Conveners
Earth & Environmental Sciences & Biodiversity Session II
- Dieter KRANZLMUELLER ()
Ronald Macatangay
(National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand, Chiang Mai, Thailand)
16/03/2016, 16:00
Earth & Environmental Sciences & Biodiversity Applications
Oral Presentation
Weather forecasts dictate our daily activities and allow us to respond properly during extreme weather events. However, weather forecasts are never perfect, but differences with model output and with observations can be minimized. Discrepancies between meteorological observations and weather model outputs are often caused by resolution differences (point vs. grid comparisons) and by the...
Dr
Dieter Kranzlmuller
(LMU Munich)
, Ms
Siew Hoon Leong
(Leibniz Supercomputing Centre)
16/03/2016, 16:30
Earth & Environmental Sciences & Biodiversity Applications
Oral Presentation
Flash flood is a common weather abnormality that plagues many countries including Germany. It is arguably the most dangerous type of floods as it can form swiftly due to high or extremely high rainfall rates with little or no prior warning. According to the findings of a flood risk assessment study [1] carried out by the European Commission (EC) Joint Research Centre (JRC), the frequency and...
Dr
Tso-Ren WU
16/03/2016, 17:00
