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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as gridded nature of the ICRA dataset does not match exactly with catchment
boundaries.
Out of the eleven catchments, only Þingvallavatn, with a mean altitude below 500 m a.s.l., is
not completely in the highland region. Six catchments are located between the Hofsjökull and
Vatnajökull ice-caps and they share common borders: Búðarháls, Hágöngulón, Kvíslaveita,
Sultartangi, Þórisvatn, and Tungnaá
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