Articles | Volume 17, issue 24
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-14887-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-14887-2017
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18 Dec 2017
Research article |  | 18 Dec 2017

Effects of vernal equinox solar eclipse on temperature and wind direction in Switzerland

Werner Eugster, Carmen Emmel, Sebastian Wolf, Nina Buchmann, Joseph P. McFadden, and Charles David Whiteman

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The effects of penumbral shading of the solar eclipse of 20 March 2015 on near-surface meteorology across Switzerland (occultation 65.8–70.1 %) was investigated. Temperature effects at 184 weather stations are compared with temperature drops reported in the literature since 1834. A special focus is, however, put on wind direction effects observed at six flux sites (with 20 Hz data) and 165 meteorological stations (with 10 min resolution data). Results show the importance of local topography.
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