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Glaciological application of InSAR topography data of W-Vatnajökull
APPENDIX
Table 1. The area of the glacier part of the river basin
for rivers draining from W-Vatnajökull in 1998. The
given values for Djúpá, Hverfisfljót and the Skaftá
branches are adjusted to discharge measurements. –
Stærð vatnasviða á jökli árið 1998 fyrir þær ár sem
renna frá V-Vatnajökli.
River River basin
area on glacier
[km2]
Skjálfandafljót 98.1
Kaldakvísl 347.2
Western Skaftá cauldron 28.6
Eastern Skaftá cauldron 20.1
Grímsvötn 203.9
Sylgja/Bryðja (max) 81.2
Sylgja/Bryðja (min) 57.3
Tungnaá 98.0
Western Skaftá branch (max) 260.9
Western Skaftá branch (min) 236.9
Eastern Skaftá branch (max) 149.6
Eastern Skaftá branch (min) 137.9
Skaftá (max) 410.5
Skaftá (min) 374.9
Hverfisfljót (max) 392.0
Hverfisfljót (min) 380.3
Brunná 36.5
Djúpá 85.2
Vestur Bergvatnsá 15.3
Mið Bergvatnsá 26.9
Grænalón 37.9
Súla 51.2
Gígja 63.5
Sæluhúsakvísl 11.5
Table 2. The area of the glacier outlets and other
glacier parts of W-Vatnajökull derived from ice
divides (n=3) – Stærð skriðjökla og annara
jökulhluta V-Vatnajökuls.
Glacier Area [km2]
’Kistufellsjökull’ 88.6
’Bárðarbungujöklar’ 91.3
Köldukvíslarjökull 313.9
Sylgjujökull 150.7
Western Skaftá cauldron 23.2
Eastern Skaftá cauldron 32.8
Gjálp 71.3
Grímsvötn 132.1
Tungnaárjökull 361.1
Skaftárjökull 143.6
Síðujökull 401.0
’Djúpárjökull’ 52.4
’Grænalónsjökull’ 40.8
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