NH – Natural Hazards
NH1 – Meteorological Hazards
NH2 – Hydrological Hazards
NH3 – Volcanic Hazards
NH4 – Landslide Hazards
NH5 – Earthquake Hazards
NH6 – Sea and Ocean Hazards
NH7 – Snow Avalanches and Glacial Hazards
NH8 – Biological Hazards
NH9 – Environmental and other Hazards (Heavy Metals, Karst, Radon, Space Weather)
NH10 – Natural Hazards and Society (Risk, Vulnerability, Reinsurance, Education, Communications, etc.)
NH11 – Multihazards (sessions bringing together > 1 hazard; not covered in other sessions)
NH12 – Co-listed sessions
ML24
Plinius Medal Lecture by Helen Crowley
Convener: B. D. Malamud
ML26
Sergey Soloviev Medal Lecture by Jochen Zschau
Convener: B. D. Malamud
| NH1 – |
Meteorological Hazards |
NH1.1
Precipitation Science
Convener: E. A. Smith |
Co-Conveners: A. Mugnai , G. J. Tripoli , E. Foufoula-Georgiou , G. Boni , M.-C. Llasat
HS8.1/AS4.1/NH1.2/NP3.6
Precipitation: from measurement to modelling and application in catchment hydrology (co-organized)
Convener: R. Uijlenhoet |
Co-Conveners: C. Onof , P. Burlando , G. Grossi , A. A. Carsteanu
NH1.4
Extreme Events Induced by Weather and Climate Change: Evaluation, Forecasting and Proactive Planning
Convener: A. Loukas |
Co-Conveners: M.-C. Llasat , U. Ulbrich
NH1.5/HS13.01
Assessment of Weather-related Risk on Agricultural Production and Agribusiness (co-organized)
Convener: A. M. Tarquis |
Co-Convener: N. R. Dalezios
NH1.7/AS4.4
Lightning and its Atmospheric Effects (co-organized)
Convener: H. D. Betz |
Co-Conveners: Y. Yair , S. Soula , T. Neubert , M. Fullekrug
| NH2 – |
Hydrological Hazards |
NH2.1
Floods: monitoring, modelling, risk and uncertainty
Convener: G. T. Aronica |
Co-Conveners: H. Apel , F. Pappenberger , G. J.-P. Schumann
HS5.6/NH2.3
Floodplain mapping and flood prevention techniques in the 21st century (co-organized)
Convener: G. Di Baldassarre |
Co-Conveners: M. Disse , F. Pappenberger , R. Moussa , G. J.-P. Schumann
GM3.3/CL65/HS13.03/NH2.4
Flooding and climate during the last two millennia (co-organized)
Co-Conveners: N. Macdonald , R. Chiverrell
HS10.2/NH2.5
Flash flood events: observations, processes and forecasting (co-organized)
Convener: M. Borga |
Co-Conveners: G. T. Aronica , G. Blöschl , J. Szolgay , R. Weingartner
HS2.5/NH2.7
Hydrological extremes: from droughts to floods (co-organized)
Convener: G. Laaha |
Co-Conveners: L. M. Tallaksen , A. Castellarin , J. Szolgay
NH2.8
Quantitative Methods for Desertification Monitoring and Assessment
Convener: Sepehr |
Co-Convener: Hassanli
NH2.9
Alluvial fans and debris cones: Risk assessment and Climate Change Impacts
Convener: Rudolf-Miklau |
Co-Conveners: M. Stoffel , J. Huebl
NH3.1/GMPV22
Volcanic threats: hazard identification, assessment and risk mitigation (co-organized)
Convener: Vye |
Co-Convener: M. Watson
NH4.1/GM6.3
Landslides, ground-failures and mass movements induced by earthquakes and volcanic activity (co-organized)
Convener: V. Del Gaudio |
Co-Conveners: J. Wasowski , R. W. Jibson
NH4.2/HS11.7
Hydrological processes in landslide research: analysis and quantification (co-organized)
Convener: T. Bogaard |
Co-Conveners: E. Zehe , J.-P. Malet , Lindenmaier
NH4.3
Landslides Triggered by Rainfall Events
Convener: K.-t. Chang |
Co-Convener: M. Borga
HS11.1/NH4.4
Rainfall triggered landslides and debris flows and their effect on erosion and sediment yield in river catchments (co-organized)
Co-Conveners: G. Crosta , P. Frattini
GM6.2/NH4.5
Processes and rates of rock slope erosion: weathering, detachment, and transport (co-organized)
Co-Convener: S. Loew
NH4.6
Hydrological, hydraulic and mechanical effects of plants for slope stability
Convener: Florineth |
Co-Conveners: H. P. Rauch , F. Graf , Rey
NH4.7/HS2.7
Natural and anthropogenic hazards related to water reservoirs (co-organized)
NH4.8
Large slope instabilities: from dating, triggering, monitoring and evolution modelling to hazard assessment
Convener: G. Crosta |
Co-Conveners: Korup , M. Jaboyedoff
NH4.9
Landslides monitoring and characterization using high resolution DEM, LIDAR and other DEM techniques
Convener: M. Jaboyedoff |
