| Introduction Natural Disasters and Early Warning |
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| I Bringing Early Warning to the People |
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Bringing Early Warning to the People -- Public and Partnership Responsibilities for Early Warning |
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13 | (2) |
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Early Warning Systems for the Reduction of Natural Disasters in China |
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15 | (4) |
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The Human Factor in Early Warnings: Risk Perception and Appropriate Communications |
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19 | (8) |
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Scientific Contributions to Effective Early Warning in an Environmental Context |
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27 | (6) |
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Natural Disaster Early Warning: The Role of NGOs |
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33 | (4) |
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Community Mobilisation for Early Warning in the Philippines |
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37 | (12) |
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Disaster Management and Cyclone Warning System in Bangladesh |
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49 | (18) |
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| II Early Warning and Public Communication |
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Public Communication of Warnings |
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67 | (4) |
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Public Communication of Early Warnings: Role of the Government |
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71 | (2) |
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The Role of the Media in Public Communication of Early Warnings |
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73 | (4) |
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Early Warning: Community Interpretations and Perceptions - A Case of Recurrent Floods and their Warnings in Delhi (India) |
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77 | (4) |
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Disaster Early Warning and Individuals with Special Needs: In Aggregate, the Underserved Represent a Significant Portion of Society |
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81 | (4) |
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Bringing Early Warning to the People: Electronic Technology: The Role of the Internet |
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85 | (4) |
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| III Aspects of Disaster Management, Emergency and Social Response with Respect to Early Warnings |
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Systems and Problems of Early Warning in Germany |
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89 | (6) |
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Benefits of Early Warning from the Viewpoint of the Insurance Industry |
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95 | (8) |
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Natural Risks in Albania and the Role of Related Warning Systems |
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103 | (4) |
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Interaction and Cooperation between Russia and NIS in the Area of Preventing Emergency Situations of Technogenic and Natural Character |
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107 | (6) |
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Gender, Age and Social Class in Psychological Work in Disaster Situations |
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113 | (6) |
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Psychological Interventions in Disaster Situations |
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119 | (8) |
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| IV Early Warning Systems for Hydrometeorological Hazards |
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The Role of the WMO World Weather Watch System in Mitigating Hydro-Meteorological Disasters |
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127 | (8) |
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Meteorological and Hydrological Early Warning Systems |
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135 | (32) |
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| IVa Early Warning Systems for Tropical Storms |
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Track Forecast Guidance Improvements for Early Warnings of Tropical Cyclones |
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167 | (18) |
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The Tropical Cyclone Warning System in the Southwest Pacific |
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185 | (6) |
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Early Warning System for Tropical Storms in India |
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191 | (8) |
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Success and Failure of Early Warning Systems: A Case Study of the Gujarat Cyclone of June, 1998 |
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199 | (4) |
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From Good TC Track Forecasts Towards Good Early Warning of Intensity Changes |
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203 | (6) |
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Improving the Tropical Cyclone Warning System and its Effective Dissemination in Mauritius |
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209 | (6) |
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| IVb Early Warning Systems for Floods |
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Real-Time Flood Forecasting: Problems, Possibilities and Proposed Solutions |
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215 | (26) |
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Satellite Monitoring of Floods as a Part of the Early Warning System |
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241 | (6) |
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Snowmelt Forecasting as a Contribution to Operational Flood Warning: A System Integrating Remote Sensing Data and Meteorological Model Output |
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247 | (6) |
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Short-Time Flood Forecast Methodology Using a Hydro-Meteorological Risk Concept for Flood Plains |
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253 | (6) |
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Hydro-Meteorological Tools for Flood Protection in River Basins |
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259 | (6) |
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Extreme Runoff Events in Small Catchments -- the Need for a Proper Modelling Strategy for Early Warning Systems |
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265 | (6) |
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Using Real Time Data and a Flow Prediction Model to Assist in the Operation of the Orange River |
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271 | (6) |
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GISELE: A New Capability for Flash Flood Early Warnings Over Garonne River Sub-Basins |
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277 | (6) |
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The Passage of the '97 Flood Wave on the Lower Odra |
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283 | (6) |
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The Oder River Flood in Summer 1997 from Brandenburg's Point of View |
