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Building a tsunami simulation database for the tsunami warning system in the Philippines.

Igarashi, Y.Ueno, T.Nakata, K.Hern, V. C.Cruz-Salcedo, J. L.Narag, I. C.Koizumi, T.
To enhance the tsunami warning operation system in the Philippines caused by earthquakes in and around the country, staff members of the Japan Meteoro...
Storm surges cause coastal inundation due to setup of the water surface resulting from atmospheric pressure, surface winds and breaking waves. Here we...

Block and Boulder Transport in Easterm Samar (Philippines) during Supertyphoon Haiyan

S. M. MayM. EngelD. BrillC. CuadraA. M. F. LagmayJ. SantiagoJ. K. SuarezM. ReyesH. Brückner
Fields of dislodged boulders and blocks record catastrophic coastal ?ooding during strong storms or tsunamis and play a pivotal role in coastal hazard...
We examined the spatiotemporal patterns of fire in insular Southeast Asia from July 1996 to December 2001 using a set of consistent, nighttime fire ob...
The Philippines being a locus of tropical cyclones, tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, is a hotbed of disasters. These natural hazards infl...

Validating the Voice of the Crowd During Disasters

J.C. VictorinoM..R. EstuarA.M.F. Lagmay
Since the late 1990 s, the intensity of tropical cyclones have increased over time, causing massive flooding and landslides in thePhilippines. Nation...

Devastating Storm Surges of Typhoon Haiyan

A.M.F. LagmayR.P. AgatonM.A. BahalaJ.B. BrionesK.M. CabacabaC.V. CaroL.L. DasallasL.L. GonzaloC.N. LadieroJ.P. LapidezM.F. MuncalJ.R. PunoM.C. RamosJ. SantiagoJ.K. SuarezJ.D. Tablazon
On 8th November 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, local name Yolanda, made landfall in the central Philippine islands region. Considered one of the most powerful ...

Major atmospheric emissions from peat fires in Southeast Asia during non-drought years: evidence from the 2013 Sumatran fires

Gaveau, D. L. A.Salim, M. A.Hergoualc’h, K.,Locatelli, B., Sloan, S.,Wooster, M.,Sheil, D
Trans-boundary haze events in Southeast Asia are associated with large forest and peatland fires in Indonesia. These episodes of extreme air pollution...

Rice yields and yield gaps in Southeast Asia: Past trends and future outlook

Laborte, A. G.de Bie, K.Smaling, E. M. A.Moya, P. F.Boling, A. A.Van Ittersum, M. K.
Rice production must increase to meet future food requirements amid strong competition for limited resources. Yield gap analysis is a useful method to...

A drought-based predictor of recent haze events in western Indonesia

Field, R. D.Wang, Y.Roswintiarti, O. R.Guswanto,
Indonesia's fire and haze problem is reviewed, and a model quantifying the relationship between drought and haze from biomass burning in western Indon...

Global peatland dynamics since the Last Glacial Maximum

Yu, Z.Loisel, J.Brosseau, D. P.Beilman, D. W.Hunt, S. J.
[1] Here we present a new data synthesis of global peatland ages, area changes, and carbon (C) pool changes since the Last Glacial Maximum, along wit...
Four common medicinal and two leguminous plant species from Southeast Asia were selected from a preliminary survey and examined for their potential us...
The notion that the series of alarming events in Europe in the first half of the seventeenth century might be connected goes back at least as far as V...
There are two cultivated and twenty-one wild species of genus Orvza. O. saliva, the Asian cultivated rice is grown all over the world. The African cul...
The upper-tropospheric circulation is investigated for the three months of April, May, and June 1988 during which the Great Plains region of the Unite...

Future projection of flood inundation considering land-use changes and land subsidence in Jakarta, Indonesia

Moe, I. R.Kure, S.Januriyadi, N. F.Farid, M.Udo, K.Kazama, S.Koshimura, S.
Jakarta is facing several issues related to flooding, includ­ing land subsidence in the coastal area and rapid land-use/cover changes in the upstream...
An algorithm developed to map ?ooded areas from synthetic aperture radar imagery is presented in this paper. It is conceived to be inserted in the ope...
Annual maximum discharge is analyzed in the Mekong river in Southeast Asia with regard to trends in average ?ood and trends in variability during the ...
Watersheds are featured by a variety of hydrological, meteorological, and ecological characteristics. Complexity and uncertainty are usually two major...
The flood pulse is a key element characterizing the hydrology of the Mekong River and driving the high ecosystem productivity in the Lower Mekong floo...