Estimation of rainfall thresholds triggering shallow landslides for an operational warning system implementation

Landslides

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 471-481

  Tiranti, Davide ^a   Rabuffetti, Davide ^a  

^a ARPA PIEMONTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early warning; Intense rainfall; North western Italy; Piemonte

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC MONITORING-SYSTEM; CHARACTERISATION; CRITICAL RAINFALL; DOLOSTONES; EARLY WARNING; EMPIRICAL MODEL; FLOOD FORECASTING; FORECASTING TOOLS; HEAVY RAINFALL; HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS; INTENSE RAINFALL; NATURAL HAZARD; NORTH-WESTERN ITALY; NUMBER OF FALSE ALARMS; OPERATIONAL WARNINGS; PIEMONTE; RIVER PATTERN; SEVERE WEATHER; SHALLOW LANDSLIDE; WARNING SYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FLOOD CONTROL; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LANDSLIDES; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

RAIN;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BEDROCK; CALIBRATION; DOLOSTONE; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD FORECASTING; IGNEOUS ROCK; LANDSLIDE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METEOROLOGY; NATURAL HAZARD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; TERRITORY; THRESHOLD;

ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY];

EID: 78649330611     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-010-0198-8     Document Type: Article

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