
2nd International Electronic Conference on Geosciences
Part of the International Electronic Conference on Geosciences series
8–15 Jun 2019
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- A. Statistical Seismology
- B. Tracers in Hydrogeology
- C. Earth Sciences through Earth Observation
- D. Paleontology and Biostratigraphy
- E. Planetary Geology and Earth Analogs
- F. Geologic Materials: Past, Present, and Future
- G. Modeling Hazards and Impacts from Extreme Storms
- H. Others
- I. Poster Session
- Event Details
Welcome from the Chair
I am pleased to announce that the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Geosciences (IECG 2019) will be held online from 8 to 15 June 2019. This electronic conference offers a forum for researchers engaged in the study of all interdisciplinary aspects of the earth and planetary sciences to present their research and exchange ideas with their colleagues. This online conference will allow you to participate without having to leave home, saving you time, travel and participation expenses while at the same time gaining new information on current research in geosciences.
This electronic conference concerns all subjects covered by the scope of the journal Geosciences (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/geosciences/about). In this second edition, the following selected themes will be covered more specifically:
- Statistical Seismology
- Tracers in Hydrogeology
- Earth Sciences through Earth Observation
- Paleontology and Biostratigraphy
- Planetary Geology and Earth Analogs
- Geologic Materials: Past, Present, and Future
- Modeling Hazards and Impacts from Extreme Storms
- Others
- Poster Session
This is a virtual conference held at www.sciforum.net/. Sciforum.net is a platform developed and sponsored by MDPI to organize electronic conferences and to provide our community with technical support for hosting digital conferences.
Participation is free of charge for both authors and attendees. Selected papers will be published in the Special Issue "Selected Papers from the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Geosciences" in Geosciences. Geosciences (ISSN 2076-3263) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of geoscience and future earth and planetary science, published monthly online by MDPI. It is covered by some important databases, such as Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), Scopus (Elsevier), GeoRef (American Geosciences Institute), AGORA (FAO), CAS—Chemical Abstracts (ACS) and DOAJ—Directory of Open Access Journals. We have a citescore of 1.97 in Scopus and currently rank Q2 in Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) in SCImago.
I am looking forward to participating in exciting discussions, hearing new ideas and perspectives in the field, and welcoming all participants to the online conference.
Kind regards,
Prof. Dr. Jesus Martinez-Frias
Chair of the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Geosciences
Editor-in-Chief of Geosciences
Prof. Jesús Martínez Frías
Prof. Jesús Martínez Frías, PhD (Complutense University of Madrid/1986) did several stays of research in the UK (University of Leeds), Canada (University of Toronto), Germany (University of Heidelberg) and the USA (University of California). He is Scientific Researcher at the Geosciences Institute, IGEO (CSIC-UCM); Honorific Professor at the Bioengeneering and Aerospace Engineering Department of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid; Head of the Research Group of Meteorites and Planetary Geosciences and founder; and Director of the Spanish Planetology and Astrobiology Network (REDESPA). He has participated in more than 40 projects and scientific campaigns (e.g., Antarctica, Mauritania, Iceland, Costa Rica). In 2002, he participated in the NASA flight to study the Leonid Meteor Shower. He is co-I in NASA-MSL (rover Curiosity), ESA-ExoMars and NASA-Mars2020, and in 2016, 2017 and 2018, he was instructor of ESA astronauts in the PANGAEA program (Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands UNESCO Global Geopark). He has published nine books and more than 200 articles (Science, Nature, Geology, etc.). He was a Former Member of the UN ECOSOC Committee on Natural Resources, Ex-ViceChair of the UNCSTD and Ex-Chair of IUGS-COGE (Commission on Geoscience Education, Training and Technology Transfer). He is an OC Member of the IAU Astrobiology Commission and member of the Inter-Commission C1-F2-F3-H2 WG Education and Training in Astrobiology. Co-founder and President of the International Association for Geoethics (IAGETH). He is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Geosciences (MDPI) and co-editor of the Springer Book Series: Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism. He has received several awards and recognitions (i.e., NASA, ESA, GSAf (Goodwill Ambassador), ArabGU, Spanish Association of Scientists).
Conference Secretariat
Ms. Daisy Hu,MDPI Branch Office, Wuhan
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Sponsoring Opportunities
For information regarding sponsoring opportunities, please contact Ms. Daisy Hu.
