Internal dynamics of a medium-sized subarctic lake: field measurements and numerical modeling

• Main Author: Priet-Mahéo, Morgane
• Other Authors: Hrund Ólöf Andradóttir, Umhverfis- og byggingarverkfræðideild (HÍ), Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering (UI), Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering 2019
• Subjects: Limnology; Hydrodynamics; Inflow; Numerical model; Subarctic; Cimate change; Lagarfljót; Vatnalíffræði; Straumfræði; Reiknilíkön; Norður-heimskautið; Hlýnun jarðar; Loftslagsbreytingar; Umhverfisfræði; Doktorsritgerðir; Arctic; Global warming
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1273

As the Arctic Circle opens up due to the effects of global warming, the surrounding regions, and in particular the subarctic zone, experience both climatic and societal changes, which makes it imperative to understand the existing ecosystems. Lake Lagarfljót, an Icelandic fjord lake with glacial inf...