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| NH22: | Extreme Natural Hazards: Risk Assessment and Forecasting |
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Natural Hazards
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| CoSponsor: |
Atmospheric Sciences Biogeosciences Earth and Space Science Informatics Geodesy Hydrology Nonlinear Geophysics Ocean Sciences Planetary Sciences Seismology Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology |
| Convener: |
Ilya Zaliapin University of Nevada Reno, USA USA zal@unr.edu Alik Ismail-Zadeh Karlsruhe University, GERMANY DEU Alik.Ismail-Zadeh@gpi.uka.de Bruce Malamud King''s College London, UK GBR bruce.malamud@kcl.ac.uk |
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| Description: | Nature and society persistently generate extreme events --- abrupt overall changes, also known as disasters, catastrophes, critical phenomena shifts, etc. Examples include, but are not limited to, earthquakes, floods, heat waves, impact by near-Earth objects, landslides, meteorological storms, space weather storms, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions. Such events are commonly recognized as one of the major threats to survival and sustainability of our civilization. As populations increase, human vulnerability to these extreme events is rapidly growing. This session welcomes abstracts submissions that focus on problems of quantifying natural hazards' impact on society and the environment, associated risk assessment and management, and forecasting of extreme events. |