Geographia Technica, No. 1/2008, pp. 32 - 39

CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE EN ISLANDE : 1830-1999

Manon Kohler , J.L. Mercier, Ester Helgadóttir, Christine Grosjean

ABSTRACT - The climatic evolution (1830-1999) of Iceland (Stykkishólmur) is approached by a method combining 3 numerical classifications (air temperature, sea temperature, sea ice). The Log Laplace distribution is used to characterize the shape of air temperature. This work is done on 5 trended sub series determined by the non parametric Mann-Kendall-Sneyers test. Furthermore, the existence of Icelandic “Little Ice Age” is discussed. Finally a Dimension build on information theory is proposed to describe spatial and temporal sea ice evolution around Iceland.

Keywords: climatic change, Iceland, temperature, analysis, evolution

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