The lava flow is now around the centre of the lava
field, which is now around 37 square kilometres. According to new measurements the total volume of the lava is
0,4-0,6 cubic kilometres and the magma flow 250-350 cubic meters pr. second.
The subsidence of the Bardarbunga caldera continues with same rate as before.
Big earthquakes are still detected in the Bardarbunga caldera. Since noon
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cubic metres per second. When the interval between floods is short, the flood tends to be smaller. The eastern cauldron is responsible for the largest floods.
The map below shows the area. Flood monitoring at Sveinstindur is marked by a red pointer.
The graph below shows the discharge of river Eldvatn (vhm 328) for the past 17 months. Eldvatn is the main channel for floods in Skaftá. The ongoing
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of up to 1,500 cubic metres per second. When the interval between floods is short, the flood tends to be smaller. The eastern cauldron is responsible for the largest floods.
Further information
* This warning was issued 17.6.2015 at 16:00. Specialists on duty were Hilmar Björn Hróðmarsson og Gunnar Sigurðsson. The situation will be watched closely at IMO. A map shows the source of the flooding
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isobars signify the air pressure, in millibars, at the ocean surface (1 mb = 1 hPa).
The red, purple and blue isotherms show the temperature at 2 m above the ocean surface. A blue line denotes sub-freezing conditions; a purple line denotes 0°C and; a red line denotes temperatures above freezing.
Wind speed is displayed in metres per second (m/s).
The angle of the wind barb is indicative
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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 to the average. December was very stormy
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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 to the average. December was very stormy
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books on the glaciers of Iceland. Much effort has been devoted to documenting historical glacier research and related nomenclature and to physical descriptions of Icelandic glaciers by Icelanders and other scientists from as far back as the Saga Age to recent times.
The second book, Geographic Names of Iceland's Glaciers: Historic and Modern, published in 2008, provides information about all named
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and Adaptation to Climate Change, the Nordic Network on Adaptive Management in relation to Climate Change (NONAM) organizes its second event, a PhD summer school in Copenhagen 2011.
Deadline for registration is 30th of April 2011.
Applicants are requested to send applications before the above deadline. The applications must include a brief description of their PhD/research project and a recommendation
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day of the second month following the deposit of its instrument of accession.
Svandís Svavarsdóttir: “It is an honour for me to sign the accession agreement with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, one of the world’s leading centres in numerical weather prediction. This is a major milestone for Iceland in establishing closer links to European centres of excellence
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% of the freshwater runoff from the continents and is a crucial component of the global climate system. The largest freshwater contribution comes from the great Siberian rivers, but substantial input derives from Alaska and Arctic Canada as well. In addition, the world´s second largest ice mass, the Greenland ice sheet, is located in the Arctic region.
The Arctic HYCOS working group is particularly
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