1936,
1946, 1989, 2001, 2008 and 2010, mass balance observa-
tions conducted in 1936–1938 and after 2001, energy bal-
ance measurements after 2001, and glacier surface velocity
derived by kinematic and differential GPS surveys and cor-
relation of SPOT5 images. The approximately 20 % volume
loss of this glacier in the period 1895–2010 is realistically
simulated with the model. After calibration
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of data revealed that variations intemperature and reflected shortwave radiation(albedo) explained most of the inter-annual variationin melt, whereas the seasonal mean incoming short-
wave radiation was remarkably constant betweenthe years (Andreassen et al. 2008). Here we have ap-plied and tested a simplified mass balance model forStorbreen based on energy balance principles. Datafrom the AWS have
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to theoretical framework. I do also want to thank him for an
enjoyable time during this work, both in the office and in the field.
This work was carried out as a part of the Skaftá cauldrons research project which
was funded and supported by the Icelandic Centre For Research (RANNÍS), Kvískerja-
sjóður, the NASA Astrobiology Institute, Landsvirkjun (the National Power Com-
pany), the National Energy
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Climate change adaptation in European river basins
Patrick Huntjens • Claudia Pahl-Wostl •
John Grin
Received: 1 July 2008 / Accepted: 24 December 2009 / Published online: 2 February 2010
The Author(s) 2010. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com
Abstract This paper contains an assessment and stan-
dardized comparative analysis of the current water man
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