and around
it. The estimated height is below 5 km since clouds over the glacier
were at 5-7 km and the plume did not reach above the cloud deck.
The ash plume reached 8 km briefly at 14 UTC today, but decreased
shortly there after. According to pilot reports the plume is visible at
around 10 thousand feet, mostly light gray or brown in color, but
pulsating to 15 thousand feet
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trail. Photographed at 33 thousand ft. south of Ingólfshöfði in October 2003. Photo: Snorri Snorrason.
The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) has the formal role of Meteorological Watch Office.
This means that IMO is responsible for all weather related warnings and information for aviation over Iceland and Reykjavik FIR/CTA.
IMO issues SIGMET warnings whenever it is nessessary
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according to the Icelandic Centre for Research (300
thousand ISK, which includes all fees). This grant is therefore particularly
suitable for students that are finishing their required course work and need a
project. Or, for new students to work on this project as they would then work
on the project along with coursework – for instance receiving 50% pay for the
two years.Role of the
MS student
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is important since
different particle sizes can have different health impacts. Therefore, poor air quality can be forecasted
and warnings issued.
Please note that MS study in Iceland is a two-year program. This MS project is funded for 12 months,
with salaries according to the Icelandic Centre for Research (300 thousand isk, which includes all
fees). This grant is therefore particularly
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glaciers and ice caps was chaired by
Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson, glaciologist at IMO. (Photo: IMO)
Martin Sharp (University of Alberta, Canada), presented results on
mass loss from glaciers and ice caps in Arctic Canada, where the ice cover
totals 146 thousand km2. The total ice volume is tenfold the volume
of glaciers in Iceland and the estimated mass loss during 2006–2015 was 70
gigatons (GT
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in the future
due to warming climate. There is geological evidence for three or four large, prehistoric
landslides reaching the Fjarðará river or the sea below Botnabrún during the last several
thousand years that demonstrates that danger due to large landslides extends to essentially
all the current settlement south of Fjarðará. The main source areas for landslides that
threaten the settlement
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of the likely number of residents and guests potentially in the path of a flood or those that would be stranded due to flooding. In the Markarfljót outwash plain, the results indicate that more than one thousand lives would be in jeopardy if the largest of the potential floods assessed were to happen without warning and evacuation, with a further 600 people being isolated due to partial
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the settlement (about A.D. 800).
Þorvaldur Thoroddsen
Figure 1. Þorvaldur Thoroddsen. (Picture credit: Bogi Th. Melsted: Þorvaldur Thoroddsen: um ævi hans og störf. Copenhagen, 1923.)
Thoroddsen knew the details of the climate history of Iceland better than anyone else in his time. His book "A thousand years of Icelandic Climate" is still the basic work on the subject.
Jón Eyþórsson and Fridtjof
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the settlement (about A.D. 800).
Þorvaldur Thoroddsen
Figure 1. Þorvaldur Thoroddsen. (Picture credit: Bogi Th. Melsted: Þorvaldur Thoroddsen: um ævi hans og störf. Copenhagen, 1923.)
Thoroddsen knew the details of the climate history of Iceland better than anyone else in his time. His book "A thousand years of Icelandic Climate" is still the basic work on the subject.
Jón Eyþórsson and Fridtjof
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• Regional Employment
Economics of Natural Hazards
• Micro topics
– Public Policy Concerns
• Public Investment in:
– Warning Systems
– Mitigation
• Land Use and Code
Enforcement
– Risk and Uncertainty
Economics of Natural Hazards
• Consumers of this research:
– Government policy makers
– Insurance Industry
– Weather Industry
Tornadoes
Tornado Climatology
• About one
thousand
tornadoes hit
the US each
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