Publications List
The electromagnetic (EM) method first applied to monitor the activity of the Taal Volcano from 2005 consists of repeatedly surveying total magnetic in...
Tropical Cyclone Simulation and Response to CO2 Doubling in the GFDL CM2.5 High-Resolution Coupled Climate Model
H. S. KimG. A. VecchiT. R. KnutsonW. G. AndersonT. L. DelworthA. RosatiF. ZengM. Zhao
Global tropical cyclone (TC) activity is simulated by the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) Climate Model, version 2.5 (CM2.5), which is a ...
Prototyping an Experimental Early Warning System for Rainfall-Induced Landslides in Indonesia Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Geospatial Datasets
Liao, Z.Hong, Y.Wang, J.Fukuoka, H.Sassa, K.Karnawati, D.Fathani, F.
An early warning system has been developed to predict rainfall-induced shallow landslides over Java Island, Indonesia. The prototyped early warning sy...
In this study, the structure and evolution of total energy singular vectors (SVs) of Typhoon Usagi (2007) are evaluated using the fifth-generation Pen...
Ocean heat content for tropical cyclone intensity forecasting and its impact on storm surge
I. I. LinG. J. GoniJ. A. KnaffC. ForbesM. M. Ali
Accurate tropical cyclone track and intensity forecasts are vital to storm surge prediction and risk management. However, current cyclone intensity fo...
Evaluation of official tropical cyclone track forecast over north Indian Ocean issued by India Meteorological Department
M. MohapatraD. P. NayakR. P. SharmaB. K. Bandyopadhyay
India Meteorological Department (IMD) introduced the objective tropical cyclone (TC) track forecast valid for next 24 hr over the north Indian Ocean ...
The purpose of the present study is to compare the prediction performances of three different approaches such as decision tree (DT), support vector ma...
Detection of land cover changes using MODIS 250 m data
Zhan, X.Sohlberg, R. A.Townshend, J. R. G.DiMiceli, C.Carroll, M. L.Eastman, J. C.DeFries, R. S.
The Vegetative Cover Conversion (VCC) product is designed to serve as a global alarm for land cover change caused by anthropogenic activities and extr...
Natural Disasters and the Economy: Some Recent Experiences from Southeast Asia
Samphantharak, Krislert
This paper uses recent examples of natural disasters from Southeast Asia to illustrate some important arguments discussed in the literature on natural...
A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests
Allen, C. D.Macalady, A. K.Chenchouni, H.Bachelet, D.McDowell, N.ETC
Greenhouse gas emissions have significantly altered global climate, and will continue to do so in the future. Increases in the frequency, duration, an...
A global dataset of Palmer Drought Severity Index for 1980-2002: Relationship with soil moisture and effect of surface warming
Dai, A.Trenberth, K. E.
A monthly dataset of Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) from 1870 to 2002 is derived using historical precipitation and temperature data for global ...
Drought-Induced Reduction in Global Terrestrial Net Primary Production from 2000 Through 2009
Zhao, M.Running, S. W.
Terrestrial net primary production (NPP) quantifies the amount of atmospheric carbon fixed by plants and accumulated as biomass. Previous studies have...
Landslide susceptibility mapping on Panaon Island, Philippines using a geographic information system
Oh, H. J.Lee, S.
For landslide susceptibility mapping, this study applied, verified and compared the Bayesian probability model, the weights-of-evidence to Panaon Isla...
Prediction of maximum earthquake magnitude for northern Vietnam region based on the gev distribution
Hoan, V. T.N. T. LuM. RodkinN. H. TuyenP. T. T. HangT. V. Phuong
The present work is a continuation and improvement of the application of the generalized extreme value distribution to study the seismicity of the Sou...
In 2015, natural disasters happened in Vietnam with lower frequency, but higher magnitude in terms of impact, i.e.:five storms and two tropical depres...
Catastrophic rockslide-debris avalanche at St. Bernard, southern Leyte, Philippines. Landslides
Catane, S. G.Cabria, H. B.Tomarong Jr, C. P.Saturay Jr, R. M.Zarco, M. A. H.Pioquinto, W. C.
On 17 February 2006, a rockslide-debris avalanche cascaded down the steep slope of Mt. Can-abag, burying the entire village of Guinsaugon in St. Berna...
Predicting lahar-inundation zones: case study in West Mount Pinatubo, Philippines. Natural Hazards
Carranza, E. J. M.Castro, O. T.
This paper demonstrates techniques for pre-eruption prediction of lahar-inundation zones in areas where a volcano has not erupted within living memory...
A prototype global drought information system based on multiple land surface models
Nijssen, B.Shukla, S.Lin, C.Gao, HZhou, T.IshottamaSheffield, J.Wood, E. F.Lettenmaier, D. P.
The implementation of a multimodel drought monitoring system is described, which provides near-real-time estimates of surface moisture storage for the...
Due to the diminishing Coriolis force towards the equator, the equatorial zone is known to be cyclone-free. However, on 27th December 2001, a tropical...
It has been more than 10 years since Malaysia ratified the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and developments since then ...
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