Publications List
Simulation of flood inundation in the mega cities of Southeast Asia, case study: Metro Manila
Emam, A. R.Mishra, B. K.Kumar, P.Masago, Y.Fukushi, K.
Flooding is a serious issue in cities experiencing rapid urban growth. However, flood damage can be reduced by taking an account of flood risk assessm...
Discusses flood risk in Malaysia, which has increased alarmingly in recent decades largely due to changing physical characteristics of the hydrologica...
Review of emission factors for assessment of CO2 emission from land use change to oil palm in Southeast Asia
Agus, F.Henson, I. E.Sahardjo, B. H.Harris, N.van Noordwijk, M.Killeen, T. J.
This paper reviews published reports of carbon stocks, emission factors and approaches for estimating CO2 emissions from land use change and peat soil...
Monsoon drought over Java, Indonesia, during the past two centuries
D'Arrigo, R.R. Wilson, J.Palmer, P.Krusic, A.Curtis, J.Sakulich, S.Bijaksana, S.Zulaikah, S.L. O. Ngkoimani
Monsoon droughts, which often coincide with El Niño warm events, can have profound impacts on the populations of Southeast Asia. Improved understandi...
Hydrodynamic versus GIS modelling for coastal flood vulnerability assessment: Which is better for guiding coastal management?
Seenath, A.Wilson, M.Miller, K.
Under climate change, sea-level rise and increasing storm surge intensity will increase the likelihood of floods for low-lying coastal areas. Therefor...
GIS-based river flood hazard mapping in urban area (a case study in Kayu Ara River Basin, Malaysia)
Alaghmand, S.Bin Abdullah, R.Abustan, I.Vosoogh, B.
This paper presents a simple methodology for river flood risk map prediction in an urbanized area. River flood risk map is a function of hazard, vulne...
Track analysis, simulation, and field survey of the 2013 Typhoon Haiyan storm surge
H TakagiM EstebanT Shibayama
The authors have examined the characteristics of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), which made landfall on the coast of the Philippines on November 2013, gener...
Global Trends and Variability in Soil Moisture and Drought Characteristics, 1950–2000, from Observation-Driven Simulations of the Terrestrial Hydrologic Cycle
Sheffield, J.Wood, E.F.
Global and regional trends in drought for 1950–2000 are analyzed using a soil moisture–based drought index over global terrestrial areas, excludin...
Repurposing climate reconstructions for drought prediction in Southeast Asia
Bell, A. R.Cook, B. I.Anchukaitis, K. J.Buckley, B. M.Cook, E. R.
Climate information may help smallholder farmers in Southeast Asia take informed risks and reduce their climate vulnerability. Model-based seasonal fo...
On the roles of the northeast cold surge, the Borneo vortex, the Madden-Julian Oscillation, and the Indian Ocean Dipole during the extreme 2006/2007 flood in southern Peninsular Malaysia
Tangang, F. T.Juneng, L., Salimun, E.Vinayachandran, P. N.Seng, Y. K.Reason, C. J. C.Yasunari, T.
[1] The mid-December 2006 to late January 2007 flood in southern Peninsular Malaysia was the worst flood in a century and was caused by three extreme...
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide from Deforestation in Southeast Asia
Palm, C. A.Houghton, R. A.Melillo, J. M.
The reduction of carbon in the vegetation and soils of Southeast Asia as a result of changes in land use since 1860 has been analyzed. Several indepen...
Tree-ring based hydroclimate reconstruction over northern Vietnam from Fokienia hodginsii: eighteenth century mega-drought and tropical Pacific influence
Sano, M.Buckley, B.M.Sweda, T.
We present here the first statistically calibrated and verified tree-ring reconstruction of climate from continental Southeast Asia. The reconstructed...
Flooding in Jakarta Towards a blue city with improved water management
Caljouw, M.Nas, P. J.Pratiwo, M. R.
Sunday, 27 January 2002, a large ?ood swept down on Jakarta and inundated several parts of the city.1 From the evening of 27 January to the morning of...
Climate change and variability over Malaysia: Gaps in science and research information
Tangang, F. T.Juneng, L.Salimun, E.Sei, K. M.Le, L. J.Muhamad, H.
This paper provides an overview of the current available scientific knowledge pertaining to climate change and climate variability over Malaysia. Mala...
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...
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