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STEM foundation of Climate and Hazards
The science, technology, engineering and mathematics Climate and Hazards rests on. Each method has a canonical page in the STEM Commons, hosted by the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), and a page here on how it is applied in this field.
STEM foundation of Climate and Hazards in four parts.
The methods behind the field.
- 01Climate and atmospheric scienceDetection and attribution of change · Extreme event attribution · Process-based model evaluationSteward · Climate and HazardsApplied here
- 02Earth and geophysical scienceSeismic source characterisation · Ground deformation monitoring · Site condition mappingSteward · Climate and HazardsApplied here
- 03Forecasting and time-series analysisEnsemble forecast interpretation · Seasonal outlook use · Forecast verificationSteward · Climate and HazardsApplied here
- 04Extreme value theory and tail riskReturn level estimation · Non-stationary extremes · Regional frequency analysisSteward · Reinsurance and CatastropheApplied here
- 05Earth observation and remote sensingFlood extent mapping · Vegetation and drought monitoring · Active fire and burned areaSteward · Space and Earth ObservationApplied here
- 06Spatial statistics and geostatisticsInterpolating station data · Merging satellite and gauge data · Spatial clustering of eventsSteward · Space and Earth ObservationApplied here
- 07High-performance, cloud and edge computingRunning and storing ensembles · Analysis near the data · Edge processing for observationsSteward · Data and ComputeApplied here
- 08Hydrology and water scienceCatchment flood modelling · Drought propagation · Flood frequency with changing climateSteward · Water NexusApplied here
- 09Ocean and coastal scienceExtreme sea-level analysis · Marine heatwave detection · Climate mode monitoringSteward · Oceans and CoastsApplied here
- 10Space systems and satellite servicesObservation continuity planning · Satellite communications for warningsSteward · Space and Earth ObservationApplied here
Why hazard needs this combination of methods.
Hazard science combines climate science and geoscience for the physics, ocean science and hydrology for coasts and rivers, forecasting and extreme value statistics for likelihood, Earth observation and space systems for monitoring, and computing for ensembles.
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Pages in STEM foundation of Climate and Hazards.
Climate science for hazards
MethodGeoscience for geohazards
MethodForecasting for hazards
MethodExtreme value statistics for hazards
MethodEarth observation for hazards
MethodSpatial statistics for hazards
MethodComputing for climate and hazard science
MethodHydrology for climate hazards
MethodOcean science for climate hazards
MethodSpace systems for hazard monitoring
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