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Officers List EWC'98 Officers* Officers List EWC'98 Officers* International Advisory Board American National Academy of Sciences, Na­ tional Research Council, USA William J. R. Alexander, IDNDR-Scientific and Hans Kienholz, International Association of Technical Committee (STC), Sub-Committee Geomorphology (lAG), Mountain Hazards on Early Warning, Dept. of Civil Engineer­ Project, University of Bern, Switzerland ing, Univ. of Pretoria, Republic of South Afri­ William H. K. Lee, U.S. Geological Survey, Men­ ca lo Park, USA Miriam Baltuck, Natural Hazards Research and Sir James Lighthill t, WMO/ICSU Tropical Cy­ Applications Lead Scientist, Solid Earth clone Disasters, University College London, Branch, NASA, USA, currently at Yaralumla, United Kingdom Australia Isaac 0. Nyambok, University of Nairobi, Re­ Cyril E. Berridge, Caribbean Meteorological Or­ gional Center for the Global Seismic Hazard ganization, Port of Spain, Trinidad Assessment Program (GSHAP), Member of Michael E. Blackford, UNESCO/IOC Interna­ IDNDR-STC, Kenya tional Tsunami Information Center, Hawaii, Raymundo S. Punongbayan, Philippine Institute USA of Volcanology & Seismology, Quezon City, Zhangli Chen, State Seismological Bureau of Philippines China, Beijing, China Robert I. Tilling, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Rainer Dombrowsky, National Weather Service, Park, USA Silver Springs, USA Seiya Uyeda, RIKEN International Frontier Pro­ James Dooge, University College Dublin, Ire­ gram, Tokai University, Earthquake Predic­ land tion Research Center, ICSU IDNDR Scientific Thomas E. Downing, Environmental Change Committee on Earthquake Research, Shimi­ Unit, School of Geography, Oxford, United zu, Japan Kingdom Fritjof Voss, Technical University of Berlin, Rolando Duran, Centro de Coordination para la Dept. Geography, Germany Prevencion de Desastres Naturales en Ameri­ John Zillman, Dept. of Environment, Sport and ca Central ( CEPREDENAC), Panama Territories, Bureau of Meteorology, Mel­ Juan Manuel Espinoza-Aranda, Centro de In­ bourne, Australia strumentacion y Registro Sismica, A.C., Del. Benito Juarez, Mexico Johann Georg Goldammer, Fire Ecology Re­ Programme Committee search Group, Max-Planck-Institute, Univer­ sity of Freiburg, Germany Franz Wolfgang Eder, Division of Earth Sciences, Robert M. Hamilton, IDNDR-Scientific and UNESCO, Paris Technical Committee (Chair), Subcommittee Detlev Fromming, DWD German Weather Ser­ on Natural Disasters Reduction, Commission vice, Germany on Geosciences, Environment and Resources, Gunter Holter, Deutscher Caritasverband, Ger­ many Terry Jeggle, UN-OCHA, IDNDR Secretariat, * Affilitions valid at the time of the conference Geneva 826 EWC'98 Officers Robert Landis, World Weather Watch Depart­ Jochen Zschau (Chairman), GeoForschungsZen­ ment, WMO, Geneva trum Potsdam, Germany Erich Plate, German National Committee for the IDNDR Christoph Reigber, GeoForschungsZentrum Pots­ Local Organising Committee dam, Germany Alexander von Rom, Foreign Office of the Fed­ Jochen Zschau (Chairman), GeoForschungsZen­ eral Republic of Germany trum Potsdam, Germany Hermann Schmitz-Wenzel, German National Erich Plate, German National Committee for