Pacific Disaster Center

Recent papers from Pacific Disaster Center

1. Spatial Leakage in Classifying NASA FIRMS Thermal Anomalies as Wildfire Incidents: A Leakage-Controlled Evaluation of Radiometric, Temporal, and Spatiotemporal FeaturesGeoHazards · 2026
2. Humpback whale vessel noise exposure and behavioral response on the Hawaiian breeding groundThe Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2025
3. Estimating bearings to low-frequency baleen whale calls with closely spaced hydrophonesThe Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2025
4. Humpback whales in a population sing the same song—Or do they? Assessing intra- and inter-individual song variability on the Hawaiian Breeding groundThe Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2025
5. A comparison of humpback whale song structure between the Northwestern and main Hawaiian IslandsThe Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2025
6. The assessment of fire damaged street furniture in Lahaina, Maui, using YOLOv12 and 360° imageryTransportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives · 2026
7. Evacuation Needs of Homeless People in Waikiki, O‘ahuTransportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board · 2025
8. Modeling roadway impacts and recovery from volcanic ashfall from the 2021 St. Vincent eruptionJournal of Emergency Management · 2024
9. Global Flood Alerting with an Ensemble of Models and Remotely Sensed Observations2024
10. Research methods challenges: A case study of preparedness in The BahamasJàmbá Journal of Disaster Risk Studies · 2024
11. Comparative analysis of the myoglobin gene in whales and humans reveals evolutionary changes in regulatory elements and expression levelsPLoS ONE · 2023
12. Sleep Duration and Stress Level in the Risk of Gastric Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of Case-Control Studies in the Stomach Cancer Pooling (StoP) ProjectCancers · 2023
13. Reduced Environmental Stimulation Therapy (REST) in anxiety and depression: An experience sampling studyJournal of Mood and Anxiety Disorders · 2023
14. A randomized controlled safety and feasibility trial of floatation-REST in anxious and depressed individuals2023
15. Comparative analysis of myoglobin in Cetaceans and humans reveals novel regulatory elements and evolutionary flexibility2023
16. Building Back Better: Transportation Recovery Challenges From the 2018 Kaua`i Flooding DisasterTransportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board · 2022
17. Improving Service Coverage and Response Times for Three-Wheeled Mobile Fire Units on Pari Island, IndonesiaTransportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board · 2022
18. Equity, participation, and planning for recovery in Puerto RicoJournal of Emergency Management · 2021
19. Family History and Gastric Cancer Risk: A Pooled Investigation in the Stomach Cancer Pooling (STOP) Project ConsortiumCancers · 2021
20. Factors associated with differences in initial pandemic preparedness and response: Findings from a nationwide survey in the United statesTransportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives · 2021