DP 6007

Risk Analysis and Uncertainty Modelling

Assignment 1

1. Using Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Framework, describe the components of

risk?

2. Go to NOAA's webpage https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/climo/#cp100. Scroll down to

"Number of Tropical Cyclones per 100 Years." For the Atlantic Basin, when is the
peak hurricane season?

3. Click on the following link and zoom into Bangladesh:

https://www.wri.org/applications/aqueduct/country-rankings/?indicator=rfr.
Describe Riverine Flood Risk in Bangladesh by division.

4. The Pacific Disaster Centre (PDC) uses NASA's Fire Information for Resource
Management System (FIRMS) for near real-time fire monitoring. Click on the
following link: https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/near-real-time/firms.
What NASA instruments are used by FIRMS for near real-time fire monitoring?

5. Click on the following link: https://www.wri.org/aqueduct. Analyse current and

future water risks in Bangladesh.