Improving the behavior of the cumulus parameterization for tropical cyclone prediction: Convection trigger
Numerical studies have consistently shown the importance of moist convection in the evolution of tropical cyclones. However, a systematic evaluation of cumulus parameterization in ...
Tropical cyclone disasters in the Gulf of Thailand
The origin of tropical cyclones in the South China Sea is over a vast deep sea, southeast of the Philippines. The severe tropical cyclones in summer with northerly tracks attack th...
Characteristic and Behavior of Rainfall Induced Landslides in Java Island, Indonesia: An Overview
Landslides are important natural hazards occurring on mountainous area situated in the wet tropical climate like in Java, Indonesia. As a central of economic and government activit...
Predictive Landslide Susceptibility Mapping Using Spatial Information in the Pechabun Area of Thailand
For predictive landslide susceptibility mapping, this study applied and verified probability model, the frequency ratio and statistical model, logistic regression at Pechabun, Thai...
Children as Agents of Change for Disaster Risk Reduction: Lessons from El Salvador and the Philippines
Disaster management has been dominated by top-down relief efforts targeted at adults, who are assumed to be attuned to the needs of their families and the wider community, and to a...
AIRS impact on the analysis and forecast track of tropical cyclone Nargis in a global data assimilation and forecasting system
Tropical cyclones in the northern Indian Ocean pose serious challenges to operational weather forecasting systems, partly due to their shorter lifespan and more erratic track, comp...
Genesis of tropical cyclone Nargis revealed by multiple satellite observations
Tropical cyclone (TC) Nargis recently battered Myanmar on May 2 2008 is one of the most deadly tropical storms in history. Nargis was initiated by an abnormally strong intraseasona...
AIRS impact on the analysis and forecast track of tropical cyclone Nargis in a global data assimilation and forecasting system
Tropical cyclones in the northern Indian Ocean pose serious challenges to operational weather forecasting systems, partly due to their shorter lifespan and more erratic track, comp...
Influence of stratospheric quasi-biennial oscillation on tropical cyclone tracks in the western North Pacific
The possible influence of the stratospheric quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) on tropical cyclone (TC) passages in the western North Pacific (WNP) is examined using TC data recorded...
The responsibility to protect the survivors of natural disaster: Cyclone Nargis, a case study
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Drought Sensitivity of the Amazon Rainforest. Science
Amazon forests are a key but poorly understood component of the global carbon cycle. If, as anticipated, they dry this century, they might accelerate climate change through carbon ...
Education, Capacity Building and Public Awareness for Disaster Reduction
Education is the key element for reducing disasters caused by natural hazards including landslides and achieving human security in the pursuit of sustainable development. The Hyogo...
Severe Wet Spells and Vulnerability of Urban Slopes: Case of Singapore
Tropical areas like Singapore characteristically receive heavy and prolonged periods of rainfall. During these wet spells, many of the urban engineered slopes become susceptible to...