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Conference Chairs

Prof. Dr. Jesús Martínez Frías
Instituto de Geociencias, IGEO (CSIC-UCM), C/ Del Doctor Severo Ochoa 7, Facultad de Medicina (Edificio Entrepabellones 7 y 8), 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Conference Committee

Professor Michael D. Campbell
Natural Resource Development with Environmental Protection I2M Associates, LLC 1810 Elmen Street, Houston, TX 77019, USA
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Professor Ruiliang Pu
School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, 4204 E Fowler Ave., NES 107, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
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Prof. Dr. Maria Helena Henriques
Departament of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology (Polo II), University of Coimbra, Rua Sílvio Lima, 3039-790 Coimbra, Portugal
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Prof. Dr. Stephen A. Macko
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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Dr. Deodato Tapete
Italian Space Agency (ASI), Via del Politecnico snc, 00133 Rome, Italy
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Dr. Rohini Kumar
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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Dr. Carlos Alves
LandS/Lab2PT - Landscape, Heritage and Territory Laboratory (FCT UID/AUR/04509/2013; FEDER COMPETE POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007528) and Earth Sciences Department, School of Sciences, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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Sessions
A. Statistical SeismologyB. Tracers in Hydrogeology
C. Earth Sciences through Earth Observation
D. Paleontology and Biostratigraphy
E. Planetary Geology and Earth Analogs
F. Geologic Materials: Past, Present, and Future
G. Modeling Hazards and Impacts from Extreme Storms
H. Others
I. Poster Session
Instructions for Authors
Submissions should be done by the authors online by registering with www.sciforum.net, and using the "Start New Submission" function once logged into system.
- Scholars interested in participating in the conference can submit their abstract (about 200-250 words covering the areas indicated for the Proceedings issue) online on this website until 18 April 2019 .
- The Conference Committee will pre-evaluate, on the basis of the submitted abstract, whether a contribution from the authors of the abstract will be accepted for the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Geosciences.
- If the abstract is accepted for this conference, the author is asked to submit the manuscript, optionally along with a PowerPoint and/or video presentation of his/her paper (only PDF), until the submission deadline of 25 May 2019.
- The conference proceedings papers and presentations will be available online for discussion during the time of the conference 8–15 June 2019. The accepted papers will be published in the Journal Proceedings. After the conference, the authors are recommended to submit an extended version (30-50%) of the proceeding papers to the journal Geosciences, benefiting from a 20% discount on the APC charges.
Manuscripts for the Proceedings issue must have the following organization:
First page:
- Title
- Full author names
- Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses
- Abstract
- Keywords
- Introduction
- Methods
- Results and Discussion
- Conclusions
- (Acknowledgements)
- References
The manuscripts should be prepared in MS Word or any other word processor and should be converted to the PDF format before submission. The publication format will be PDF. The length of the manuscript is maximum 6 pages, and authors are asked to keep their papers as concise as possible.
Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the manuscript. Slides, if available, will be displayed directly in the website using Sciforum.net's proprietary slides viewer. The slides can be prepared in exactly the same way as for any traditional conference where research results can be presented. The slides should be converted to the PDF format before submission so that our process can easily and automatically convert them for online displaying.
Besides their active participation within the forum, authors are also encouraged to submit video presentations. If you are interested in submitting, please contact the conference secretary Daisy Hu at [email protected] to get to know more about the procedure. This is a unique way of presenting your paper and discuss it with peers from all over the world. Make a difference and join us for this project!
Posters will be available on this conference website during and after the event. As for papers presented in the conference, the participants will be able to ask questions and make comments about the posters. Posters that are submitted without a manuscript will not be included in the Proceedings of the conference.
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- Authors List and Affiliation Format: Authors' full first and last names must be given. Abbreviated middle name can be added. For papers written by various contributors a corresponding author must be designated. The PubMed/MEDLINE format is used for affiliations: complete street address information including city, zip code, state/province, country, and email address should be added. All authors who contributed significantly to the manuscript (including writing a section) should be listed on the first page of the manuscript, below the title of the article. Other parties, who provided only minor contributions, should be listed under Acknowledgments only. A minor contribution might be a discussion with the author, reading through the draft of the manuscript, or performing English corrections.
