at the mapping of the surface of the largest glaciers using laser technology from airplane. The project is endorsed by the Icelandic Polar Year Commission. It set out in September 2008, comprising Hofsjökull, Mýrdalsjökull, Eyjafjallajökull, Eiríksjökull and Snæfellsjökull.
The outlines of Icelandic glaciers have been registered, using maps, aerial photographs and satellite images. The data has been
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lava has been released from the eruptive fissure that opened in Meradalir on 3 August.
Currently the area around Fagradalsfjall is characterized by low level of seismicity and no detectable deformation.
The aviation color code for Fagradalsfjall volcano is set to green as the current level of activity is considered to be within the known background.
The area continues to be closely
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) since the start of observations in 1873. The summer was rather dull in the Northeast.
The dry spell ended everywhere by 20 August and an equally unusual wet spell set in. The
remaining part of the year was the wettest ever registered in the South and West and the year
as a whole was the second wettest on record in this area. The precipitation totals in the North
and East were close
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