at the operational/local level.
A calibrated approach (standardized questionnaires and
interviews, expert judgment, and reinterpretation of out-
comes by means of relevant literature) was used to com-
pare the state of affairs in water management in the
selected case-studies.
Adaptive and integrated water management
Given the expected increase of climate-related extreme
events, water governance capabilities
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of snow avalanches agains dams and retarding obstacles:
A laboratory study of the interaction between supercritical, shallow flows and dams (IMO Int. Rep. 03038, 2003, authors K. M. Hákonardóttir, A. Hogg and T. Jóhannesson) (pdf 1.3 Mb)
Avalanche braking mound experiments with snow. Switzerland − March 2002 (IMO Int. Rep. 03023, 2003, authors K. M. Hákonardóttir, T. Jóhannesson, F
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and our intention is to run these models dur-
ing times of hazardous events and even on a daily
basis to further improve monitoring.
Avalanche monitoring has progressed. The em-
phasis is now on improving our services, especially
to the Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration
with regard to transport. The reason is that com-
munity structure has changed considerably in recent
years and the need
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summits, shelves and terraces, large cirques, gullies and cliffs. The following description of
the geological setting is based on Ágúst Guðmundsson and others (2003) and Árni Hjartarson
(2015), see their geological maps (Map 3 and Figure 3), as well as on the landslide hazard study
by Þorsteinn Sæmundsson and Halldór G. Pétursson (1999). The outermost summit is Strandar-
tindur (1010 m a.s.l
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improving
management policies and practices by learning from the
outcomes of implemented management strategies. Partici-
patory integrated assessment is here a form of problem
structuring for identification of gaps, ambiguity and
multiple frames, confrontation, and integration of the
most divergent views with respect to a given problem
situation.
Additional methods and tools that AM require com/media/loftslag/Henriksen_Barlebo-2008-AWM_BBN-Journ_Env_Management.pdf
but are considered for climatological anal-
yses only if their centre depression on the 1000 hPa geopotential height field reaches at least 20
m relative to the 24 surrounding grid points over the course of their lifetime.
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This study is concerned with well-developed, persistent, mid- to high-latitude large-scale weather
systems, rather than their early detection and tracking. Therefore, cyclones
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Warning due to gale winds and heavy precipitation
20.7.2012
Saturday afternoon and evening, 21st July, strong southeast- and easterly winds are expected in the southern and western parts of Iceland with heavy rain.
Mean wind speed will be 13 to 20 m/s and occasional
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weather forecast:
Two low pressure systems are forecast to reach Iceland during the period from Friday morning until
Saturday evening.
The forecast is for southeast 20-25 m/s, (strong gale to storm) tomorrow, Friday, but south 25-30 m/s
(storm to violent storm) on Saturday. A heavy rainfall warning has also been issued for these lows..
Travel conditions will be poor in the south and west
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