Publications List
The Extreme Cold Anomaly over Southeast Asia in February 2008: Roles of ISO and ENSO
Hong, C.-C.Li, T.
A record-breaking, long-persisting extreme cold anomaly (ECA) over Southeast Asia, accompanied by an intraseasonal convection over the Maritime Contin...
Climate change, flooding, urbanisation and leptospirosis: fuelling the fire?
Lau, C. L.Smythe, L. D.Craig, S. B.Weinstein, P.
Flooding and heavy rainfall have been associated with numerous outbreaks of leptospirosis around the world. With global climate change, extreme weathe...
In the late spring and early summer of 2005, Yunnan encountered weather with high temperature and drought, which is the worst in the recent 55 years. ...
Real-time global flood estimation using satellite-based precipitation and a coupled land surface and routing model
Wu, H.Adler, R. F.Tian, Y.Huffman, G. J.Li, H.Wang, J.
A widely used land surface model, the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) model, is coupled with a newly developed hierarchical dominant river tracin...
Rapidly-industrializing, developing countries face increasing environmental disaster potential. Rising disaster losses are an indicator of non-sustain...
Floods in Jakarta: when the extreme reveals daily structural constraints and mismanagement
Texier, P.
– The purpose of this paper is to analyze the root causes of disaster vulnerability in Jakarta, to highlight the strategies and implications of offi...
Flood estimation studies using hydrologic modeling system (HEC-HMS) for Johor River, Malaysia
Razi, M. A. M.Ariffin, J.Tahir, W.Arish, N. A. M.
This study presented a flood estimation model for Johor River in Kota Tinggi watershed, Malaysia using HEC-HMS (Hydrologic Modeling System). Calibrati...
Fire carbon emissions over maritime southeast Asia in 2015 largest since 1997
Huijnen, V.Wooster, M. J.Gaveau, D. L. A.Flemming, J.Parrington, M.Inness, A.Murdiayarso, D.Main, B.van Weele, M.
In September and October 2015 widespread forest and peatland fires burned over large parts of maritime southeast Asia, most notably Indonesia, releasi...
The disaster management system in Thailand is based on the 2007 Disoster prevention Acf and the Nationol and Mitigat Plon on Disaster Prevention ond M...
A 400-year record of hydroclimate variability and local ENSO history in northern Southeast Asia inferred from tree-ring d18O
Xu, C.Sano, M. S.Nakatsuka, T.
We present here a chronology of tree ring cellulose d18O for the period 1588–2002 based on individual measurements of seven Fokienia hodginsii trees...
Comprehensive planning and the role of SDSS in flood disaster management in Malaysia
Billa, L.Shattri, M.Rodzi Mahmud, A.Halim Ghazali, A.
To present a comprehensive flood management plan for Malaysia, the various planning stages and the proponents of the plan. It is also to expound and h...
Forest and land fires are not new to the landscapes of Southeast Asia. Nevertheless, strikingly different perspectives persist about the significance ...
Spatial prediction of flood susceptible areas using rule based decision tree (DT) and a novel ensemble bivariate and multivariate statistical models in GIS.
Tehrany, M. S.Pradhan, B.Jebur, M. N.
Flood is one of the natural hazards which occur all over the world and it is critical to be controlled through proper management. Severe flood events ...
Unraveling the Mystery of Indian Monsoon Failure During El Niño
Kumar, K. K.Rajagopalan, B.Hoerling, M.Bate, G.Cane, M.
The 132-year historical rainfall record reveals that severe droughts in India have always been accompanied by El Niño events. Yet El Niño events hav...
In flood-prone international river basins (IRBs), many riparian nations that are located close to a basin's outlet face a major problem in effectively...
The Mekong river system. RAP publication
Van Zalinge, N.Degen, P.Pongsri, C.Nuov, S.Jensen, J. G.Nguyen, V. H.
The Mekong is the longest river in southeast Asia. From its source on the Tibetan plateau it runs for 4,800 km through China, Myanmar, Lao PDR, Thaila...
Analysis of Cosmo-SkyMed observations of the 2008 flood in Myanmar
Pulvirenti, L.Pierdicca, N.Chini, M.
Two Cosmo-SkyMed observations of the inundation occurred in Myanmar on May 2008 are analyzed in this paper to study the potentiality of this sensor fo...
Hydrological regime, morphological features and natural territorial complexes of the Irrawaddy River Delta (Myanmar)
Kravtsova, V. I.Mikhailov, V. N.Kidyaeva, V. M.
Hydrological and morphological features of the multiple-branched tidal delta of the Irrawaddy River are discussed. Close attention is given to the imp...
Development and adoption of improved chickpea varieties in Myanmar
Than, A. M., Maw, J. B.Aung, T.Gaur, P. M.Gowda, C. L. L.
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) is an important food legume in Myanmar. It is mainly grown in central dry zone of the country, mainly in Sagaing (54%), Mag...
This article is a case study of the dynamics of rescue and relief operations in a flood-affected village. It argues that without politicizing the proc...
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