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

[en] 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.

Research Center/Unit :

SPHERES - ULiège

Disciplines :

Earth sciences & physical geography

Author, co-author :

Hanna, E.

Aplin, K.

Bjornsson, H.

Bryant, R.

Cappelen, J.

Fausto, R.

Fettweis, Xavier ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Sphères ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géographie > Climatologie et Topoclimatologie

Graham, E.

Harrison, G.

Jonsson, T.

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Language :

English

Title :

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

Publication date :

15 March 2022

Journal title :

Weather

ISSN :

0043-1656

eISSN :

1477-8696

Publisher :

Wiley

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Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Tags :

CÉCI : Consortium des Équipements de Calcul Intensif

Additional URL :

https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wea.4175#reference

Funders :

F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique

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