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square4 Develop a practical method for climate change risk assessment for
power plants
square4 Integration of climate scenarios with technical risk assessment
traditions (IEC 60300-3-9 2000 Risk analysis of technological
systems)
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but the seismic activity
started to increase toward the end of the month (30 May). About 2000
earthquakes have been detected since then and several events are located East
of Thorbjörn, few kilometers North of the town of Grindavík. The largest
earthquake of this swarm occurred on Saturday 13 June and had a magnitude of
3.5.Overview of
the seismicity around Grindavík since Friday last week. The M3.5
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:10Shortly after midday today, 6 September, the discharge of Skaftá at Sveinstindur began to increase rapidly. At 14:00, the discharge was 610 m3 / s and rising swiftly. The course of events is in line with earlier estimations. There is still some time until the flood will peak at Sveinstindur. A similar flood in 2018 peaked at 2000 m3 / s, but that value does not take into account floodwater
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can already be seen at Sólheimajökull (fig. 2) and Snæfellsjökull. Forecasts of the retreat of Langjökull and Hofsjökull until 2100 have been made (Institute of Earth Sciences and Tómas Jóhannesson, IMO).
Fig 2. The retreat of Sólheimajökull. On the central photo red lines show the glacier‘s margin as it was in 1997, 2000 and 2003. Photos: Oddur Sigurðsson. Click to enlarge.
Influence
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not as wet as 2007. The precipitation anomalies were largest in the Northwest. The year began with heavy precipitation, but the first part of the summer was very dry. September was very wet. The number of days with precipitation,considering the whole year, was close to average.
There was slightly more snowfall than has typical since 2000, but it barely reached the average falls of the preceding
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:10Shortly after midday today, 6 September, the discharge of Skaftá at Sveinstindur began to increase rapidly. At 14:00, the discharge was 610 m3 / s and rising swiftly. The course of events is in line with earlier estimations. There is still some time until the flood will peak at Sveinstindur. A similar flood in 2018 peaked at 2000 m3 / s, but that value does not take into account floodwater
/about-imo/news/flood-in-estern-skafta/
not as wet as 2007. The precipitation anomalies were largest in the Northwest. The year began with heavy precipitation, but the first part of the summer was very dry. September was very wet. The number of days with precipitation,considering the whole year, was close to average.
There was slightly more snowfall than has typical since 2000, but it barely reached the average falls of the preceding
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2000.
April
April was very warm, in the east it was one of the warmest in the record. At Teigarhorn in the east it was the second warmest since the start of measurements in 1873. The month was very windy and the precipitation in the south and west was heavy. There was only one dry day in Reykjavík. Snow cover was far below the normal. The monthly average pressure was the lowest in the record
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not as wet as 2007. The precipitation anomalies were largest in the Northwest. The year began with heavy precipitation, but the first part of the summer was very dry. September was very wet. The number of days with precipitation,considering the whole year, was close to average.
There was slightly more snowfall than has typical since 2000, but it barely reached the average falls of the preceding
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