)DirectorDirector General:
Árni SnorrasonThe Director General's
office is responsible for the administrative role of the Icelandic
Meteorological Office, IMO, and oversees public funds. The office handles
common issues such as IMO's strategy, human resources, communications, law, and
manages internal and external relations as well as international co-operation.
The Director General's office oversees
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of simulations (whiskers in the plot)
barb2right Range is very large because of the climate’s internal variability
barb2right In every case, the observed trend does not even fit the simulation range
CES Conference, Oslo 31.5.-2.6.2010
SWNE
• Long-term precipitation trends (mm / 10 yr) in the
• PAST as observed 1908-2008 and
• FUTURE as multi-model-mean (MMM) 1961-2100
• Future MMM trends are all increasing
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with the river network database to estimate lahar hazard. Earthquake activity is displayed in near-real-time and hazardous seismic faults have been outlined.
The IMO has been a long time user of ESRI software solutions to manage, manipulate and present it‘s spatial data to internal and external users alike. The current implementation uses the ArcGIS 9.3.1 suite of desktop and server software coupled
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Institutions, Synthesis from
other sources, collaboration)
Dynamic LIFE CYCLE
COSTING &
LIFE CYCLE IMPACT
(with layering on
climate/socio-econ-tech
scenarios)
Stakeholder Review Process
3rd Party Review
Followed by adaption of plan
Non Tech Measures
(speed, PR)
Indicator
Creation
(internal)
Validation
(external higher
ministry)
Updating
Out-turn Check –
Update
Congruency
Check
Higher Ministry
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be accessible and up-to-date.
Internal and published IMO reports often contain specific information on how the available data should be referenced. If not stated otherwise, written subject matter falls under the clause of the copyright law (nr. 73/1972, with later changes). No authorisation is given to change the content of IMO reports that are accessible via the web-site. Furthermore
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be accessible and up-to-date.
Internal and published IMO reports often contain specific information on how the available data should be referenced. If not stated otherwise, written subject matter falls under the clause of the copyright law (nr. 73/1972, with later changes). No authorisation is given to change the content of IMO reports that are accessible via the web-site. Furthermore
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obstacles that is described in an appendix to the internal report listed above (IMO Int. Rep. 08003, the software is in the form of a library for the public doman software package R which may be downloaded from the internet) [Linux version (.tar.gz)] [Windows version (.zip)] [Documentation (.pdf)]
A map on a selected front page shows recent observations of avalanches. For user access
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to an internal project web-page for information dissemination
within the project. The web has been organized with a workspace for each group to communicate and share
documents. Every workshop gets it’s own meeting space with presentations and minutes from the meetings and
the steering group uses the web to make core documents available for all participants in the project.
The Project Web has proven to make
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-010-9816-7, Figs. 1&3
North American droughts
last 1200 years
Cook et al. JQS 2010, 25(1), p.48-61, Figs. 4&7
Volcanic aerosols
Changing solar radiation
Changing greenhouse gas
concentrat ions – natural and
human
Anthropogenic and natural
emissions of aerosols
Changed land use
Internal dynamics
IPCC 2007, Fig. 6.13
Reasons behind the changes
Mann et al. Science 2009, 326, p.1257, Fig. 1
Past
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operational cost, etc.) and the annual
revenues
• consider an appropriate discount rate and assess NPV (net present
value), IRR (internal rate of return), and net cash flows
• rank alternatives by score level
• SCBA: social CBA – total benefits -/- total costs for society, in this
case benefits and costs often don’t accrue (entirely) to the same
organisation due to the public nature of a project
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