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289 | (16) |
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Cultural and Political Obstacles to Accepting Early Warnings of the Aral Sea Disaster |
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305 | (6) |
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Early Warning Systems for the Detection and Response to Severe Floods |
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311 | (8) |
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| IVc Early Warning Systems Related to Drought and Mitigation of Famine |
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Prediction of African Rainfall and Household Food Security |
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319 | (18) |
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Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture: Appropriate Technology and Institutional Development Challenges |
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337 | (8) |
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Early Warning and Geography: Space, Time and User Needs (Example from Famine Early Warning) |
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345 | (6) |
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Agrometeorological Information System for Mitigation of the Effects of Drought in Hungary |
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351 | (6) |
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Early and Dynamic Warning: An Integrated Approach to Drought Management |
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357 | (10) |
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| IVd Monitoring and Early Warnings Related to the El Nino Phenomenon |
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Monitoring and Early Warning Systems Related to the El-Nino Phenomenon -- An Overview |
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367 | (2) |
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Towards Operational Prediction of El Nino by a Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model |
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369 | (6) |
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Operational Seasonal Predictions in Australia |
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375 | (4) |
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ECMWF Seasonal Forecasting System: Performance and Evaluation |
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379 | (14) |
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| IVe Early Warning Systems for Severe Weather Phenomena in Mid and High Latitudes |
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Services from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute Can Reduce the Effects of Disasters -- Both Natural and Man-Made |
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393 | (6) |
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The Early Warning and Forecasting System (EWFS) for the Reduction of Serious Atmosphere-Hydrosphere Disasters |
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399 | (6) |
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| V Early Warning Systems for the Mitigation of Geological Hazards |
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Early Warning Systems for Mitigation of Geological Hazards - an Overview |
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405 | (4) |
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| Va Early Warning Systems for Earthquakes |
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Earthquake Early Warning Systems: Current Status and Perspectives |
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409 | (16) |
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Juan Manuel Espinosa-Aranda |
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Earthquake Disasters: Prediction, Prevention and Early Warning |
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425 | (8) |
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Towards an Earthquake Early Warning System for the Megacity of Istanbul |
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433 | (8) |
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The Seismic Alert System in Mexico City and the School Prevention Program |
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441 | (6) |
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Earthquake Early Warning System in Japan |
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447 | (6) |
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UrEDAS: The Early Warning System for Mitigation of Disasters Caused by Earthquakes and Tsunamis |
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453 | (8) |
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On the Establishment of an Automatic Earthquake Information Broadcast System in Taiwan |
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461 | (4) |
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465 | (6) |
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471 | (8) |
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Early Warning Success for the 1976 Tangshan Earthquake: a Best Practice Integrating Public Administration and Science |
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479 | (2) |
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Predictions and Social Response Capacities in Face of the 1995 Menglian Earthquake (M=7.3): an Overview |
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481 | (6) |
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Project of Creation of an Earthquake Early Warning System for Armenia |
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487 | (8) |
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Can Plate Motion Surveys by GPS Measurements be Considered as an Alert System in Earthquake Occurrence? |
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495 | (10) |
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| Vb Early Warning Systems for Volcano Monitoring and Eruption Warnings |
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Volcano Monitoring and Eruption Warnings |
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505 | (6) |
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Geochemical Monitoring on Merapi Volcano, Indonesia |
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511 | (4) |
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Remote Sensing of Subglacial Eruptions in Iceland and the Development of Related Warning Systems |
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515 | (6) |
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Information and Warnings to Authorities and to the Public About Seismic and Volcanic Hazards in Iceland |
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521 | (6) |
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The Merapi-Project -- Interdisciplinary Monitoring of a High-Risk Volcano as a Basis for an Early Warning System |
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527 | (8) |
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| Vc Early Warning Systems for Tsunami |
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Early Warning Systems for Tsunami - an Overview |
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535 | (2) |
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Tsunami Warning System in Japan |
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537 | (6) |
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Advances in the Chilean Tsunami Warning System and Application of the TIME Project to the Chilean Coast |
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543 | (6) |
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A Tsunami Warning System in the SW Aegean Sea, Greece |
