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SUBMITTER: Hanna E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5004046 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hanna Edward E Penman John J Jónsson Trausti T Bigg Grant R GR Björnsson Halldór H Sjúrðarson Sølvi S Hansen Mads A MA Cappelen John J Bryant Robert G RG
Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences 20160901 2077
Here, we analyse high-frequency (1 min) surface air temperature, mean sea-level pressure (MSLP), wind speed and direction and cloud-cover data acquired during the solar eclipse of 20 March 2015 from 76 UK Met Office weather stations, and compare the results with those from 30 weather stations in the Faroe Islands and 148 stations in Iceland. There was a statistically significant mean UK temperature drop of 0.83±0.63°C, which occurred over 39 min on average, and the minimum temperature lagged the ...[more]