NH – Natural Hazards

Extreme Events Induced by Weather and Climate Change: Evaluation, Forecasting and Proactive Planning
Convener: A. Loukas  | Co-Conveners: M.C. Llasat , U. Ulbrich 
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Flash flood events: observations, processes and forecasting (co-organized)
Convener: M. Borga  | Co-Conveners: J. Szolgay , R. Weingartner , G. Blöschl , G. T. Aronica 
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Alluvial fans and debris cones: Risk assessment and Climate Change Impacts
Convener: F. Rudolf-Miklau  | Co-Conveners: Dr. Huebl , M. Stoffel 
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Terrain Instability Analysis and Mass Movement Prevention
Convener: Meng  | Co-Conveners: Ma , Wang 
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Karst systems: dynamics, evolution and paleoenvironmental recordings (co-organized)
Convener: Gilli  | Co-Convener: J. De Waele 
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Mid-latitude Cyclones and Storms: Diagnostics of Observed and Future Trends, and related Impacts (co-listed)
Convener: G.C. Leckebusch  | Co-Conveners: J. G. Pinto , U. Ulbrich 
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Landslides monitoring and characterization using high resolution DEM, LIDAR and other DEM techniques
Convener: M. Jaboyedoff  | Co-Conveners: R. Couture , M.-H. Derron , C. Froese 
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Heavy-metal contamination of water, air, soil, and foodcrops (co-organized)
Convener: J. A. Holden  | Co-Conveners: B. D. Malamud , L. Li , K. Kostarelos 
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Natural and anthropogenic hazards in karst areas (co-organized)
Convener: M. Parise  | Co-Conveners: J. De Waele , F. Gutierrez 
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Radon, health and natural hazards
Convener: G. Gillmore  | Co-Conveners: R. Crockett , T. Przylibski 
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Precipitation: from measurement to modelling and application in catchment hydrology (co-organized)
Convener: R. Uijlenhoet  | Co-Conveners: A. A. Carsteanu , C. Onof , G. Grossi , P. Burlando 
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Assessment of Weather-related Risk on Agricultural Production and Agribusiness (co-organized)
Convener: A. M. Tarquis  | Co-Conveners: N. R. Dalezios , M. Semenov , F. Burgaz 
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Remote sensing and geophysical techniques for investigating unstable slopes
Convener: J. Wasowski  | Co-Conveners: V. Del Gaudio , H.-B. Havenith 
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Earthquake Risk and Loss Estimates: New Directions (including Sergey Soloviev and Plinius Medal Lectures) (co-organized)
Convener: M. Wyss  | Co-Conveners: J. Zschau , Wiemer 
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Sergey Soloviev Medal Lecture by Jochen Zschau (co-listed)
Convener: B. D. Malamud 
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Earthquake and Tsunami Early Warnings (co-organized)
Convener: J. Zschau  | Co-Convener: S. Tinti 
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Wildfire in Forest Landscapes: Desertification, Degradation, Debris Flows, & Damage Control (co-organized)
Convener: L. Wittenberg  | Co-Conveners: D. G. Neary , Bautista 
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Coastal zone geomorphologic interactions: natural versus human-induced driving factors (co-listed)
Convener: M. Stancheva  | Co-Conveners: A. Baas , G. Anfuso 
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Open Session on Geoscience Instrumentation (co-listed)
Convener: H. Svedhem  | Co-Conveners: A.-M. Harri , Prof. Korepanov 
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Quantitative Methods for Desertification Monitoring and Assessment
Convener: A. Sepehr  | Co-Conveners: M. R. Ekhtesasi , A. Hassanli 
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Precipitation Science
Convener: E.A. Smith  | Co-Conveners: M.C. Llasat , F. Siccardi , A. Mugnai , G. J. Tripoli , E. Foufoula , G. Boni 
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Floods: monitoring, modelling, risk and uncertainty
Convener: G. T. Aronica  | Co-Conveners: F Pappenberger , H. Apel , G. J.-P. Schumann 
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Landslide Forecasting (co-organized)
Convener: F. Guzzetti  | Co-Conveners: M. Parise , G. G.R. IOVINE 
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Climate change impacts on glaciers, permafrost and related hazards (co-organized)
Convener: C. Huggel  | Co-Conveners: A. Kääb , C. Schneider , B. Raup 
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Vulnerability, disaster resilience and adaptation - concepts, methods and applications
Convener: J. Birkmann  | Co-Conveners: T. Glade , S. Fuchs 
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Spatial and temporal patterns of wildfires: models, theory, and reality (co-organized)
Convener: R. Lasaponara  | Co-Conveners: Millington , L. Telesca , D. McKenzie 
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Early warning systems for natural hazards and risks
Convener: T. Glade  | Co-Convener: F. Nadim 
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Atmospheric and climate complexity over wide ranges of scale (co-listed)
