Calibration and resolution effects on model performance for predicting shallow landslide locations in Taiwan

Geomorphology

Volumn 133, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 168-177

  Keijsers, J G S ^a   Schoorl, J M ^a   Chang, K T ^b,c   Chiang, S H ^c   Claessens, L ^a,d   Veldkamp, A ^a,e  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Digital elevation model; Land use; Landslide modelling; Model calibration; Rainfall distribution

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSLIDE; MODEL VALIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDICTION; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SLOPE STABILITY; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

TAIWAN;

EID: 80052431099     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.03.020     Document Type: Article

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