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List of accepted submissions (36)
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sciforum-024126 | Estimation of wheat yields at the intra-plot scale by combining multi-temporal Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 images | , , , | N/A |
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The objective of this study is to address the capabilities of multi-temporal optical images to estimate the fine-scale yields variability of wheat (at a spatial scale of 30 meters). Time series of images were collected over a study site located in southwestern France throughout four successive agricultural seasons, together with intra-field yields measured by a surveying harvesting machine equipped with dGPS system on track mode. The methodology is based on the Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 satellite images acquired after the sowing and before the harvest of the crop, the reflectance constituting the input variables of a statistical algorithm (random forest). The large dataset allows independent training and validating steps on more than one thousands of measurements, useful for testing the robustness of the proposed approaches. The best performances are obtained when the NDVI is combined with the previous yield maps, regardless the considered agricultural season. In such case, the agricultural season 2014 shows the lower level of performances with a R² of 0.44 and a RMSE of 8.13 q.h-1 (corresponding to a relative error of 12.9%), the three other years being associated with values of R² close or upper to 0.60 and RMSE lower than 7 q.h-1 (corresponding to a relative error inferior to 11.3%). Such level of error on yield estimates appears acceptable, values of RMSE being lower than the observed variability, whatever the considered year (mean standard deviation of 11.8, 9.8, 10.0 and 8.9 q.h-1 for the yields collected in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, respectively). |
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sciforum-025824 | Land Subsidence Monitoring in Jagadhri city using Sentinel 1 DInSAR Processing | , , |
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DInSAR is a renowned method for estimating land subsidence based on the principles of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar using different series of the temporal dataset. The present study has been performed using GMTSAR software with Sentinel 1 SAR data of C band for the duration of 2017-2019 (January to April) and focused particularly over the area of Jagadhri city which is situated 100Km away from Chandigarh, which has been identified under the potential threat of land subsidence. The DInSAR method has been applied in this study that came up with an outcome of 3 interferograms and yearly displacement that broadcast an update on the diagnosis of subsidence activity in the area. Total 6 SLC dataset was selectively chosen with a minimum temporal and spatial baseline so that the problem of decorrelation would be minimal. Goldstein filtering has been applied to the debursted interferograms which reduced the noise and in turn improved the quality of output. The city is located on the western bank of river Yamuna and about 55Km on the east of Ambala Due to the presence of unconsolidated sediments in the aquifer system and overexploitation of groundwater to meet the domestic needs has led to surface deformation in and around the city area. The outcome of this study identifies the area of depression quite distinctly while the accuracy has been assessed by ground survey. The rate of subsidence estimated approximately 4.9 cm/year which can prove to be disastrous over the course of time. |
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sciforum-025355 | Complex networks analysis along the Chilean subduction zone: degree distribution characterization | , | N/A |
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A time-based complex network analysis on the seismic activity along the coast of Chile was made. The study was made by using a moving window along the chilean subduction zone. The coast of Chile was divided on windows of 300 km in Latitude, from Arica city in the north up to Temuco city, in the south. The window was moved in 100 km from north to south. We built a time-based earthquake complex network on each window and we studied a directed complex network along the Chilean coast. Assuming a self-similar data network for the directed network we found the value of the power law characteristic exponent for the connectivity probability distribution. The exponents and values were evaluated for the data set with magnitude greater than Mw 3.0. We compare the results with previous works that measured the coupling along the Chilean coast. |
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sciforum-025396 | Rice Monitoring Using Sentinel-1 data in Google Earth Engine Platform | , , | N/A |
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Rice is the most essential and nutritional staple food crop worldwide. There is a need for accurate and timely rice mapping and monitoring which is a pre-requisite for crop management and food security. Recent studies utilize Sentinel-1 data for mapping and monitoring rice grown area. The present study was carried out in the Google Earth Engine (GEE), where the Sentinel-1data were used for monitoring the rice grown area over Kulithalai taluk of Karur district, located along the Cauvery delta region. Normally, the production of rice in the study area starts in the late Samba Season where the long duration variety Cr1009 (130 days) is extensively grown. The results exhibit a low backscattering values during the transplanting stage of VV and VH polarisation (-15.19 db and -24.6 db), whereas maximum backscattering is experienced at peak vegetation stage of VV and VH polarisation (-7.42 and -16.9 db) and there is a decrease in the backscattering values after attaining the maturity stage. Amongst VH and VV polarisation, VH polarisation provides a consistently increasing trend in backscatter coefficients from the panicle initiation phase to the early milking phase after which the crop attains its maturity phase, whereas in the VV polarisation early peak of backscatter coefficients are seen at much earlier during the flowering phase itself. Thus, in this study, VV polarisation gives better interpretation than VH Polarisation in the selected rice crop fields. The obtained results were cross-validated by collecting the ground truth values during the satellite data acquisition time, throughout the crop growing period from the selected rice fields. |
