A prototype system for forecasting landslides in the Seattle, Washington, area

GSA Reviews in Engineering Geology

Volumn 20, Issue , 2008, Pages 103-120

  Chleborad, Alan F ^b   Baum, Rex L ^a   Godt, Jonathan W ^a   Powers, Phillip S ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Early warning system; Landslide; Landslide probability; Rainfall threshold

Indexed keywords

DECISION TREES; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AUTOMATED ANALYSIS; CUMULATIVE RAINFALL; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; LANDSLIDE FORECAST; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST; RAINFALL INTENSITY DURATIONS; RAINFALL THRESHOLDS; SEATTLE , WASHINGTON;

LANDSLIDES;

EID: 77955436152     PISSN: 00802018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.4020(06)     Document Type: Article

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