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Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences An interactive open-access journal of the European Geosciences Union
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  • IF value: 2.281 IF 2.281
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Open access Public peer review Article level metrics Moderate APCs
Executive editors: Heidi Kreibich, Bruce D. Malamud, Paolo Tarolli & Uwe Ulbrich
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) is a not-for-profit interdisciplinary and international journal dedicated to the public discussion and open-access publication of high-quality studies and original research on natural hazards and their consequences. Embracing a holistic Earth system science approach, NHESS serves a wide and diverse community of research scientists, practitioners, and decision makers concerned with detection of natural hazards, monitoring and modelling, vulnerability and risk assessment, and the design and implementation of mitigation and adaptation strategies, including economical, societal, and educational aspects.
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17 Jun 2019
Flood Inundation Mapping of Low-, Medium-, and High-Flow Events Using the AutoRoute Model
Michael L. Follum, Ahmad A. Tavakoly, Joseph L. Gutenson, and Ricardo Vera
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2019-180,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2019-180, 2019
Manuscript under review for NHESS (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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13 Jun 2019
Analysis of an extreme weather event in a hyper-arid region using WRF-Hydro coupling, station, and satellite data
Youssef Wehbe, Marouane Temimi, Michael Weston, Naira Chaouch, Oliver Branch, Thomas Schwitalla, Volker Wulfmeyer, Xiwu Zhan, Jicheng Liu, and Abdulla Al Mandous
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 1129-1149, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1129-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1129-2019, 2019
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12 Jun 2019
Taylor's power law in the Wenchuan earthquake sequence with fluctuation scaling
Peijian Shi, Mei Li, Yang Li, Jie Liu, Haixia Shi, Tao Xie, and Chong Yue
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 1119-1127, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1119-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1119-2019, 2019
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11 Jun 2019
The spatial dimension in the assessment of socio-economic vulnerability challenges for an application on an urban scale, a systematic review
Diana Contreras and Alondra Chamorro
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2019-147,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2019-147, 2019
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11 Jun 2019
Infrasound and seismoacoustic signatures of the September 28th 2018 Sulawesi super shear earthquake
Christoph Pilger, Peter Gaebler, Lars Ceranna, Alexis Le Pichon, Julien Vergoz, Anna Perttu, Dorianne Tailpied, and Benoit Taisne
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2019-179,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2019-179, 2019
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13 Jun 2019
Analysis of an extreme weather event in a hyper-arid region using WRF-Hydro coupling, station, and satellite data
Youssef Wehbe, Marouane Temimi, Michael Weston, Naira Chaouch, Oliver Branch, Thomas Schwitalla, Volker Wulfmeyer, Xiwu Zhan, Jicheng Liu, and Abdulla Al Mandous
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 1129-1149, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1129-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1129-2019, 2019
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02 May 2019
Summertime precipitation extremes in a EURO-CORDEX 0.11° ensemble at an hourly resolution
Peter Berg, Ole B. Christensen, Katharina Klehmet, Geert Lenderink, Jonas Olsson, Claas Teichmann, and Wei Yang
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 957-971, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-957-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-957-2019, 2019
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20 Mar 2019
Exposure-based risk assessment and emergency management associated with the fallout of large clasts at Mount Etna
Sara Osman, Eduardo Rossi, Costanza Bonadonna, Corine Frischknecht, Daniele Andronico, Raffaello Cioni, and Simona Scollo
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 589-610, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-589-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-589-2019, 2019
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29 Nov 2018
Field survey of Typhoon Hato (2017) and a comparison with storm surge modeling in Macau
Linlin Li, Jie Yang, Chuan-Yao Lin, Constance Ting Chua, Yu Wang, Kuifeng Zhao, Yun-Ta Wu, Philip Li-Fan Liu, Adam D. Switzer, Kai Meng Mok, Peitao Wang, and Dongju Peng
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 3167-3178, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-3167-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-3167-2018, 2018
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05 Nov 2018
Towards risk-based flood management in highly productive paddy rice cultivation – concept development and application to the Mekong Delta
Nguyen Van Khanh Triet, Nguyen Viet Dung, Bruno Merz, and Heiko Apel
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 2859-2876, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-2859-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-2859-2018, 2018
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