Convener: S. Lovejoy  | Co-Conveners: J.-F. Royer , V. Lucarini 
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Landslide risk assessment methods and strategies
Convener: P. Reichenbach  | Co-Conveners: F. Guzzetti , A Günther 
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Glacial Lake Outburst Floods: Current issues - future concerns (co-organized)
Convener: J.M. Reynolds  | Co-Conveners: C. Huggel , D. Quincey 
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Natural hazard risk management: From risk assessment to economic aspects and societal decision making (co-organized)
Convener: S. Fuchs  | Co-Conveners: T.A. Bogaard , M. Jaboyedoff , C. Kuhlicke , K. Sudmeier-Rieux 
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Wildfires, Weather and Climate (co-organized)
Convener: M.G. Pereira  | Co-Conveners: R. Trigo , M. Wotton 
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Instrumentation for Ocean Observatories and Early Warning Systems (co-listed)
Convener: C. Waldmann  | Co-Convener: I. Puillat-Felix 
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Social Sciences in Natural Hazards Research: Interdisciplinary Research Approaches
Convener: E. Lindquist  | Co-Conveners: K. Wagner , R. Hagelman III 
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Floodplain mapping and flood prevention techniques in the 21st century (co-organized)
Convener: G. Di Baldassarre  | Co-Conveners: R. Moussa , F Pappenberger , M. Disse , G. J.-P. Schumann 
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Hydrological processes in landslide research: analysis and quantification (co-organized)
Convener: T.A. Bogaard  | Co-Conveners: E. Zehe , J.-P. Malet , F. Lindenmaier , L. Borgatti 
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Sumatra: Deformation Processes, Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tsunamis (co-organized)
Convener: J. McCloskey  | Co-Conveners: FJ Tilmann , M. Chlieh 
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Modelling and simulation of dangerous phenomena, and innovative techniques for hazard evaluation, mapping, mitigation
Convener: G. G.R. IOVINE  | Co-Conveners: Dr. Huebl , M.F. Sheridan , A. Witt , AC Costa , Pastor , Kantz 
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Open Session on Permafrost (co-listed)
Convener: S. Gruber  | Co-Convener: J. Noetzli 
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Geophysical Extremes: Scaling representations and their applications (co-listed)
Convener: D. Koutsoyiannis  | Co-Conveners: A. A. Carsteanu , A. Langousis 
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Natural Hazards and Technological Disasters
Convener: E.G. Petrova  | Co-Conveners: E. Krausmann , Proske 
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Fire in the Earth System (co-listed)
Convener: A. Spessa  | Co-Convener: O. Wild 
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Scales and scaling in surface and subsurface hydrology (co-listed)
Convener: J. L. M. P. de Lima  | Co-Conveners: W. Krajewski , M. Marani 
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Hydrological, hydraulic and mechanical effects of plants for slope stability
Convener: Florineth  | Co-Conveners: H. P. Rauch , F. Graf , F. Rey 
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Snow avalanche formation and dynamics
Convener: M. Naaim  | Co-Conveners: F. Naaim-Bouvet , J. Schweizer 
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Improving coordination between European civil protection and the scientific community (co-organized)
Convener: P. Nardin  | Co-Conveners: Dr. Eder , B. Cordonnier , P. Albrito 
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The future of European engineering: education and research (co-listed)
Convener: A. M. Tarquis  | Co-Conveners: E. Perrier , J. M. Redondo , P. Baveye 
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Modelling and Understanding Geophysical Systems as Complex Networks (co-listed)
Convener: R. V. Donner  | Co-Convener: J. Kurths 
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Predictability, model error dynamics, and high impact events (co-listed)
Convener: Z. Toth  | Co-Conveners: C. A. Reynolds , S. Vannitsem , I. Szunyogh 
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Fissured and karstified aquifers (co-listed)
Convener: F. Gabrovsek  | Co-Conveners: S. Birk , Dr. Maloszewski , T. Graf 
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Solid Earth geocomplexity: surface processes, morphology and natural resources over wide ranges of scale (co-listed)
Convener: Gaonac'h  | Co-Convener: Q. Cheng 
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Lightning and its Atmospheric Effects (co-organized)
Convener: H. D. Betz  | Co-Conveners: S. Soula , Y. Yair , CG Price , T. Neubert , M. Fullekrug 
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Landslides, ground-failures and mass movements induced by earthquakes and volcanic activity (co-organized)
Convener: V. Del Gaudio  | Co-Conveners: R. W. Jibson , J. Wasowski , D. Keefer 
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Applied Geophysics in Cryosphere Sciences (co-listed)
Convener: C. Kneisel  | Co-Conveners: O. Eisen , C. Hauck , B. Kulessa 
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Natural and anthropogenic hazards related to water reservoirs (co-organized)
