Such landslides fall from a comparatively high
elevation, cause extensive disruption and upheaval of loose materials and soils in their
way, and can travel considerable distances uphill against opposing slopes.
Secondly, there are medium-sized or large, rapid debris flows that are released from com-
paratively high elevations and are confined to gullies as they travel down the mountain-
side, similar
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discharge versus deterministic forecast over the period 01/09/2001–
31/08/2005. The solid line corresponds to a perfect match. For methods 1 to 4,
rescaling is applied. ...................................................................................... 31
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1 Introduction
The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) is responsible for the hydrological monitoring and
issuance of flood warnings
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Appendix I
Observed versus deterministic temperature forecasts over the period 01/09/2001–
31/08/2006. .................................................................................................. 59
Appendix II
Observed versus deterministic precipitation forecasts over the period 01/09/2001–
31/08/2006
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