Publications List
An Objective Satellite-Based Tropical Cyclone Size Climatology
Knaff, John A.Scott P. LongmoreDebra A. Molenar
Storm-centered infrared (IR) imagery of tropical cyclones (TCs) is related to the 850-hPa mean tangential wind at a radius of 500 km (V500) calculated...
Historically underdeveloped and divided, Burma today is politically isolated, increasingly militarised, economically mismanaged by its own authorities...
Manifestation of remote sensing data and GIS on landslide hazard analysis using spatial-based statistical models
Pradhan, B.Youssef, A. M.
This paper presents landslide hazard analysis at Cameron area, Malaysia, using a geographic information system (GIS) and remote sensing data. Landslid...
Landslide Hazard and Community-Based Risk Reduction Effort in Karanganyar and the Surrounding Area, Central Java, Indonesia
Karnawati, D.Fathani, T. F.Andayani, B.Burton, P. W.Sudarno, I.Ignatius, S.
Karanganyar and the surrounding area are situated in a dynamic volcanic arc region, where landslide frequently occurs during the rainy season. The rai...
Predicting tropical cyclogenesis with a global mesoscale model: Hierarchical multiscale interactions during the formation of tropical cyclone Nargis (2008)
B.-W. ShenW.-K. TaoW. K. LauR. Atlas
Very severe cyclonic storm Nargis devastated Burma (Myanmar) in May 2008, caused tremendous damage and numerous fatalities, and became one of the 10 d...
Landslide Hazard Mapping at Selangor, Malaysia Using Frequency Ratio and Logistic Regression Models
Lee, S.Pradhan, B.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the landslide hazards at Selangor area, Malaysia, using Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing. L...
Landslide impacts on the road network of Lao PDR and the feasibility of implementing a slope management programme
Hearn, G. J.Hunt, T.Aubert, J.Howell, J.
The Peoples’ Democratic Republic of Lao is a landlocked country bordered by Vietnam to the east, Thailand to the south and west and China to the nor...
Flood and landslide applications of near real-time satellite rainfall products
Hong, Y.Adler, R. F.Negri, A.Huffman, G. J.
Floods and associated landslides account for the largest number of natural disasters and affect more people than any other type of natural disaster. W...
Quantitative Landslide Susceptibility Mapping at Pemalang Area, Indonesia
Oh, H. J.Lee, S.Soedradjat, G. M.
For quantitative landslide susceptibility mapping, this study applied and verified a frequency ratio, logistic regression, and artificial neural netwo...
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...
Capacity development to support national drought management policies
UN-Water Activity Information System
has been estimated that droughts are the world’s costliest natural disasters and affect more people than any other form of natural disaster (Wilhite...
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