during the day or at night, and
are most intense on the steep south-facing slopes of Vatnajökull, where wind speeds on otherwise
calm days can reach up to
6 m s 1 (Björnsson et al., 2005).
In this study, as described below, the natural variability of the low-level wind field over Iceland is
estimated through the use of two models, in combination with surface station measurements.
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