Special Issue "Risk Forecasting of Extreme Weather"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Vittal Hari
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Guest Editor
Helmoltz centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Interests: vulnerability; risk; climate extremes
Prof. Dr. Subhankar Karmakar
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Guest Editor
Affiliation: Environmental Science and Engineering Department (ESED) and Interdisciplinary Programme in Climate Studies (IDPCS), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400 076, India
Interests: analysis of hydro-climatic extremes; floodplain hydrology and management; uncertainty modeling and decision science
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Climate change has had a considerable impact on the global weather system, leading to changes in seasonal patterns as well as an increase in the frequency of extreme weather. A recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stated that this significant increase in extreme weather can be attributed to anthropogenic influences, and if the emissions are not regulated, the impact caused by these events will increase dramatically in the near future. To curb these impacts, the concept of spatial risk estimation and forecasting of weather to medium range based on forecasted hazards will be crucial, and its role in local adaptation and mitigation policies along with proper disaster management can hardly be disregarded. Surprisingly, the existence of such studies is limited thus far, specifically relating to the global south region.

In this Special Issue, we seek multi-disciplinary contributions that help to improve our understanding of the interactions between the extreme weather hazard and their associated vulnerability to estimate the risk, as well as possible forecasting of the risk at a local scale at which the disaster management takes place.

Dr. Vittal Hari
Prof. Dr. Subhankar Karmakar
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Keywords

  • weather risk
  • vulnerability
  • hazard
  • risk forecast

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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