HYDROPOWER IN ICELAND
Impacts and adaption in future climate
Authors
Óli Grétar Blöndal Sveinsson (Phd)
Úlfar Linnet (MSc)
Elías B. Elíasson (MSc)
Landsvirkjuns system
•Installed power 1850 MW
• 96 % Hydroelectricity
• 4% Geothermal
•Production capacity 13 TWh/a
•Customer base
• 86 % Large industries
• 14 % Small businesses / Household
•No connection to other countries
•Reliability a major
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would lead to a reduction of 20%
of total annual tourist flow to Spain between 2004 and 2080; Hein, Metzger and Moreno
[9] obtain an average decrease up to 14% in 2060 compared to 2004 - result of higher
losses in summer and slight increases in the remainder of the year-.
Nevertheless, some studies offer a more positive outlook. According to the Fundación
Empresa y Clima [7], the tourist
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corded and important data on the deformation of the caldera ac-
quired.
The real-time monitoring and interpretation of geophysical data
were made accessible to the public via the internet. Both automatic
and manually checked earthquake locations were displayed on
maps, updated every five minutes. Also, cGPS time series were
mapped showing deformation in the area.
Scientists followed the course
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Annual
report
? Icelandic Met O?e
Bústaðavegur –
Reykjavík
Iceland
Editors:
Sigurlaug
Gunnlaugsdóttir
Sigrún Karlsdóttir
Ingvar Kristinsson
Theódór F. Hervarsson
Design and layout:
Vinnustofa
Atla Hilmarssonar
Printing:
Oddi
Cover photo:
Oddur Sigurðsson
ISSN -
The Icelandic Meteorological O?ce, IMO, is responsi -
ble for real-time monitoring and forecasting
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The recognition of geophysical precursors
to volcanic activity is a primary challenge
in volcano monitoring. That challenge was
successfully met by scientists at the Icelandic
Meteorological Offi ce (IMO) before the
1 November 2004 eruption of Grímsvötn, a
subglacial volcano beneath the Vatnajökull
ice cap, Iceland (Figure 1).
Seismic and geodetic precursors were prop-
erly recognized
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performance of the
model.
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Discrete
numerical
Categorical Narrative
Constant in space and time A1 A2 A3
4Varies in time, not in space B1 B2 B3
Varies in space, not in time C1 C2 C3
It is noticed that the matrix is in reality three-dimensional
(source, type, nature). Thus, the categories type and nature
are not mutually exclusive, and it may be argued that the ma-
trix should be modified in such a way that the two uncer
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/a in dry
summers, which is the maximum amount licensed by
the local government. 80% of the water is abstracted
from aquifers located above 20 masl [Henriksen and
Sonnenborg, 2003].
3. Methods
3.1. Climate-Forcing Data
[16] The confidence in Atmosphere-Ocean general circu-
lation models (GCM) providing credible quantitative esti-
mates of future climate change has increased the past few
years
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