Dear colleagues,

 

We would like to invite you to join this session on scaling and natural hazards, organized this coming spring in Vienna, Austria, as part of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) meeting (12-17 April 2015). Details and links regarding the session, the meeting dates and venue, applications for financial support, etc. are provided below.

 

Cristian Suteanu and Stefan Hergarten

 

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NP3.4/NH9.16 Scaling in Natural Hazards (co-organized)

 

Convener: Cristian Suteanu

Co-Convener: Stefan Hergarten

 

Geohazards typically involve patterns characterized by strong variability and spanning a wide range of scales in space and in time. An effective characterization of their scaling aspects is often essential for our better understanding of the processes involved, supporting risk analysis, hazard prediction, assessment, and recovery. This session is dedicated to the sharing of the latest results of research on scaling aspects in natural hazards, the physics behind the patterns, and the methodological implications for the study of natural hazard processes. This includes – but is not limited to – scaling properties leading to the characterization of patterns and pattern change in time series, in physical fields in the atmosphere and the oceans, in higher-dimensional datasets, etc. Contributions focusing on observations, models, and practical applications concerning all types of natural hazards are welcome.

 

Session link: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/session/18324

 

General EGU meeting information: http://www.egu2015.eu/home.html

 

Financial support, including Young Scientists Travel Award (abstract to be submitted by November 28):

http://www.egu2015.eu/support_and_distinction.html

 

Registration info: http://www.egu2015.eu/registration.html

 

Abstract submission info (the general abstract submission deadline is January 7, 2015, 1pm CET):

http://www.egu2015.eu/abstract_management/how_to_submit_an_abstract.html

 

 

--- 2014-2015: Celebrating 20 years of Environmental Science at SMU ---

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Dr. Cristian Suteanu

Associate Professor

Faculty of Arts, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies

Faculty of Science, Department of Environmental Science

                       Chair, Department of Environmental Science

Saint Mary's University

923 Robie St., Halifax, NS

B3H 3C3 Canada

Tel:  1-902-420-5731

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