Exploiting Maximum Entropy method and ASTER data for assessing debris flow and debris slide susceptibility for the Giampilieri catchment (north-eastern Sicily, Italy)

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1776-1789

  Lombardo, Luigi ^a,b,c   Bachofer, Felix ^b   Cama, Mariaelena ^a,b   Märker, Michael ^b,d   Rotigliano, Edoardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

ASTER; Landslide susceptibility; MaxEnt; triggering mechanism prediction

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COPYRIGHTS; DEBRIS; LANDSLIDES; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF;

ASTER; DEBRIS-FLOW SUSCEPTIBILITIES; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAXENT; MULTISPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING; PROBABILITY ESTIMATE; TRIGGERING MECHANISM;

MAXIMUM ENTROPY METHODS;

ASTER; AVALANCHE; CATCHMENT; DEBRIS FLOW; FAILURE MECHANISM; LANDSLIDE; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SLOPE STABILITY; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

GIAMPILIERI; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84987816312     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3998     Document Type: Article

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