Co-Conveners: M.-H. Derron , C. Froese
NH4.10
Impacts of climate change and land-use change on landslides
Convener: J. Wasowski
NH4.11
Time and intensity prediction in landslide hazard assessment
Convener: F. Catani |
Co-Conveners: J. L. Zêzere , J.-P. Malet
NH4.12
Remote sensing and geophysical techniques for investigating unstable slopes
Convener: J. Wasowski |
Co-Conveners: V. Del Gaudio , H.-B. Havenith
NH4.13
Terrain Instability Analysis and Mass Movement Prevention
Convener: X. Meng |
Co-Conveners: J. Ma , Wang
NH4.14/HS11.6
Landslide Forecasting (co-organized)
Convener: F. Guzzetti |
Co-Conveners: G. G. R. Iovine , M. Parise
NH4.15
Landslide risk assessment methods and strategies
Convener: P. Reichenbach |
Co-Conveners: A. Günther , F. Guzzetti
NH4.16
Documentation and monitoring of landslides and debris flows for mathematical modelling and design of mitigation measures
Convener: L. Franzi |
Co-Convener: M. Arattano
NH4.17
Rockfalls - Analysis, Simulation and Protection
Convener: A. Volkwein |
Co-Conveners: L. Dorren , Berger
NH5.1/SM4.5
Earthquake Risk and Loss Estimates: New Directions (including Sergey Soloviev and Plinius Medal Lectures) (co-organized)
Co-Convener: Wiemer
NH5.2/SM4.6
Seismic hazard evaluation, precursory phenomena and reliability of prediction (co-organized)
Convener: M. E. Contadakis |
Co-Convener: P. F. Biagi
NH5.3/SM6.3
Electric, magnetic and electro-magnetic phenomena related to earthquakes (co-organized)
Convener: P. F. Biagi |
Co-Conveners: M. Hayakawa , Molchanov
NH5.4/SM6.5
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-Convener: T. Chelidze
| NH6 – |
Sea and Ocean Hazards |
NH6.1
Tsunami: Science, Prevention and Mitigation Measures
Convener: S. Tinti |
Co-Convener: E. Pelinovsky
SM4.2/NH6.2
Earthquake and Tsunami Early Warnings (co-organized)
Co-Convener: S. Tinti
NH6.3
Extreme Sea Waves
Convener: E. Pelinovsky |
Co-Convener: C. Kharif
NH6.4
Coastal geo-hazards and storm surges: characterization, prediction and climate change
Convener: C. Violante |
Co-Conveners: P. Lionello , F. J. Mendez
| NH7 – |
Snow Avalanches and Glacial Hazards |
NH7.2
Snow avalanche formation and dynamics
Co-Convener: J. Schweizer
CR10.1/CL40/NH7.3
Climate change impacts on glaciers, permafrost and related hazards (co-organized)
Convener: C. Huggel |
Co-Conveners: B. Raup , A. Kääb , C. Schneider
CR8.3/HS13.06/NH7.4
Glacial Lake Outburst Floods: Current issues - future concerns (co-organized)
Convener: J. Reynolds |
Co-Conveners: D. J. Quincey , C. Huggel
NH8.1/BG2.9
Spatial and temporal patterns of wildfires: models, theory, and reality (co-organized)
Convener: R. Lasaponara |
Co-Conveners: L. Telesca , McKenzie , Millington
NH8.2/AS4.5/CL23
Wildfires, Weather and Climate (co-organized)
Convener: M. Pereira |
Co-Conveners: R. Trigo , Wotton
SSS18/BG2.8/NH8.3
Wildfire in Forest Landscapes: Desertification, Degradation, Debris Flows, & Damage Control (co-organized)
Convener: L. Wittenberg |
Co-Convener: S. Bautista
| NH9 – |
Environmental and other Hazards (Heavy Metals, Karst, Radon, Space Weather) |
NH9.1/BG2.10/SSS44
Heavy-metal contamination of water, air, soil, and foodcrops (co-organized)
Convener: J. A. Holden |
Co-Conveners: Kostarelos , B. D. Malamud , L. Li
NH9.2/GM7.3
Natural and anthropogenic hazards in karst areas (co-organized)
Convener: M. Parise |
Co-Conveners: J. De Waele , Gutierrez
GM7.2/NH9.4
Karst systems: dynamics, evolution and paleoenvironmental recordings (co-organized)
Convener: Gilli |
Co-Convener: J. De Waele
NH9.5
Radon, health and natural hazards
Convener: G. Gillmore |
Co-Conveners: R. Crockett , T. Przylibski
ST14/NH9.6
Space Weather and its Effects on Terrestrial and Geo-Space Environments: Science and Applications (co-organized)
Convener: N. B. Crosby |
Co-Convener: M. Voiculescu
| NH10 – |
Natural Hazards and Society (Risk, Vulnerability, Reinsurance, Education, Communications, etc.) |
NH10.1/EG5
Public policy and commercial applications of natural catastrophe risk assessment (co-organized)
Convener: Foote |
Co-Conveners: Bresch , Smolka
NH10.2/EOS5
