by Khalil Teber, PhD candidate at the university of Leipzig in the RSC4Earth group The 23rd and 24th of February, I organized an online workshop about disaster impact data, and how they could be jointly used with climate data to further improve our understanding of extreme events. Participants from different backgrounds took part in the … Continue reading Workshop summary: Challenges of linking climate and disaster data to improve the study of compound climate and extreme events
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Guest blog by Hakki BaltaciTechnical University of Gebze, Turkey Variations and atmospheric bottom mechanisms triggering simultaneous drought and heat wave events is a phenomenon of natural origin that affects approximately 1.5 billion people and is responsible for one third of all impacts of natural disasters. The Northeast of Brazil (NEB) is one of the regions … Continue reading Atmospheric mechanisms triggering concurrent drought and heat wave events in summer over northeastern Brazil
Interreg Baltic Sea Region project NOAH, one of the COST DAMOCLES pilot projects, has worked closely with stakeholders to protect the Baltic Sea from compound events in flooding. NOAH’s task is transnational and requires engaging people in all areas. Blog post written by:Minna M. Keinänen-Toivola, Hanna RissanenSatakunta University of Applied Sciences, Finland Stakeholders, a term … Continue reading Commitment of stakeholders – magic or an everyday practice?
This blog post was written by Minna M. Keinänen-Toivola, Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Logistics and Maritime Technology, Maritime Logistics Research Center and is a copy of the blog post originally posted here. The coronavirus pandemic stopped business travelling in international projects for over one and half years. In international projects, the face-to-face … Continue reading Business travelling in Germany European-wide cooperation on weather extremes
Guest blog by Milan Gazdic , University of Belgrade (Serbia) In Montenegro, forests and forest land occupy approximately 70% of the territory of the country. Montenegro forests provide many benefits and services to society, including clean water and air, recreation, wildlife habitat, carbon storage, climate regulation, and a variety of forest products. Climate influences the … Continue reading Potential effects of climate change on fires in the Balkan area
Guest blog by Natacha Le Grix and Elisabeth Tschumi, Universität Bern, Switzerland What could possibly bring together experts of the copula theory, hydraulic engineers and climate scientists working on extremes like floods and wildfires? Well, the first DAMOCLES Training School on Statistical Modelling of Compound Events. From 23.9-4.10.2019, a group of 23 PhD students and Post-docs … Continue reading First DAMOCLES training school
Guest blog by Alexandre Ramos, Instituto Dom Luiz, Portugal An Atmospheric River (AR) is a long, narrow, and transient corridor of strong horizontal water vapour transport that is typically associated with a low-level jet stream ahead of the cold front of an extratropical cyclone. The water vapour in ARs is supplied by tropical and/or extratropical moisture … Continue reading Atmospheric Rivers from a Compound Event Perspective
Lead Organizers: Colin Raymond, Radley Horton Steering Committee: Amir AghaKouchak, Olivia Martius, Thomas Wahl, Jakob Zscheischler, Suzana Camargo, Alex Ruane, Adam Sobel, Michael Oppenheimer, Noah Diffenbaugh, Sonia Seneviratne This workshop took place at Columbia University (New York, USA) on May 28-31. It was designed to bring together the communities of researchers studying extreme events connected … Continue reading Summary: Workshop on Correlated Extreme Events
Guest blog by Edoardo Vignotto, University of Geneva, Switzerland Statistical modelling of extreme climatological events has recently gained a lot of interest. These events may occur in many different situations, often with dramatic consequences. Some examples are flooding, heat waves, extreme wind speeds, spatially concurring rainfall and long drought periods. In all these cases, it … Continue reading Meteorological and agricultural hazards in high drought risk scenarios
Guest blog by Benjamin Poschlod Southern Norway is regularly exposed to floods triggered by heavy precipitation and snow-melt. A combination of high temperature leading to snow-melt and heavy rainfall is an example of a compound event, which leads to severe flooding when run-off due to snow-melt adds to river discharge from the rainfall. These compound … Continue reading The compound event of heavy rainfall combined with snow-melt in southern Norway