floods originating in sub-glacial volcano and geothermal systems, or melt water, heavy rain and ice
blockage of river-flow. The development of the network
began in 1996, following jökulhlaup in Skeiðará, and has in the last decade
been extended to the
areas south and north of Vatnajökull, south of Mýrdalsjökull, the South Iceland lowland and to
Borgarfjörður.
Each monitoring station has
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