Historic drought puts the brakes on earthflows in Northern California

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 5725-5731

  Bennett, G L ^a,b   Roering, J J ^a   Mackey, B H ^a   Handwerger, A L ^a   Schmidt, D A ^c   Guillod, B P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aerial photograph; drought; earthflow; landslide; pixel tracking; Worldview

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; MOISTURE; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PIXELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; TRACKING (POSITION);

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; EARTHFLOW; HYDROLOGIC INTERACTIONS; LANDSLIDE MOVEMENTS; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; SATELLITE INTERFEROMETRY; VELOCITY VARIATIONS; WORLDVIEW;

LANDSLIDES;

EID: 84971607434     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL068378     Document Type: Letter

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