Natural Hazards Education and Communications to Students, Government Officials and to the Public (co-organized)
Convener: B. D. Malamud |
Co-Conveners: M.-C. Llasat , Bell , C. van Westen , I. Stewart , Liverman
NH10.4
Natural Hazards and Technological Disasters
Convener: E. Petrova |
Co-Conveners: E. Krausmann , Proske
NH10.6
Vulnerability, disaster resilience and adaptation - concepts, methods and applications
Convener: Birkmann |
Co-Conveners: S. Fuchs , T. Glade
NH10.7
Social Sciences in Natural Hazards Research: Interdisciplinary Research Approaches
Convener: E. Lindquist |
Co-Convener: Hagelman III
NH10.11
Early warning systems for natural hazards and risks
Convener: T. Glade
NH10.13/EG6
Natural hazard risk management: From risk assessment to economic aspects and societal decision making (co-organized)
Convener: S. Fuchs |
Co-Conveners: T. Bogaard , M. Jaboyedoff , K. Sudmeier-Rieux
NH10.14
Lessons Learning and Best Practices for Disaster Risk Mitigation
Convener: S. Scheer |
Co-Convener: B. Ranguelov
NH10.15/EG7
Improving coordination between European civil protection and the scientific community (co-organized)
Co-Convener: Cordonnier
| NH11 – |
Multihazards (sessions bringing together > 1 hazard; not covered in other sessions) |
NH11.1/G23/GD14/GMPV20/SM3.2/TS6.7
Sumatra: Deformation Processes, Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tsunamis (co-organized)
Convener: McCloskey |
Co-Conveners: Chlieh , F. Tilmann
NH11.2
Modelling and simulation of dangerous phenomena, and innovative techniques for hazard evaluation, mapping, mitigation
Convener: G. G. R. Iovine |
Co-Conveners: Pastor , J. Huebl , Witt , A. Costa
G15/NH11.4
Ground Movement: Measurements, Subsurface Causes, and Interpretation (co-organized)
Convener: P. Fokker
| NH12 – |
Co-listed sessions |
EOS4
The future of European engineering: education and research
Convener: A. M. Tarquis |
Co-Conveners: Baveye , Perrier , J. M. Redondo
BG4.1/AS4.7
Fire in the Earth System
Convener: A. Spessa |
Co-Convener: O. Wild
CL41
Mid-latitude Cyclones and Storms: Diagnostics of Observed and Future Trends, and related Impacts
Convener: G. C. Leckebusch |
Co-Conveners: U. Ulbrich , J. G. Pinto
CL54/NP4.5
Climate time series analysis: Novel tools and their application
Convener: M. Mudelsee |
Co-Convener: M. H. Trauth
CR4.1
Open Session on Permafrost
Convener: S. Gruber |
Co-Convener: J. Noetzli
CR1.3
Applied Geophysics in Cryosphere Sciences
Co-Conveners: B. Kulessa , C. Hauck , O. Eisen
NP2.5
Modelling and Understanding Geophysical Systems as Complex Networks
Convener: R. Donner |
Co-Convener: J. Kurths
NP3.5/HS13.08
Scales and scaling in surface and subsurface hydrology
Convener: J. de Lima |
Co-Conveners: M. Marani , W. Krajewski
GM9.1
Coastal zone geomorphologic interactions: natural versus human-induced driving factors
Convener: M. Stancheva |
Co-Conveners: A. Baas , G. Anfuso
GM1.3/NP3.10
Stochastic Transport and Emergent Scaling on the Earth's Surface
Convener: E. Foufoula-Georgiou
NP3.2
Atmospheric and climate complexity over wide ranges of scale
Convener: S. Lovejoy |
Co-Conveners: V. Lucarini , Royer
NP3.4
Geophysical Extremes: Scaling representations and their applications
Convener: D. Koutsoyiannis |
Co-Conveners: A. A. Carsteanu , A. Langousis
NP5.1
Predictability, model error dynamics, and high impact events
Convener: Z. Toth |
Co-Convener: S. Vannitsem
HS3.2
Fissured and karstified aquifers
Convener: F. Gabrovsek |
Co-Conveners: T. Graf , S. Birk
GI1/MPRG22
Open Session on Geoscience Instrumentation
Convener: H. Svedhem |
Co-Conveners: V. Korepanov , A.-M. Harri
GI3
Instrumentation for Ocean Observatories and Early Warning Systems
Convener: C. Waldmann |
Co-Convener: I. Puillat
SM4.4/NP3.7
Time-dependent earthquake processes and seismic hazard: physics and statistics
Co-Conveners: M. Cocco , G. Zöller
SSP16
Tsunamites and seismites: time-space constraints for prediction? (co-sponsored by IAS)
Convener: Mudry |
Co-Convener: Chellai
NP3.8/HS13.09
Solid Earth geocomplexity: surface processes, morphology and natural resources over wide ranges of scale
Co-Convener: Q. Cheng
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