Impacts of the North Atlantic Oscillation on Scandinavian hydropower production and energy markets

被引:51
作者
Cherry, J [1 ]
Cullen, H
Visbeck, M
Small, A
Uvo, C
机构
[1] Columbia Univ, Lamont Doherty Earth Observ, Palisades, NY 10964 USA
[2] Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA USA
[3] Georgia Inst Technol, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
[4] Columbia Univ, Sch Int & Publ Affairs, New York, NY USA
[5] Lund Univ, Dept Water Resources Engn, S-22100 Lund, Sweden
关键词
North Atlantic oscillation; social impacts; energy; hydropower; climate impacts;
D O I
10.1007/s11269-005-3279-z
中图分类号
TU [建筑科学];
学科分类号
0813 ;
摘要
Dramatic swings in the North Atlantic oscillation (NAO) during the 1990s motivated the authors to build a statistical model of NAO impacts on hydropower production and energy markets in Scandinavia. Variation in the NAO index is shown to explain 55% of the variance of streamflow in Norway and up to 30% of the variance in Norway's hydropower output. It is also possible to identify the influence of NAO anomalies on electricity consumption and prices. Government liberalization allowed a financial market to grow around the international trading of electricity, which in Norway is produced almost entirely from hydropower. The model offers a possible tool for predicting the effects of future NAO movements on hydropower production and energy prices in Scandinavia. The potential influence of skillful climate prediction is discussed.
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页码:673 / 691
页数:19
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