Committee for the IDNDR and IDNDR Sci­ the IDNDR, Germany entific and Technical Committee Christian Eikenberg, German National Commit­ Wolfgang Steinborn, Deutsches Zentrum fiir tee for the IDNDR, Germany Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Germany Peter Bormann, GeoForschungsZentrum Pots­ Gerd Tetzlaff, Meteorological Institute, Univer­ dam, Germany sity of Leipzig, Germany Andreas Kiippers, GeoForschungsZentrum Pots­ Herman Th. Verstappen, ICSU-SC/IDNDR, IGU, dam, Germany International Institute for Aerospace Survey Kingsley S. Peiris, GeoForschungsZentrum Pots­ & Earth Sciences, The Netherlands dam, Germany Author Index Abiodun, Adigun Ade 791 Col, Jeanne-Marie 479 Helloco, Fran~ois 277 Aguilar, A. 441 Craig, Andrew R. 271 Herland, Einar-Arne 649 Ahrens, Wilfried 305, 579 Higareda, R. 441 Akhand, Monowar Hossain 49 de Hoedt, Graham 375 Hoang, Minh Hien 781 Alcantar, F. 441 Delica, Zenaida G. 37 Hoti, Mahir 103 Alexander, William J. R. 311 Doi, Keiji 447, 537 Hsiao, Nai-Chi 461 Alusa, Alexander L. 27 Downing, Thomas E. 319 Hudnut, Ken 709 Ambar, Brahim 619 Dybkowska-Stefek, Dorota 283 Ammann, Walter 569 Ibarrola, G. 441 Anderson, David 379 Elsberry, Russell L. 167 Inostroza, M. 441 Anderson, Peter S. 85 Elvidge, Christopher 641 Ionescu, Constantin 471 Arakelyan, Fridrikh 715 Erdik, Mustafa 433 Isikara, Mete 433 Arino, 0. 745 Ergiinay, Oktay 433 Arzoumanian, Valery G. 487 Erzinger, Joerg 511 Jahn, Herbert 633 Asmus, V. 241 Espinosa-Aranda, Juan Manuel Jeggle, Terry 13 Axhemi, Sokol 103 409, 441 Jimenez, A. 441 Ayadi, Abdelhakim 495 Juang, H. 609 Fair, Kerry A. 271 Balassanian, S. Yu 487 Fiedrich, Frank 471 Kalsi, Sewa Ram 191, 199 Baumgartner, Michael F. 247 Flotron, Andre 565 Kanamitsu, M. 609 Baur, Michael 471 Fujita, Haruhiro 641 Karasyov, Mark S. 253 Beard, Grant 375 Fujioka, F. 609 Kelha, Vaino 649 Behr, Jeff 709 Funk, Martin 565 Kelly, Charles 345 Benesch, W. 763 Kerkmann, J. 763 Berridge, Cyril E. 797 Gartsman, Boris I. 253 Keusen, Hansruedi 565 Berz, Gerhard 95 Goldammer, Johann G. 585, Kienholz, Hans 555 Blackford, Michael E. 535 593 Kithil, Richard 615 Brabec, Bernhard 569 Golomolzin, Victor V. 741 Kleindienst, Hannes 247 Briess, K. 633 Gorelkin, Nicolay E. 579 Kondo, Hiroki 369 Buchholz, Georg 585, 593 Grassl, Hartmut 367 Koop, Neville Louis 185 Buongiorno, Alessandra 745 Griesser, Lothar 719 Kotelnikov, Victor 791 Bussay, Attila 351 Gritzner, Christian 625 Krabel, Eckhardt 601 Gross, Edward M. 67 Kravtsov, Yurii A. 741 Carby, Barbara E. 811 Gunther, Thilo 259 Krejsa, Peter 657 <;:elebi, Mehmet 709 Gupta, Manu 199 Kron, Wolfgang 95 Chen, Shyn-Chin 609 Gutierrez, Dante R. 543 Kudashev, Efim B. 741 Chen, Chen-Chun 461 Gutknecht, Dieter 265 Kuendig, C. 719 Cheze, Jean-Luc 277 Kuo, Kai-Wen 461 Chu, Jean J. 479 Hakobyan, Hrahat 715 Chub, V. E. 579 Hamilton, Robert M. 405 Landis, Robert C. 71 Chung, Jen-Kung 461 Heikinheimo, Martti 645 Lee, Willy H. K. 409 828 Author Index Lee Man Yan, M. 209 Pollonais, Steve R. 801 Tondre, Fran~oise 465 Lehning, Michael 569 Prasad, Vikash 185 Trehin, Y. 763 Li, Ji-Xun 15 Prescott, Will 709 Trinh, Phan Trong 753 Lighthill, Sir James t 203 Prokaheva, V. 241 Tsai, Yi-Ben 461 Lin, Rong Hui 481 Purbawinata, M.A. 527 Twigg, John 19 Lohi, Anssi 649 Lomnitz, Cinna 