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sciforum-025359 | Seismic b-value study in southern slope of Greater Caucasus (Azerbaijan) | , | N/A |
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In this study, there was an attempt to estimate seismic hazard in terms of b-value distribution over the southern slope of Greater Caucasus (Azerbaijan). The southern slope of Caucasus (Azerbaijan) is influenced by the tectonic activity driven by Arabian and Eurasian plate tectonics. The differences between seismotectonic characteristics are considered for the large tectonic zones within this southern slope (Balaken-Zaqatala, Sheki-Oguz-Gabala, Ismailli-Shamakhi). The b-value is one of the important components in the Gutenberg-Richter empirical relation. This relation represents the frequency of occurrence of seismic events as a function of their magnitude. The a-value and the b-value in this relation are constants and they characterize the seismic features. The a-value describes the seismic activity in terms of spatial and temporal occurrences within the certain period, while the b-value measures the relation of the strong to the weak earthquakes. The b-value indicates the dynamics of the tectonic regime of the area. This constant demonstrates the distribution of the low or the high stresses. The data for this study has been extracted from the Azerbaijan seismological center (RCSS). Then different relations have been developed for each separate zone. Some studies revealed the spatial and temporal variations of the b-value before large earthquakes during the last decades. The b-value distribution result shows that the decrease is observed in the western part of the region (Zagatala, Sheki), in the Shamakhi area and on some areas of the northern part which is an indication of higher stress in those areas. |
A. Statistical Seismology
This section is intended to provide statisticians, seismologists, and geophysicists with an opportunity to present their latest research in the field of the statistical analysis of seismic series. As complex phenomena, earthquakes require the application of different statistical methods to be fully understood. Since earthquakes are processes that evolve in the space-time-magnitude domain, different statistical methods are required to analyse them in each domain. Fractal, multifractal, informational, topological, and non-extensive methods are just some of the most recent methods used to identify the different properties of seismicity.
Papers that focus on the different aspects of the statistical behaviour of earthquakes in time, space, and magnitude, earthquake physics, seismic hazard estimation, and time-dependent earthquake forecasting are welcome.
Session Chair
Dr. Luciano Telesca, Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, National Research Council, C.da S.Loja, 85050 Tito (PZ), Italy
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B. Tracers in Hydrogeology
Hydrogeology investigates how water interacts with geological systems. It also assesses the quality and chemical composition of the surface and groundwater. Solutes represent the net effect of many processes, from the incorporation of precipitation into groundwater recharge, to weathering reactions, and a wide variety of water-rock interactions that have taken place in the aquifer.
Tracers continue to provide an important tool that can contribute to:
a) The determination of the origin of water masses and conditions during formation:
- The identification and separation of water components;
- The determination of groundwater recharge areas, flow paths, and mixing;
- The determination of the origin of contaminants.
b) The determination of the residence time of water in the system ("water age"):
- The calculation of flow velocities, assessing mining and dispersion;
- The determination of water fluxes, recharge rates, and exchange rates;
- The study of the transport and degradation of contaminants.
Papers for this Section include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Applied hydrogeology;
- Environmental tracers;
- The transport and degradation of contaminants;
- Water-rock interaction;
- The Hydrology and Hydrogeology cycle.
Session Chair
Prof. Dr. Maurizio Barbieri, Department of Earth Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro, 5 - 00185 Rome, Italy
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C. Earth Sciences through Earth Observation
This session aims to attract contributions that showcase the state-of-the-art of Earth Observation techniques to investigate dynamic natural processes and anthropogenic activities shaping Planet Earth.
Papers that deal with the following areas of study are therefore welcome:
- Geological processes
- Lithological mapping
- Natural hazards
- Coastal processes
- Anthropogenic use of land and Earth resources
- Urban environments
- Infrastructure asset monitoring
- Cultural and natural heritage
Papers should make use of remote sensing data including, but not limited to, the following:
- Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
- Interferometric SAR (InSAR)
- Optical remote sensing
- Hyperspectral sensors
- Thermal imagery
Moreover, papers that present research undertaken with data from current and novel space missions (e.g., Copernicus Sentinels, Gaofen-3) are particularly welcome.
Session Chair
Dr. Deodato Tapete, Italian Space Agency (ASI), Via del Politecnico snc, 00133 Rome, Italy
D. Paleontology and Biostratigraphy
Paleontological studies are of major relevance to support the establishment of temporal landmarks on Earth´s history and to reconstruct past environments. The International Chronostratigraphic Chart is being built using the latest results on the taxonomy and evolution of fossils and microfossils, which are subjects of study by paleontologists worldwide, in both academic and industrial settings. However, fossils also attract non-specialized people, representing an important tool to stimulate pupils to deepen their studies in earth sciences, and/or a commercial object that can endanger the paleontological and stratigraphical heritage of the earth. Papers for this section on paleontology and stratigraphy include, but are not limited to, the following themes:
- The taxonomy and evolution in the fossil record;
- High resolution biostratigraphy and the international chronostratigraphic chart;
- Integrated biostratigraphy, biocorrelation, and paleobiogeography;
- Paleontological and s tratigraphical heritage as educational resources: case studies.
