The impact of climate change on glaciers and glacial runoff in the Nordic countries Tómas Jóhannesson, Guðfinna Aðalgeirsdóttir, Andreas Ahlstrøm, Liss.

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The impact of climate change on glaciers and glacial runoff in the Nordic countries Tómas Jóhannesson, Guðfinna Aðalgeirsdóttir, Andreas Ahlstrøm, Liss M. Andreassen, Stein Beldring, Helgi Björnsson, Philippe Crochet, Bergur Einarsson, Hallgeir Elvehøy, Sverrir Guðmundsson, Regine Hock, Horst Machguth, Kjetil Melvold, Finnur Pálsson, Valentina Radic, Oddur Sigurðsson and Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson IMO, IES/UI, NVE, GEUS, DMI, DES/UU, GI/UA Future Climate and Renewable Energy: Impacts, Risks and Adaptation Oslo, Norway, 31 May - 2 June 2010 Chiefs of the Hydro- logical Institutes in the Nordic Countries Nordic Council of Ministers

Importance of glacier changes Runoff changes Changes in subglacial water divides Changes in river courses at the glacier margins and, as a consequence, changes in river flow away from the ice margin, problems for communication lines Changes of terminal lakes with effect on jökulhlaups (glacial outburs floods)‏ Sedimentation in marginal lakes, changes in sediment transport to the ocean, long-term changes in coastlines Isostatic land rise, coastal changes, problems in harbour management

Hofsjökull, coupled model

Ice volume, Icelandic and Swedish glaciers

Runoff change, Icelandic and Swedish glaciers

Before, mean

After, at ~2100, DMI scenario

Conclusions The results of the CES project largely confirm the main results obtained in the earlier CE and CWE projects. Many glaciers and ice caps, except the Greenland ice sheet, are projected to disappear in years. Runoff from ice-covered areas in the period may increase by on the order of 50% with respect to the baseline, about half of which has already taken place in Iceland. There will be large changes in runoff seasonality and in the diurnal runoff cycle and, in some cases, changes related to migration of ice divides and subglacial watersheds. The dynamic response of the glaciers has little effect on these conclusions in the short term but becomes important in the second half of the 21 st century. The runoff change may be important for the design and operation of hydroelectric power plants and other utilisation of water Detailed mass balance and dynamic modelling may be used to estimate runoff changes in individual watersheds There is a large uncertainty associated with differences between the modelled climate development by different GCMs and RCMs

Snæfellsjökull, lowering 1999 to 2008

Hofsjökull, lowering 1999 to 2008