Ásgeir Eggertsson, via Wikimedia Commons
Andri Gunnarsson
Applied Research Topic
Using ICESat-2 data to improve winter mass balance estimates and short/midterm melt seasons forecasting for hydro power operations in Iceland
Potential Applications
Efficient resource usage for reservoir flows
Abstract
We aim at using ICESat-2 data in conjunction with in situ automatic weather station data and bi-annual mass balance to observe short term (days/weeks/months) changes in surface elevation which can then be related to stream runoff.
SDT Member Partner
Co-Investigator(s)
- CO-PI, Finnur Pálsson, Project Manager of Glaciological Research, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland, Iceland
- CO-PI, Tómas Jóhannesson, Coordinator of Glaciological Research, Icelandic Meteorological Office, Iceland
End Users
R&D at the National Power Company in Iceland (NPC), POC: Andri Gunnarsson