Session Chair
Prof. Dr. Maria Helena Henriques, Departament of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology (Polo II), University of Coimbra, Rua Sílvio Lima, 3039-790 Coimbra, Portugal
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E. Planetary Geology and Earth Analogs
The constant improvement of space technologies and payloads, together with the ambitious planetary exploration goals in the foreseeable future—such as human missions to Mars, a permanent station on the Moon surface and detailed investigations of the outer Solar System—have made planetary geology and Earth analogue studies a primary role in space science. Indeed, planetary geologists can now have easy access to spectacular high resolution remotely sensed data on an increasing number of planetary and minor bodies and to remarkable in situ observations and measurements on Mars and the Moon. This continuously provides an impressive amount of data that must be compared to laboratory analyses of analogue samples in order to be fully understood. In addition, studies of Earth analogues are increasingly needed on different kinds of geological environments to evaluate and physically mimic future robotic and human missions to planetary bodies. All these activities cover the full spectrum of Geosciences in which covers countless research themes. This session aims to bring together expertize from any planetary mission science activities involving geological research, laboratory analyses on planetary analogues, studies on Earth analogues characterization and fidelity assessment.
Session Chair
Prof. Dr. Jesus Martinez-Frias, Instituto de Geociencias, IGEO (CSIC-UCM), C/ Del Doctor Severo Ochoa 7, Facultad de Medicina (Edificio Entrepabellones 7 y 8), 28040 Madrid, Spain
F. Geologic Materials: Past, Present, and Future
The use of geological objects for the preparation of tools is one of the hallmarks of the rising of the Homo genus. Geologic materials have been applied in diverse ways throughout history, and they surely will play an important role in the future of humankind. Although it is firmly grounded in geology, this session is also open to receiving relevant submissions with valuable contributions from a great diversity of other study domains such as archaeology, architecture, biology, chemistry, economy, engineering, environmental studies, geography, history, land management, mathematics, medicine, philosophy, physics, psychology, sociology, statistics, tourism, and all others that can complement and further geological studies.
Some potential subjects include the following:
- Techniques for the characterization of geologic materials both in the field and in the laboratory, with special attention to non-destructive procedures;
- The relationship between physical and chemical properties and petrographic characteristics (mineralogy, texture, and structure);
- The relationship between materials utilization and their physical and chemical characteristics;
- The cultural meaning of geologic materials;
- Geologic materials’ characteristics and geophysical surveys of buried sites;
- Provenance studies;
- Geologic materials as dating tools;
- Geologic materials in the built environment (including earth construction);
- Climatic comfort associated with the use of geologic materials;
- The contribution of geologic materials to tourism;
- Geologic materials and territory development;
- Methods for exploration and extraction of geologic materials;
- Industrial applications of geologic materials;
- New geologic materials, i.e., geologic materials that have been neglected in the past and that have found applications or whose applications are foreseeable;
- New uses of traditional geologic materials;
- Geologic materials as analogues for new, synthetic materials;
- The health impact of geologic materials, including positive impacts from its uses for human treatment and negative impacts related to extraction and use;
- The relationship between organisms and geologic materials;
- The durability of geologic materials;
- The sustainability of geologic materials;
- The environmental impact of geologic materials extraction and use;
- Geologic materials for environmental remediation;
- The economy of geologic materials.
However, relevant contributions regarding other subjects related to the main theme of this session are welcome as well.
Session Chair
Dr. Carlos Alves, LandS/Lab2PT - Landscape, Heritage and Territory Laboratory (FCT UID/AUR/04509/2013; FEDER COMPETE POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007528) and Earth Sciences Department, School of Sciences, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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G. Modeling Hazards and Impacts from Extreme Storms
Significant costs and damages associated with recent extreme weather across the globe continue to remind communities of their vulnerability to natural hazards. This session will highlight recent advancements in models and techniques focusing on the prediction of the fundamental processes underlying weather disasters and their impacts that typically evolve over multiple temporal and spatial scales. An improved understanding of the hazards associated with extreme weather and modeling tools will provide practitioners with actionable information to better prepare communities for future risks. Contributions are solicited on various hazard and impact modeling approaches including those that are numerical, statistical, or empirical in nature. Presentations may include method development leading to improved predictability of extreme weather events, new applications of existing modeling tools, and case studies. We also invite contributions describing innovative visualization methods, including 3D visualizations of infrastructure and objects such as buildings and bridges, for more effective hazard risk assessment and communication.
Session Chair
Prof. Dr. Isaac Ginis, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882, USA
H. Others
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