Analysing the relationship between typhoon-triggered landslides and critical rainfall conditions

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1261-1271

  Chang, Kang Tsung ^a   Chiang, Shou Hao ^a   Lei, Feng ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b National Science and Technology Centre for Disaster Reduction   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Landslide modelling; QPESUMS; Rainfall duration; Rainfall intensity; Typhoon

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; RADAR; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CRITICAL RAINFALL; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; INNOVATIVE METHODS; LANDSLIDE MODELLING; LANDSLIDE MONITORING; LOGIT MODELING; MULTIPLE SENSORS; QPESUMS; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION; RADAR DATA; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; RAINFALL DURATION; RAINFALL INTENSITIES; RAINFALL INTENSITY; REAL-TIME MONITORING; TYPHOON; WARNING SYSTEM;

LANDSLIDES;

LANDSLIDE; LOGIT ANALYSIS; MONITORING SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; TRIGGER MECHANISM; WARNING SYSTEM;

EID: 48549084600     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1611     Document Type: Article

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