• Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
• DOI 10.5194/nhess-15-1407-2015
• 30 June 2015

The authors of this study have developed a global database of daily, gridded Fire Weather Index System calculations beginning in 1980. Input data and two different estimates of precipitation from rain gauges were obtained from the NASA Modern Era Retrospective-Analysis for Research and Applications. This data set can be used for analyzing historical relationships between fire weather and fire activity, and in identifying large-scale atmosphere–ocean controls on fire weather.

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• Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
• DOI 10.5194/nhess-15-1265-2015
• 17 June 2015

We carry out a study of the seismic signals generated by the devastating Oso-Steelhead landslides. We invert the long-period seismic signals generated by the first main event and obtain estimates of its trajectory, kinematics and mass. No distinct long-period surface waves were recorded for the second failure, which prevents inversion for its source parameters. However, from the comparison of the energy of the short-period waves generated by both events, we can estimate the volume of the second.

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• Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
• DOI 10.5194/nhess-15-805-2015
• 10 April 2015

Super Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Eastern Visayas islands of the Philippines on 8 November 2013. The International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan, deployed several teams for damage recognition, relief support and collaboration with regard to this event. In this paper, we summarize the rapid damage assessment from satellite imagery conducted days after the event and report on the inundation measurements and damage surveyed in the field.

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• Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
• DOI 10.5194/nhess-14-2487-2014
• 22 September 2014

This papers introduces the XWS (eXtreme WindStorms) catalogue, which consists of storm tracks and model-generated maximum 3 s wind-gust footprints for 50 of the most extreme winter windstorms to hit Europe in the period 1979–2012.

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• Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
• DOI 10.5194/nhess-14-1965-2014
• 5 August 2014

This paper reviews the motivation and foundation of the international MEDiterranean EXperiment (MEDEX), the gestation, history and organisation of the project, as well as the main products and scientific achievements obtained from it.

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• Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
• DOI 10.5194/nhess-14-799-2014
• 10 April 2014

A database of earthquake-induced ground failures in Italy is presented, and the related content is analysed. The catalogue collects data regarding landslides, liquefaction, ground cracks, surface faulting and ground changes triggered by earthquakes of Mercalli epicentral intensity 8 or greater that occurred in the last millennium in Italy.

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• Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
• DOI 10.5194/nhess-13-1285-2013
• 17 May 2013

Taking the 2011 Tohoku earthquake as an example, we demonstrate the ability of real-time GPS to provide qualified tsunami early warning within minutes. We show that in case of the Tohoku earthquake, it would be feasible to provide accurate tsunami warning as soon as 3 min after the beginning of the earthquake.

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• Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
• DOI 10.5194/nhess-13-1127-2013
• 30 April 2013

Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs) are impulsive (intrinsically sub-millisecond) events associated with lightning in powerful thunderstorms. We address in this article the issue of the possible susceptibility of typical aircraft electronics exposed to TGF particle, gamma ray and neutron irradiation.

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• Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
• DOI 10.5194/nhess-13-809-2013
• 27 March 2013

This paper proposes a methodology to project the possible evolution of river flood damages due to climate change, and applies it to mainland France.

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• Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
• DOI 10.5194/nhess-12-3709-2012
• 19 December 2012

The English Channel is characterised by strong tidal currents and a wide tidal range, such that their influence on surges is expected to be non-negligible. In order to better assess storm surges in this zone, tide-surge interactions are investigated.

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