gale or severe gale warning (average wind velocity 20 to 28 m/s) is in effect for all parts of Iceland today, and in Westfjords and tonight and tomorrow.
Weather forecast for the next 26 hours:
Today (Wednesday): East winds, 20 to 28 m/s with snow in the south and west part of Iceland, but later sleet and rain by the coast. East 18 to 28 m/s in the afternoon, strongest winds by the coast
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Violent storm expected in the South
3.12.2015
A strong gale warning (average windspeed above 20 m/s) is effect in Iceland on Friday afternoon, and a violent storm (average wind speed, above 28 m/s) is expected in the southern
/about-imo/news/nr/3242
9th, lasting well into Saturday morning.
Wind speeds measuring 20 m/s and higher were recorded at half of the automatic weather stations in the lowland areas and similar speeds were recorded at 80% of automatic weather stations in the highland areas.
In the town of Heimaey in the Westman Islands, wind-speed* of 28 m/s and gusts measuring 45.8 m/s were recorded at the height of the storm, setting
/about-imo/news/nr/1732
A great storm passed over Iceland on Friday night, October 9th, lasting well into Saturday morning.
Wind speeds measuring 20 m/s and higher were recorded at half of the automatic weather stations in the lowland areas and similar speeds were recorded at 80% of automatic weather stations in the highland areas.
In the town of Heimaey in the Westman Islands, wind-speed* of 28 m/s/about-imo/news/nr/1732/
EA Analyse A/S and Optensys
Energianalys will forecast energy system variables, while SINTEF Energy Research will make
assumptions for the energy system in different cases, include new inputs in the EMPS model and
carry out simulations.
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combinations indicate the
type of river, with the first letter indicating the primary type. Direct runoff river (D), presence
of lakes (S), glacier-fed river (J), groundwater (L).
Gauging station vhm vhm vhm vhm vhm vhm
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Name Dynjandisá Svartá Sandá Vestari- Hvítá Ölfusá
Jökulsá
Type of river D+L D+L D+L D+J+L L+J L+D+J+S
Drainage area (km 2) 42 397 267 850 1664 5687
Mean altitude (m a.s.l
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FOREST BIOMASS FOR ENERGY PRODUCTION –
POTENTIALS, MANAGEMENT AND RISKS UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE
Ashraful Alam, Antti Kilpeläinen, Seppo Kellomäki
School of Forest Sciences,
University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu
F t Cli t d R bl E I t Ri k d Ad t tiu ure Cl ma e an enewa e nergy – mpac s, ss an ap a on
Oslo, Norway
2 June, 2010
Contents
• Forestry in Finland
• Challenges
• Objectives
/media/ces/Alam_Ashraful_CES_2010.pdf
-13 m/s with sleet or intermittent rain, but in the afternoon lighter winds are forecast in northern and eastern Iceland with brighter skies.
At midnight winds will be calm everywhere, although light snow showers are expected in the south and the west. Temperatures will be close to zero.
New Year‘s Day has also a fine weather forecast, given the season; slow wind, scattered hail and 0°C. Some
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Estimation of avalanche risk (IMO Rep. VÍ-R99001-ÚR01, authors K. Jónasson
S. Þ. Sigurðsson and Th. Arnalds) (pdf 0.5 Mb)
Avalanche hazard zoning in Iceland based on individual risk (Annals of Glaciology, 38, 285−290, 2004, authors Th. Arnalds, K. Jónasson and S. Þ. Sigurðsson) (pdf 0.4 Mb)
A map on a selected front page shows recent observations of avalanches. For user access
/avalanches/imo/hazard/