Ireland's weather service, goes
under the name of United Weather Centres West (UWC-West). This is part of a broader collaboration between
ten national weather services in Europe, known as United Weather Centres (UWC), which plan to operate a common
multi-national weather forecasting system by the end of the decade. “This collaboration
has a long history and specially the collaboration between
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and GPS stations needed to be installed for enhanced moni-
toring of the intrusion. After careful consideration, a GPS instrument
and accelerometer were installed in the centre of the Bárðarbunga
caldera to closely monitor the subsidence. Additionally, seismo-
graphs specially designed for use on glaciers were installed. During
regular monitoring flights, changes in the glacial surface were re
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for specially threatened local areas
- Consider establishing beacon projects with examples of exciting integrated planning
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Cross-organisational theme
The specialised seminars have shown that climate change adaptation is not necessarily rocket science.
Solutions for many
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:
o Dry areas
o Flood-threatened areas with shared protection (dykes, etc.)
o Flood-threatened areas with individual flood-proof buildings
o Areas exempted from future construction
o Areas where water can be stored
o Areas laid out as future storage basins
o Areas where local filtration of rainwater can take place
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take place
- Consider whether contingency plans should be prepared for specially threatened local areas
- Consider establishing beacon projects with examples of exciting integrated planning
Cross-organisational theme
The specialised seminars have shown that climate change adaptation is not necessarily rocket science.
Solutions for many of the described problems already exist today
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flight of the volcanic ash cloud over Eyjafjallajökull, using the specially equipped aircraft Falcon 20E. The Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre in London uses DLR data, as well as information from IMO, in order to forecast the distribution of the volcanic ash.
It has already been established that the ash is more coarse grained now, than during the initial stages of the eruption. Tomorrow's measurements
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concep-
tual models [e.g. the causal loop diagrams in Vennix’s (1996) interview approach to diagramming (p. 119)]. Design
suggestions can also be elicited from groups of stakeholders by applying the ARD stages of the ARDI method
(Etienne et al., 2008a), in which a facilitator elicits suggestions in terms of important actors, resources and dynamics,
by use of a specially coded, text-based
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Authority (Orkustofnun), the Hydrological Service (Vatna-
mælingar), the Icelandic Road Administration (Vegagerðin), the Icelandic Meteoro-
logical Office (Veðurstofan) and the Iceland Glaciological Society (Jöklarannsókna-
félagið).
I want to thank my coworkers in the Skaftá cauldrons research project for valuable
and enjoyable time and assistance. Two of them I must mention specially; Þorsteinn
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