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549 | (6) |
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| Vd Early Warning Systems for Mountain Hazards |
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Early Warning Systems Related to Mountain Hazards |
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555 | (10) |
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Movement Studies to Forecast the Time of Breaking off of Ice and Rock Masses |
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565 | (4) |
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Avalanche Warning Switzerland 2000 |
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569 | (10) |
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Monitoring the Conditions of Dangerous Lakes in Uzbekistan and Contiguous Territories |
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| VI Early Warning Systems for Fire and Other Environmental Hazards |
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The Contribution of the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC) for Early Warning and Management of Wildfires |
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585 | (8) |
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Application of Logistic Models to Predict Human-Caused Forest Fires in Siberia |
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593 | (8) |
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The Use of Microsatellites in the Fight Against Pest Plagues |
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601 | (8) |
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ECPC's Global to Regional Fire Weather Forecast System |
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609 | (6) |
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Overview of Lightning Detectors: Their Role in Risk Management of the Lightning Hazard |
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615 | (4) |
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Meteorology and Desert Locust: Experience and Implementation of a Monitoring System |
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619 | (6) |
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Early Warning Systems for Asteroid Impacts |
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625 | (8) |
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Space-Borne Autonomous On-Board Recognition of High Temperature Events |
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633 | (8) |
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Dedicated Earth Monitoring and Disaster Warning Applications by Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) |
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641 | (4) |
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The Finnish Forest Fire Index Calculation System |
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645 | (4) |
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Satellite-Based Forest Fire Detection and Automatic Alert System - Pilot Experiment |
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649 | (8) |
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| VII Early Warning Systems for Rapid Damage Assessment and the Mitigation of Technological Hazards |
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657 | (18) |
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Early Warning Systems for Mitigation of Earthquake-Related Technological Risks |
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675 | (18) |
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A New Concept for the Earthquake Vulnerability Estimation and its Application to the Early Warning System |
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693 | (8) |
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Real-Time City Gas Network Damage Estimation System: Signal |
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701 | (8) |
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GPS Monitoring of Structures: Recent Advances |
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709 | (6) |
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The Earthquake Early Warning System of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant |
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715 | (4) |
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Concept for Seismic Alarm and Monitoring of Soviet-Designed Nuclear Power Plants |
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719 | (8) |
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Optimizing the Seismic Early Warning System for the Tohoku Shinkansen |
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727 | (10) |
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Toward an Integrated Space Strategy for Disaster Management |
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737 | (4) |
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The Satellite Techniques in Early Warning Systems for Large Towns and Megacities |
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741 | (4) |
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Monitoring Fires with European Remote Sensing Satellite, ERS-2: The ``Rush ATSR Fire Product'' Demonstration |
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745 | (8) |
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Remote Sensing and GIS for Warning of Geological Hazards: Application in Vietnam |
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753 | (10) |
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The SAF Concept: European Networked Approach for Organising the Generation of Products Based on Satellite Data |
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763 | (6) |
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Use of Advanced Earth Observation Capabilities for Disaster Management - The Example of the Oder Flood 1997 |
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769 | (12) |
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The Use of NOAA/AVHRR Data for Flood Disaster Monitoring in the Mekong River Delta |
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781 | (10) |
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| IX Special Problems of Early Warning Systems for Developing Countries and Small Island States |
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An Early Warning System for Use in Developing Countries and Small Island States |
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791 | (6) |
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Small Island States and Early Warning Systems |
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797 | (4) |
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Tropical Cyclone Warnings and the Factors that Influence Response: The Trinidad and Tobago Experience |
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801 | (6) |
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Special Problems Faced by Sri Lanka as a Small Island State with Regard to Early Warning Systems for Cyclonic Storms |
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807 | (4) |
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Transferring Flood Warning Technology to Vulnerable Communities in Jamaica |
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811 | (6) |
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| X Future Technology Needs, Accessibility and Affordability of Early Warning Systems |
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Technical Requirements for Early Warning Systems |
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817 | (6) |
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| Officers List |
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| Author Index |
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| Subject Index |
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