Landslide susceptibility mapping using downscaled AMSR-E soil moisture: A case study from Cleveland Corral, California, US

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2624-2636

  Ray, Ram L ^a   Jacobs, Jennifer M ^b   Cosh, Michael H ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

AMSR E; Landslide; Remote sensing; Slope stability; Soil moisture; VIC 3L

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER; AMSR-E; CALIFORNIA , US; CLEVELAND; EARTH OBSERVING; LANDSLIDE PREDICTION; LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY; LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY MAPPING; LANDSLIDE-PRONE REGIONS; REGIONAL SCALE; REMOTELY SENSED SOIL MOISTURE; SNOW COVERS; STANDARD DEVIATION; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITIES; VIC-3L;

FENCES; LANDSLIDES; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; REMOTE SENSING; SLOPE PROTECTION; SNOW; SOIL MOISTURE; STABILITY; STATISTICS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

EOS; INFILTRATION; LANDSLIDE; MAPPING METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SLOPE STABILITY; SNOW COVER; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956170002     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.05.033     Document Type: Article

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