Spatial patterns of rainfall and shallow landslide susceptibility

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Minder, Justin R ^a   Roe, Gerard H ^a   Montgomery, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA; HIGH-RESOLUTION ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY; OLYMPICS; PHYSICALLY BASED MODELS; RAINFALL PATTERNS; SHALLOW LANDSLIDE; SHALSTAB; SOIL PARAMETERS; SOIL THICKNESS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; WASHINGTON STATE;

FORESTRY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; LANDSLIDES; SLOPE PROTECTION; SOILS;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; LAND USE; LANDSLIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATERSHED;

COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 67649841923     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007027     Document Type: Article

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