	15 Mar 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.4175
Publication status	Published - 15 Mar 2022

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