A global dataset of Palmer Drought Severity Index for 1980-2002: Relationship with soil moisture and effect of surface warming
A monthly dataset of Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) from 1870 to 2002 is derived using historical precipitation and temperature data for global land areas on a 2.5° grid. Ov...
Building Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia: A Way Forward: ADPC Looks Ahead to 2015
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Valuing watershed services: concepts and empirics from southeast asia
Few empirical studies have rigorously analyzed the downstream economic benefits of watershed protection to generate economic values of watershed services. By developing a conceptua...
Environmental services and land use change in Southeast Asia: from recognition to regulation or reward?
Awareness of environmental services and land use change in Southeast Asia is high among scientists, policymakers, and society. In the case of transboundary smoke, the level of awar...
Environmental services and land use change in Southeast Asia: from recognition to regulation or reward?
Awareness of environmental services and land use change in Southeast Asia is high among scientists, policymakers, and society. In the case of transboundary smoke, the level of awar...
Agroforestry, elephants, and tigers: balancing conservation theory and practice in human-dominated landscapes of Southeast Asia
Large mammal populations theoretically are best conserved in landscapes where large protected areas are surrounded by buffer zones, connected by corridors, and integrated into a gr...
50 years of progress in tropical cyclone modeling
In this paper, the history of tropical cyclone modeling will be reviewed, with an emphasis on the Atlantic basin. According to Cressman (1996), routine operational numerical weathe...
Interdecadal changes in summertime typhoon tracks
The present work examines interdecadal variations of typhoon tracks in the western North Pacific (WNP) during the boreal summer (June September) for the period 1951 2001. Typhoon t...
A drought-based predictor of recent haze events in western Indonesia
Indonesia's fire and haze problem is reviewed, and a model quantifying the relationship between drought and haze from biomass burning in western Indonesia is presented. Visibility ...
Human vulnerability, dislocation and resettlement: adaptation processes of river-bank erosion-induced displaces in Bangladesh
The purpose of this research was to identify and analyse patterns of economic and social adaptation among river-bank erosion-induced displacees in Bangladesh. It was hypothesised t...
Participatory methods of incorporating scientific with traditional knowledge for volcanic hazard management on Ambae Island, Vanuatu
Ambae Island is the largest of Vanuatu’s active volcanoes. It is also one of the nation’s potentially most dangerous, with 60 million m3 of lake-water perched at over 1340 m...
Continental-Scale Partitioning of Fire Emissions During the 1997 to 2001 El Niño/La Niña Period
During the 1997 to 1998 El Niño, drought conditions triggered widespread increases in fire activity, releasing CH4 and CO2 to the atmosphere. We evaluated the contribution of fire...
The use of Remote Sensing Data for Drought Assessment and Monitoring in Southwest Asia
Droughts are recurring climatic events, which often hit South Asia, bringing significant water shortages, economic losses and adverse social consequences. Preparedness for drought ...
Review, automated estimation and analyses of drought indices in South Asia
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