Hydropower - Glacier, Snow and Ice

International w/peer-review

Aðalgeirsdóttir, G., Guðmundsson, S., Björnsson, H., Pálsson, F., Jóhannesson, T., Hannesdóttir, H. o.fl. (2011). Modelling the 20th and 21st century evolution of Hoffellsjökull glacier, SE-Vatnajökull, Iceland. The Cryosphere, 5, 961-975, doi:10.5194/tc-5-961-2011.

Andreassen, L. M., & Oerlemans, J. (2009). Modelling long-term summer and winter balances and the climate sensitivity of Storbreen, Norway. Geogr. Ann., 91 A (4), 233-251.

Andreassen, L. M., van den Broeke, M. R., Giesen, R.H., & Oerlemans, j. (2008). A five-year record of surface energy and mass balance from the ablation zone of Storbreen, Norway. Journal of Glaciology, 54 (185), 245-258.

Andreasen, L.M., van den Broeke M.R., Giesen R.H. & Oerlemans J. (2008). A five-year record of surface energy and mass balance from the ablation zone of Storbreen, Norway. Journal of Glaciology, 54 (185), 245-258. (Available online at IGS: http://www.igsoc.org/journal/54/185/j07j058.pdf.).

Crochet, P. (2007). A study of regional precipitation trends in Iceland using a high quality gauge network and ERA-40. J. Climate, 20(18), 4659-4677, doi: 10.1175/JCLI4255.1.

Crochet P., Jóhannesson T., Jónsson T., Sigurðsson O., Björnsson H., Pálsson F. & Barstad I. ( 2007). Estimating the spatial distribution of precipitation in Iceland using a linear model of orographic precipitation. J. Hydrometeorol., 8(6), 1285-1306.

Gudmundsson, S., Bjornsson,H., Magnusson,E., Berthier, E., Palsson,F., Gudmundsson,M. T., Hognadottir, Th. & Dall, J. (2011). Response of Eyjafjallajokull, Torfajokull and Tindfjallajokull ice caps in Iceland to regional warming, deduced by remote sensing. Polar Research 2011, 7282, doi: 10.3402/polar.v30i0.7282

Guðmundsson, S., Björnsson, H., Jóhannesson, T., Aðalgeirsdóttir, G., Pálsson, F. & Sigurðsson, O. (2009). Similarities and differences in the response of two ice caps in Iceland to climate warming. Hydrology Research. 40(5), 495-502.

Schuler, T. V., Crochet P., Hock R., Jackson M., Barstad I. & Jóhannesson, T. (2008). Distribution of snow accumulation on the Svartisen ice cap, Norway, assessed by a model of orographic precipitation. Hydrological Processes, 22(19), 3998-400.

Other international

Crochet, P., Jóhannesson, T., Sigurðsson, O., Björnsson, H. & Pálsson, F. (2008). Modeling precipitation over complex terrain in Iceland. In: Sveinsson, Ó. G. B., S. M. Garðarsson and S. Gunnlaugsdóttir (eds.), Northern hydrology and its global role: XXV Nordic hydrological conference, Nordic Association for Hydrology, Reykjavík, Iceland August 11-13, 2008, 655-660. Reykjavík, Icelandic Hydrological Committee.

Hock, R., Flowers, G. & Jóhanneson, T. (eds.) (2008). Glaciers in Watershed and Global Hydrology. Special Issue of Hydrological Processes, 22(19), 3887-4021. [This issue contains papers from a workshop about glacier mass balance and glacier hydrology in Obergurgl, Austria, August 2007, that grew partly out of the CE/CES glaciers/snow and ice collaboration. Short reports about the workshop have been published in ICE (the bulletin of the Int. Glaciological Society) and in the IAHS Newsletter.]

Jóhannesson, T., Crochet, P. & Sigurðsson, O. (2007). Use of glacier mass-balance measurements to estimate precipitation and model parameters in hydrological simulations for mountainous regions. In: Hock, R., T. Jóhannesson, G. Flowers and G. Kaser (eds.), Abstract volume for Workshop on Glaciers in Watershed and Global Hydrology Obergurgl, Austria, 27-31 August 2007, 42-43.

National

Andreassen, L. M. (2009). Storbreen blir mindre. Klima, 4/2009, 18-19.

Ahlstrøm, A.P., Mottram, R.H., Nielsen, C., Reeh, N., Andersen, S.B., Kristensen, S.S., Christensen, E.L., Stenseng L. & Forsberg, R. (2008). Estimating the future ice sheet hydropower potential in Paakitsoq, Ilulissat, West Greenland. A technical report from GEUS and a presentation at the American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008 [The report is not a deliverable of the CES-project but it is related to CES research and modelling of the same watershed/outlet glacier.]

Ahlstrøm, A. P., Mottram, R. H., Nielsen, C., Reeh, N. & Andersen, S.B. (2008). Evaluation of the future hydropower potential at Paakitsoq, Ilulissat, West Greenland. Copenhagen, GEUS, Technical Report 2008/37. [The report is not a deliverable of the CES-project but it is related to CES research and modelling of the same watershed/outlet glacier.]