Convener: J. Rohn  | Co-Conveners: T. Scholten , L. King 
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Large slope instabilities: from dating, triggering, monitoring and evolution modelling to hazard assessment
Convener: G. Crosta  | Co-Conveners: M. Jaboyedoff , O. Korup , L. H. Blikra 
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Extreme Sea Waves
Convener: E. Pelinovsky  | Co-Convener: C Kharif 
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Public policy and commercial applications of natural catastrophe risk assessment (co-organized)
Convener: M. Foote  | Co-Conveners: R. Muir-Wood , Bresch , Smolka 
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Climate time series analysis: Novel tools and their application (co-listed)
Convener: M. Mudelsee  | Co-Conveners: M. Schulz , M. Trauth 
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Flooding and climate during the last two millennia (co-organized)
Convener: V.R. Thorndycraft  | Co-Conveners: Dr Chiverrell , Dr Macdonald 
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Hydrological extremes: from droughts to floods (co-organized)
Convener: G. Laaha  | Co-Conveners: A. Castellarin , J. Szolgay , L. M. Tallaksen 
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Rainfall triggered landslides and debris flows and their effect on erosion and sediment yield in river catchments (co-organized)
Convener: J. Bathurst  | Co-Conveners: G. Crosta , P. Frattini 
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Time and intensity prediction in landslide hazard assessment
Convener: F. Catani  | Co-Conveners: JL Zêzere , J.-P. Malet 
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Electric, magnetic and electro-magnetic phenomena related to earthquakes (co-organized)
Convener: P.F. Biagi  | Co-Conveners: M. Hayakawa , O. Molchanov 
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Landslides Triggered by Rainfall Events
Convener: K.-t. Chang  | Co-Convener: M. Borga 
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Processes and rates of rock slope erosion: weathering, detachment, and transport (co-organized)
Convener: JR Moore  | Co-Conveners: Krautblatter , S. Loew 
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Plinius Medal Lecture by Helen Crowley (co-listed)
Convener: B. D. Malamud 
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Impacts of climate change and land-use change on landslides
Convener: J. Wasowski  | Co-Conveners: N. Dixon , T. Dijkstra , M. Winter 
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Documentation and monitoring of landslides and debris flows for mathematical modelling and design of mitigation measures
Convener: L. FRANZI  | Co-Conveners: M. Arattano , F. Tagliavini 
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Rockfalls - Analysis, Simulation and Protection
Convener: A. Volkwein  | Co-Conveners: F. Berger , LKA Dorren 
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Tsunami: Science, Prevention and Mitigation Measures
Convener: S. Tinti  | Co-Convener: E. Pelinovsky 
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Tsunamites and seismites: time-space constraints for prediction? (co-sponsored by IAS) (co-listed)
Convener: Mudry  | Co-Convener: Chellai 
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Volcanic threats: hazard identification, assessment and risk mitigation (co-organized)
Convener: Vye  | Co-Conveners: G. De Natale , M. Watson 
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Seismic hazard evaluation, precursory phenomena and reliability of prediction (co-organized)
Convener: M. E. Contadakis  | Co-Conveners: P.F. Biagi , J. Zschau 
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Space Weather and its Effects on Terrestrial and Geo-Space Environments: Science and Applications (co-organized)
Convener: N. Crosby  | Co-Convener: M. Voiculescu 
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Natural Hazards Education and Communications to Students, Government Officials and to the Public (co-organized)
Convener: B. D. Malamud  | Co-Conveners: M.C. Llasat , C.J. van Westen , I. Stewart , Liverman , Bell 
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Time-dependent earthquake processes and seismic hazard: physics and statistics (co-listed)
Convener: S. Hainzl  | Co-Conveners: G. Zöller , M. Cocco , I. Main 
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Ground Movement: Measurements, Subsurface Causes, and Interpretation (co-organized)
Convener: P. Fokker  | Co-Conveners: Muntendam-Bos , G. Bawden 
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Coastal geo-hazards and storm surges: characterization, prediction and climate change
Convener: C. Violante  | Co-Conveners: P. Lionello , F. J. Mendez 
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Deformation processes and accompanying mechanical and electromagnetic phenomena, for rocks and other materials, from the laboratory to the geophysical scale (co-organized)
Convener: K. Eftaxias  | Co-Conveners: Dr. Nomicos , T. Chelidze 
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Lessons Learning and Best Practices for Disaster Risk Mitigation
Convener: S. Scheer  | Co-Conveners: Dr. Dandoulaki , Prof. Ranguelov 
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