Modeling of Landslide-Generated Tsunamis with GRASS

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 191-214

  Cannata, Massimiliano ^a   Marzocchi, Roberto ^a   Molinari, Monia Elisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; LANDSLIDES; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CASE-STUDIES; ITS APPLICATIONS; MODEL SENSITIVITY; MODEL VALIDITY; NORTHERN ITALY; OPEN SOURCES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OPEN-SOURCE; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; SOURCE CODES; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY;

TSUNAMIS;

GIS; LANDSLIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; TSUNAMI;

ITALY; LAKE COMO; LOMBARDY;

EID: 84859784354     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: 14679671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2012.01315.x     Document Type: Article

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