A global landslide catalog for hazard applications: Method, results, and limitations

Natural Hazards

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 561-575

  Kirschbaum, Dalia Bach ^a   Adler, Robert ^b,c   Hong, Yang ^d   Hill, Stephanie ^e   Lerner Lam, Arthur ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global event inventory; Landslide database; Rainfall triggered landslides

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DATABASE; FORECASTING METHOD; LANDSLIDE; METHODOLOGY; NATURAL HAZARD; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 77649235081     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-009-9401-4     Document Type: Article

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