425 Rashid, Abdur 337 Usachev, Vladimir 241 Lorenz, E. 633 Renner, Udo 601 Liihr, Birger-Gottfried 527 Resch, Florian 585 Vaghjee, Ranjitrai R. 209 Ritchie, Jack 609 Venalainen, Ari 645 Makhutov, Nikolai 107 Roads, John 609 Veneziano, Daniele 727 Maldonado, S. 441 Rosenthal, Wolfgang 283 Vidal, Jean-Jacques 277 Malitz, Gabriele 259 Russi, Tom 569 Voigt, Stefan 247 Martell, David L. 593 Ruwwe, Thomas 769 Volkov, A. 241 Martirossyan, Artak H. 487 Voss, Frithjof 601 McKenzie, Ronnie S. 271 Saenz Segreda, Lorena 119 Meister, Roland 569 Saita, Jun 453 Wang, Ang-Sheng 399 Mildner, Stefan 127 Salas Calvo, Jose Manuel 113 Wang, Zhen-Yao 15 Munzer, Ulrich 515 Saltbones, J0rgen 393 Washington, Richard 319 Schmidt, Hans Secher 817 Weber-Diefenbach, Klaus 515 Nakamura, Yutaka 453, 693 Sch6ttler, Horst 89 Wegmann, Matthias 565 Narasimhan, Bhu Var Ahan Scott, John C. 81 Wenzel, Friedemann 471 357 Seibold, Eugen 3 Westerhaus, Malte 527 Neumeister, Helmut 763 Sharakhmanyan, Michail A. Wieland, M. 719 Niedek, Inge 73 741 Wilson, Steve 709 Nielsen, Ole 393 Sharma, Anshu 77 Wood, Helen M. 73 7 Niesche, Hartmut 289 Shimizu, Yoshihisa 701 Wu, Yih-Min 461 Shin, Tzay-Chyn 461 Oertel, Dieter 633 Smolka, Anselm 95 Yal~in, M.N. 433 Omulo, Monica 33 Stefansson, Ragnar 521 Yamazaki, Fumio 675 Oncescu, Mihnea C. 471 Stein, Ross 709 Steinborn, Wolfgang 769 Zatsarinnyi, Vladimir 107 Papadimitriou, Achilleas G. Stockdale, Tim 379 Zehner, C. 745 727 Sukhyar, R. 527 Zheng, Yuan-Chang 15 Papadopoulos, Gerassimos A. Zhukov, B. 633 549 Takahashi, Kunihiro 701 Zillman, John W. 135 Patabendi, Prabhath 807 Tilling, Robert I. 505 Zimmer, Martin 511 Plummer, Neil 375 Todini, Ezio 215 Zschau, Jochen 433, 527 Subject Index A appropriate response 98 ( abnormal temperatures 98 Aral Sea 305 ff. California 100 above-water catastrophe 107 Armenia 487ff., 715ff. capacity and vulnerability analy- accelerograph network 461 ff. ashfall 100 sis 44 acceptance 305 ff. Asia Pacific Advanced Net- capacity building 144 accessibility 817 ff. work 641 ff. carbon monoxide 158 accidents with dangerous assessment of danger 110 casualties 60 goods 91 assessment of risk 110 cave collapse 18 accuracy 28, 96 asteroid impact 625 ff. CBO see Community Based Organi- acid rain 137 atmosphere-hydrosphere disas- zations ACTION-AID 34 ters 399 ff. CD see civil defence 93 ADA see Americans with Disability atmospheric phenomena 16, chaotic process 5 Act 138 chaotic response 22 advanced Earth observation capabil- atmospheric prediction chaotic slope 105 ities 769 ff. model 141 chemical catastrophe 107 Aegean Sea 549 ff. atmospheric profiler 157 chemical injury 107 aeronautic catastrophe 107 atomic power 108 chemical pollution 107 Aerosonde 149 Australia 375 ff. Chile 543 ff. aerospace system 108 Australian Drought Watch Ser- China 15 ff., 399 ff. affordability 817 ff. vice 159 city gas network 701 ff. afforestation 105 automated system 112 civil defence 92 Africa 319 ff. automated traffic systems 98 clean-air room 98 aftershock information 450 automatic earthquake informa- climate change 162 age 113 tion 461 ff. Climate Information and Prediction aging population 81 automatic management 453 Services 160 agricultural practices
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