a consensus on the financing of the network of hydraulic gauging stations 25-30 years ago. The network was run by the National Energy Authority until 2009 when its Hydrological Service merged with the Icelandic Meteorological Office, creating a new institution (IMO). The financing of the network system in 2014 is shared as follows: IMO´s base network 34%, IMO‘s flow warning network 9%, various
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of days with snow covering the ground was above normal - but in March
the snow cover was well below normal in Reykjavík and during the last months of
the year the snow cover was particularly light. Bright sunshine durationThere were 1302.2 hours of bright sunshine during the whole year, 34 above
the 1961 to 1990 mean. In Akureyri the total was 1150.0, 105 above the mean. April and July were
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on for accurate reports on the current eruption in Eyjafjallajökull. The webcams have been very much appreciated and hopefully those will continue to transmit the visual picture for us here in the States."
Users are satisfied with the IMO web-site
A survey shows that 90% of users are very pleased with the IMO web (Icelandic version). More precisely, 57% consider it very good, 34% good, 8% average
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)
Green – Type 2: 34 – 66%
(transitional)
Blue – Type 3: < 33%
(rainfall dominance)
⇒ Change towards increasing occurrence of
autumn/winter peak flows in annual series
Relative magnitude of rainfall-
induced peak flows in annual series
Ratio of Max (Aug – Feb)
Max (all months)
1961 - 1990 2021-2050
⇒Largest peak flow in some ’snowmelt’ areas
is actually an autumn/winter rainfall flood
Median
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29 Records from the automatic station. The figure to the right is the visibility with-
out the most frequent value....................................................................... 35
30 The visibility difference (manual observation minus automatic record). ............. 35
31 Automatic records as a function of manual observation, where manual observa-
tions over 20 km
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