Objective definition of rainfall intensity-duration thresholds for the initiation of post-fire debris flows in southern California

Landslides

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 547-562

  Staley, Dennis M ^a   Kean, Jason W ^a   Cannon, Susan H ^a   Schmidt, Kevin M ^b   Laber, Jayme L ^c  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Rainfall; Thresholds; Warning system; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; FORECASTING; LANDSLIDES; RAIN; STORMS;

DEBRIS FLOW OCCURRENCES; DEBRIS FLOWS; OBJECTIVE DEFINITION; RAINFALL CHARACTERISTICS; RAINFALL INTENSITY DURATIONS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; THRESHOLDS; WILDFIRE;

DEBRIS;

DEBRIS FLOW; LANDSLIDE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDICTION; RAINSTORM; THRESHOLD; WARNING SYSTEM; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884908586     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-012-0341-9     Document Type: Article

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