This paper introduces a methodology for characterizing the breadth of natural hazard types,
hazard interrelationships, and risk scenarios in Global South urban areas, focusing on …

Istanbul is one of the megacities with population over 14 million, where the most intensive
economic and social human activities take place in Turkey with unprecedented energy …

Dust rains may be particularly effective at delivering microorganisms, yet their biodiversities
have been seldom examined. During 2011 and 2012 in Beirut, Lebanon, 16 of 21 collected …

Abstract Coarse (particulate matter (PM) 2.5–10) and fine (PM 2.5) fraction of PM samples
were collected between December 2014 and February 2015 at an urban sampling site …

On 18 April 2012, a cyclone originating in the Central Mediterranean caused a southerly non-
convective high wind event, gusts≥ 50 kn and not associated with thunderstorms, in the …

Basically, mesocyclonic tornadoes are the cases which feature a signal for supercells: a
photograph depicting a rotating updraft, a radar reflectivity pattern of a hook-echo or a …

This study uses backward trajectories derived from North American Regional Reanalysis
data for 19 253 flash flood reports during the period 2007–13 published by the National …

Air pollution affected quality of life and public health due to high concentration levels of air
pollutants in Istanbul, especially in 1990s. Major air pollution sources in Istanbul caused …

Özet Şiddetli konvektif fırtınalar, dünya genelinde ölümler ve maddi zararlarla sonuçlanan
meteorolojik afetlerin önemli bir kısmından sorumludurlar. Ani taşkın ve seller, zarar verici …

ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY ★ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY Ph.D. THESIS TORNADOES, SEVERE HAIL, AND …