A5013275932- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
- X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Crystallization and Solubility Studies
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
- Aquatic and Environmental Studies
- Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis
- Climate variability and models
- Insurance and Financial Risk Management
- Magnetism in coordination complexes
- Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
- Metal complexes synthesis and properties
- Organic and Molecular Conductors Research
- Public Relations and Crisis Communication
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
University of Bern
2007-2024
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research
2017-2024
Abstract. Effective flood risk management requires a realistic estimation of losses. However, available damage estimates are still characterized by significant levels uncertainty, questioning the capacity models to depict real damages. With joint effort eight international research groups, objective this study was compare, in blind-validation test, performances different for assessment direct residential sector at building level (i.e. microscale). The test consisted common case high...
The past few years have seen increasingly frequent and intense floods, culminating in 2024 with a year characterized by widespread devastating inundations worldwide. In Europe despite major advancements flood forecasting protection measures undertaken the past, in2024 heavy rainfall events resulted severe impacts massive socio-economic losses, claiming over three hundred lives. Extreme precipitation, breaking observed records, is expected to an increased likelihood under global warming all...
Abstract Despite an increasing number of people exposed to flood risks in Europe, risk perception remains low and effective management policies are rarely implemented. It becomes increasingly important understand how local governments can design address risks. In this article, we study whether high exposure correlate with the demand for a specific policies. We take ideal case Switzerland analyze portfolios 18 flood-prone municipalities along Aare River. introduce novel combination analysis...
Abstract Surface water floods (SWFs) that lead to household losses are mainly localized phenomena. Research on describing the associated precipitation characteristics has previously been based case studies and derivation of local rainfall thresholds, but no approaches have yet presented national scale. Here, we propose a new way overcome this scaling problem. We linked gridded dataset both gauges radar data with geolocated insurance claims for all Switzerland. show absolute thresholds vary...
Recent flood events show that gaps in the communication channels from warning services to target groups inhibit mitigation. One approach addressing this issue is impact-based warning. We introduce a library-based surrogate model for use systems, tested main river network of Northern Switzerland. To validate model, we compare impacts buildings, persons and workplaces with hazard classification, estimated transient simulations nine extreme precipitation scenarios. With 78 analyzed regions,...
Floods are one of the costliest natural hazards in Switzerland and worldwide. Therefore, society is confronted with questions about protecting people assets from flood risks. Key instruments protective measures, land use regulations, spatial planning, interventions by civil protection units if magnitudes exceed standards. Both prevention preparedness require risk awareness professionals, politicians, public. Risk generally high after an event low a period without major events. However,...
Abstract In flood risk management, the choice of vulnerability functions has a remarkable impact on overall uncertainty modelling damage. The spatial transferability empirical is limited, leading to need for computation and validation region‐specific functions. data‐scarce regions however, this option not feasible. contrast, physical processes model chains can be developed in these because availability global datasets. Here we evaluated implementation synthetic function into model. bases...
Abstract. Effective flood risk management requires a realistic estimation of losses. However, available damage estimates are still characterised by significant levels uncertainty, questioning the capacity models to depict real damages. With joint effort eight international research groups, objective this study was compare performances different for direct residential sector at building level (i.e. micro scale) in blind validation test. The test consisted common case high availability hazard...
Beside the flood hazard analysis, a comprehensive risk assessment requires analysis of exposure values at and their vulnerability. Currently, main focus such is on losses building structure. However, loss household contents accounts for up to 30% total buildings due floods. Based insurance claim records, we developed (cross-)validated two functions. The models based linear regressions estimate monetary degree by structure, respectively. herein develop functions which provide robustness in...
Speed dating: A combinatorial assay was developed for screening a library of aromatic heterocyclic amines their propensity to act as complementary base Z in DNA duplex. This may prove useful speeding up the process base-pair discovery potential applications biotechnology and synthetic biology. Detailed facts importance specialist readers are published "Supporting Information". Such documents peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They made available submitted by authors. Please note:...
The abasic site building block 7 for DNA synthesis, containing a methylenephosphinic acid group at C3', was prepared in six steps and incorporated into via combination of H-phosphonate phosphoramidite chemistry. Corresponding oligodeoxynucleotides were shown to be chemically stable under basic conditions fully functional the respective hemiacetal center.
We recently reported on the synthesis and pairing properties of DNA analogue bicyclo[3.2.1]amide (bca-DNA). In this nucleobases are attached via a linear, 4-bond amide-linker to structurally preorganized sugar−phosphate backbone unit. To define importance degree structural rigidity bca-backbone unit properties, we designed simpler cyclopentane amide (cpa-DNA), in which bicyclo[3.2.1]-scaffold was reduced while base-linker left unchanged. Here present synthetic route enantiomerically pure...
In Switzerland, the Federal Office for Environment issues hydrological forecasts and general flood warnings main river network. However, recent global events underscore that gaps in communication channels from warning services to target groups inhibit effective mitigation efforts. One approach addressing this issue is impact-based warning. Aligned with Switzerland's existing forecasting system, we introduce a library-based surrogate model aimed at advancing current technologies towards...
Surface water floods are responsible for a substantial amount of damage to buildings, yet they have received less attention than fluvial floods. Nowadays, both research and insurance companies increasingly focusing on these phenomena enhance knowledge prevention efforts. This study builds upon pluvial-related data provided by the Swiss Mobiliar Insurance Company Building Canton Zurich (GVZ) with goal developing data-driven model predicting potential damages in future precipitation events....
Exploring the impacts of extreme weather events has gained increased attention in recent years after repeated record-breaking events, such as unprecedented river flood central Europe summer 2021. After event, risk management institutions, for example, fire brigades, civil protection units, or natural hazard experts asked if it was possible to predict an event ex-ante and similar could occur elsewhere climatic changes can even worsen events. Here, we present approach explore storylines...