Calibration and validation of rainfall thresholds for shallow landslide forecasting in Sicily, southern Italy

Geomorphology

Volumn 228, Issue , 2015, Pages 653-665

  Gariano, S L ^a,b   Brunetti, M T ^a,b   Iovine, G ^c   Melillo, M ^a   Peruccacci, S ^a   Terranova, O ^c   Vennari, C ^a,d   Guzzetti, F ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contingency table; Rainfall threshold; Shallow landslide; Sicily; Skill score; Validation

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FORECASTING METHOD; LANDSLIDE; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SLOPE FAILURE;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84909957481     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.10.019     Document Type: Article

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