Exploring relationships between grid cell size and accuracy for debris-flow susceptibility models: a test in the Giampilieri catchment (Sicily, Italy)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1-21

  Cama, M ^a   Conoscenti, C ^a   Lombardo, L ^a,b   Rotigliano, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Debris flow susceptibility; Forward stepwise selection; Giampilieri catchment; Grid cell size; Messina (Sicily, Italy)

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CYTOLOGY; DEBRIS; LAND USE; LANDSLIDES; LITHOLOGY; RUNOFF;

ACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCE; BINARY LOGISTIC REGRESSION; DEBRIS-FLOW SUSCEPTIBILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ATTRIBUTES; FORWARD STEPWISE SELECTION; GRID CELL SIZE; MESSINA (SICILY, ITALY); PREDICTIVE PERFORMANCE;

CELLS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CATCHMENT; DEBRIS FLOW; ERROR ANALYSIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HISTORICAL RECORD; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSLIDE; LITHOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84955503495     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-5047-6     Document Type: Article

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