Simulation of storm surges along Myanmar coast using a location specific numerical model
Coastal flooding induced by storm surges associated with tropical cyclones is one of the greatest natural hazards sometimes even surpassing earthquakes. Although the frequency of t...
how an oral history saved thousands on Indonesia's Simeulue Island
The tsunamis on 26 December 2004 and 28 March 2005 killed only 7 people on Simeulue Island in Indonesia’s Aceh province. At Langi, on the north end of Simeulue, which is 40?km so...
Impacts of Anomaly of Summer Monsoon over the Southeast Asia on the Early Summer Drought of Yunnan in 2005
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. After the diagnostic analysis ...
Research on climatological problems of tropical cyclone and typhoon activity in western North Pacific
Tropical Cyclone(TC) and typhoon is one of the severe and abrupt natural disasters.In recent 20 years,the research on TC and typhoon climatology has become one significant aspect o...
Trends in global tropical cyclone activity over the past twenty years (1986-2005)
The recent destructive Atlantic hurricane seasons and several recent publications have sparked debate over whether warming tropical sea surface temperatures (SSTs) are causing more...
Landslide susceptibility mapping in the Damrei Romel area, Cambodia using frequency ratio and logistic regression models
This study applied, tested and compared a probability model, a frequency ratio and statistical model, a logistic regression to Damre Romel area, Cambodia, using a geographic inform...
Scientists Investigate Recent Philippine Landslide
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The Enso-fire dynamic in insular Southeast Asia, Climatic Change
We examined the spatiotemporal patterns of fire in insular Southeast Asia from July 1996 to December 2001 using a set of consistent, nighttime fire observations provided by the Alo...
Predicting lahar-inundation zones: case study in West Mount Pinatubo, Philippines. Natural Hazards
This paper demonstrates techniques for pre-eruption prediction of lahar-inundation zones in areas where a volcano has not erupted within living memory and/or where baseline geologi...
Community-based disaster preparedness and climate adaptation: local capacity-building in the Philippines
Community-based disaster preparedness (CBDP) approaches are increasingly important elements of vulnerability reduction and disaster management strategies. They are associated with ...
A Landslide Susceptibility Model Using the Analytical Hierarchy Process Method and Multivariate Statistics in Perialpine Slovenia
Landslides cause damage to property and unfortunately pose a threat even to human lives. Good landslide susceptibility, hazard, and risk models could help mitigate or even avoid th...
Monsoon drought over Java, Indonesia, during the past two centuries
Monsoon droughts, which often coincide with El Niño warm events, can have profound impacts on the populations of Southeast Asia. Improved understanding and prediction of such even...
Triggering and Evolution of a Giant Submarine Landslide, Offshore Angola, Revealed by 3D Seismic Stratigraphy and Geomorphology
The source area of a large submarine landslide complex has been imaged in the subsurface off Angola using 3D seismic data. The 3D seismic data reveal erosional slide scars, landsli...
The Enso-Fire Dynamic in Insular Southeast Asia
We examined the spatiotemporal patterns of fire in insular Southeast Asia from July 1996 to December 2001 using a set of consistent, nighttime fire observations provided by the Alo...