Björnsson, H., Sveinbjörnsdóttir, Á.E., Daníelsdóttir, A.K. , Snorrason, Á., Sigurðsson, B.D., Sveinbjörnsson, E., Viggósson, G., Sigurjónsson, J., Baldursson, S., Þorvaldsdóttir S., & Jónsson, T. (2008). Hnattrænar loftslagsbreytingar og áhrif þeirra á Íslandi - Skýrsla vísindanefndar um loftslagsbreytingar (Global climate change and their effect on Iceland - A report of a expert committee on climate change). Reykjavík, The Ministry for the Environment. [This report is not a deliverable of the CES-project, but it is partly based on work that was carried out within the CE and CES-projects, in particular the work of the glaciers/snow and ice groups.]

Jóhannesson, T. (2009). A simple (simplistic) method to include glaciated areas with a limited ice volume in the WaSIM and HBV models. Icelandic Meteorological Office, memo TóJ-2009/01.

Jóhannesson, T. (2010). Sviðsmynd um loftslagsbreytingar á Íslandi fyrir jökla- og vatnafræðilega líkanreikninga í CES og LOKS verkefnunum (Climate change scenarios for glaciological and hydrological simulations in the CES and LOKS projects). Icelandic Meteorological Office, memo ÚR-TóJ-2010-02.

Jóhannesson, T., Aðalgeirsdóttir, G., Björnsson, H., Crochet, P., Elíasson, E.B., Guðmundsson, S., Jónsdóttir, J.F., Ólafsson, H., Pálsson, F., Rögnvaldsson, Ó., Sigurðsson, O., Snorrason, Á., Sveinsson, Ó.G.B., & Thorsteinsson, Th. (2007). Effect of climate change on hydrology and hydro-resources in Iceland. Reykjavík, National Energy Authority, Rep. OS-2007/011.

Jóhannesson, T., Aðalgeirsdóttir, G., H. Björnsson, Crochet, P, Elíasson, E.B., Guðmundsson, S., Jónsdóttir, J.F., Ólafsson, H., Pálsson, F., Rögnvaldsson, Ó., Sigurðsson, O., Snorrason, Á., Sveinsson, Ó.G.B., & Thorsteinsson, Th. (2007). Veður og orka. Loftslagsbreytingar og áhrif þeirra á vatnafar og orkuframleiðslu (An executive summary in Icelandic of the report OS-2007/011: Effect of climate change on hydrology and hydro-resources in Iceland). Reykjavík, National Energy Authority.

Nawri, N., & Björnsson, H. ( 2010). Surface air temperature and precipitation trends for Iceland in the 21st century. Icelandic Meteorological Office, report 2010-005. [This report is mainly a deliverable from the Climate Scenario Group but as it was developed in close collaboration with the Glacier, Snow and Ice Group it is also listed here as a deliverable.]

Other

Crochet, P., Jóhannesson, T., Jónsson, T., Sigurðsson, O., Björnsson, H. & Pálsson, F. An updated precipitation climatology for Iceland using a linear model of orographic precipitation. A paper in preparation (This is a joint paper reporting work that was carried out as a part of the CES project and its national sister project LOKS. It will be submitted in 2011).

Crochet, P., Jóhannesson, T. & Jónsson, T. Gridded daily temperature in Iceland. A paper in preparation to be published in the journal Jökull (This is a joint paper reporting work that was carried out as a part of the CES project and its national sister project LOKS. It is almost complete and will be submitted in 2011).

Machguth, H. & Ahlstrøm, A. (2010). Ice Sheet Surface Mass Balance at Paakitsôq, West Greenland, Derived from Future Scenario Regional Climate Model Data. Technical Report. Copenhagen, GEUS.

Presentations at the Conference on Future Climate and Renewable Energy: Impacts, Risks and Adaptation. 31 May - 2 June 2010, Oslo, Norway. Abstracts

(Page numbers refer to the abstract volume edited by Heidi H. Pikkarainen published by NVE and available here on the CES project web)

Crochet, P., T. Jóhannesson, Sigurðsson, O., Björnsson, H. & Pálsson, F. (2010). An updated gridded precipitation data set for Iceland. 62-63.

Einarsson, B., & Jónsson, S. (2010). The effect of climate change on runoff from two watersheds in Iceland. p. 86-87. (joint work with the hydrological modelling group)

Jóhannesson, T., Aðalgeirsdóttir, G., Ahlstrøm, A., Andreassen, L.M., Beldring, S., H. Björnsson, H., Crochet, P., Einarsson, B., Elvehøy, H., Guðmundsson, S., Hock, R., Machguth, H,. Melvold, K., Pálsson, F., Radic, V., Sigurðsson, O. & Þorsteinsson Þ. (2010). The impact of climate change on glaciers and glacial runoff in the Nordic countries. p. 38-39.

Jóhannesson, T., Andreassen, L.M., Beldring, S., Einarsson, B., Elvehøy H. & Melvold, K. (2010). The effect of climate change on runoff from a partly glaciated river basin simulated with a coupled glacier-scaling-hydrological model. 88-89.

Machguth, H., & Ahlstrøm, A. (2010). Surface Mass Balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet in the Paakitsoq Area, Illulisat, West Greenland - Scenarios and Related Uncertainties. p. 42-43.

Melvold, K. & Laumann, T. (2010). A coupled mass-balance and ice-flow model for Midtdalsbreen; projection of glacier length based on climate scenarios (CES). 90-91.

Radic, V., & Hock, R. (2010). Volume changes of the glaciers in Scandinavia and Iceland in the 21st century. p. 40-41.

Thorsteinsson, Th., Sigurðsson, O. & Einarsson, B. (2010). Monitoring changes in glacial hydrology in Iceland. 92-93.