About this Research Topic
Under the impacts of climate change, the frequency and intensity of extreme weather keep increasing. Extreme weather is characterized by unexpected, unusual, severe, or unseasonal rainstorms, droughts, extreme temperatures, wildfires, etc. They often cause secondary hazards, including landslides, debris flows, mountain torrents, urban waterlogging, agro-meteorological hazards, etc. Such hazards have become a significant global threat to sustainable socio-economic development. Extreme weathers usually trigger disaster chains, which have unique spatial differences. Thereby, it is essential to focus on the risk assessment and resilience management of extreme weather-induced disasters as a basis of practical works and policymaking.
The monitoring and forecasting of extreme weather such as rainstorms and drought have become more precise thanks to the increased density of meteorological observation networks, advances in radar and satellite detection accuracy, and the creation of new meteorological data products. However, due to regional dependencies, unpredictability, and other characteristics, more efforts are necessary to study the disasters related to extreme weather. Furthermore, linking them to forecasting cascading secondary disasters such as landslides, flash floods, post-wildfire debris flows, urban waterlogging, etc., needs substantial research efforts.
Based on this background, we propose this research theme and welcome papers on the following topics relevant to extreme weather-induced hazards, including but not limited to:
• Forecast of extreme weather events and cascading hazards
• Urban flooding and waterlogging
• Risk assessment and management of agro-meteorological disasters
• Monitoring, warning, and risk assessment of hydro-meteorological and geological disasters (landslides, debris flow, mountain torrents, etc.)
• Analysis and review of major meteorological disaster chain events
• Research on developing disaster resilience
The monitoring and forecasting of extreme weather such as rainstorms and drought have become more precise thanks to the increased density of meteorological observation networks, advances in radar and satellite detection accuracy, and the creation of new meteorological data products. However, due to regional dependencies, unpredictability, and other characteristics, more efforts are necessary to study the disasters related to extreme weather. Furthermore, linking them to forecasting cascading secondary disasters such as landslides, flash floods, post-wildfire debris flows, urban waterlogging, etc., needs substantial research efforts.
Based on this background, we propose this research theme and welcome papers on the following topics relevant to extreme weather-induced hazards, including but not limited to:
• Forecast of extreme weather events and cascading hazards
• Urban flooding and waterlogging
• Risk assessment and management of agro-meteorological disasters
• Monitoring, warning, and risk assessment of hydro-meteorological and geological disasters (landslides, debris flow, mountain torrents, etc.)
• Analysis and review of major meteorological disaster chain events
• Research on developing disaster resilience
Keywords: extreme weather, risk assessment and resilience management, urban waterlogging, agro-meteorological disaster, geological disaster, disaster resilience
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