GIS-assisted modelling for debris flow hazard assessment based on the events of May 1998 in the area of Sarno, Southern Italy: II. Velocity and dynamic pressure

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1693-1708

  Toyos, Guillermo ^a,f   Gunasekera, R ^b   Zanchetta, G ^c   Oppenheimer, C ^a   Sulpizio, R ^d   Favalli, M ^e   Pareschi, M T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Towers Watson   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d CIRISIVU   (Italy)

^e SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^f Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Debris flows; GIS; Hazard assessment; Mobility; Velocity

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAZARDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATIC PRODUCTIONS; CHANNEL BENDS; CRITICAL DETERMINANTS; DEBRIS FLOW HAZARDS; DEBRIS FLOWS; DYNAMIC PRESSURES; EMPIRICAL MODELS; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD MITIGATIONS; INFRA STRUCTURES; MEAN VELOCITIES; MOBILITY; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PEAK DISCHARGES; REGRESSION MODELS; SUPPORT TOOLS; VISUAL BASIC FOR APPLICATIONS; VULNERABILITY ANALYSES;

VELOCITY;

CALIBRATION; CHANNEL FLOW; DEBRIS FLOW; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW VELOCITY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MODELING; PEAK DISCHARGE; PREDICTION; REAL TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SALERNO; SARNO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 57749203572     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1640     Document Type: Article

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