Chiefs of the Hydrological Institutes Nordic Council of Ministers CHINin the Nordic Countries Nordic Energy Research Climate,Water and Energy Long time series A review of Nordic studies Report by the CWE Long Time Series group EEgsw SYKE Long time series A review of Nordic studies Report by the CWE Long Time Series group Hege Hisdal Erik Holmqvist Veli Hyvrinen Pall Jonsson Esko Kuusisto Søren E. Larsen Gran Lindstrom Niels B. Ovesen Lars A. Roald Prepared for the CWE project Report no. 2 May, 2003 Reykjavik, Iceland ISBN 9979-68-125-X E-mail:
[email protected] - Web site: http://www.os.is/cwe Climate,HaterandEnergy Key page Report no.: Date: Distribution: 2 May,2003 ] en [] cosed Report name/ Main and subheadings: Num ber of copies: Long time series 250 A review of Nordic studies Number of pages: 65 Authors: Principal investigator: Hege Hisdal", Erik Holmqvist", Veli Hyvarinen', Pall Hege Hisdal Jonsson", Esko Kuusisto", Soren E. Larsen", Goran Lindstrom, Niels B. Ovesen" and Lars A. Roald Classification of report: ISBN-number: Report by the CWE Long Time Series group 9979-68-125-X Prepared for: The CWE project Participating institutes: a NVE (Norway) b FEI (Finland) c NEA (Iceland) d NERI (Denmark) e SMHI (Sweden) Abstract: Awareness that emission of greenhouse gases will raise the global temperature and change the climate has led to studies trying to identify such changes in long-term climate and hydrologic time series. This report, written by the "Long time series group" in the Nordic Council of Ministers supported project "Climate Water and Energy", gives an overview of such studies carried out in the Nordic countries.