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Global Landslide Susceptibility Map
Resource ID
e44c933e-98dd-11e9-97a2-02a677ac86ab
Title
Global Landslide Susceptibility Map
Date
June 27, 2019, 1:17 p.m., Publication
Abstract
The global Landslide Hazard Assessment for Situational Awareness (LHASA) model is developed to provide situational awareness of landslide hazards for a wide range of users. Precipitation is a common trigger of landslides. The GPM Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) data shows recent precipitation, updated every thirty minutes. A LHASA landslide “nowcast” is created by comparing GPM data from the last seven days to the long-term precipitation record provided by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA). Because IMERG data is only available starting in 2014, the record of historical rainfall was established by TMPA, comparing 2001-present. The TMPA rainfall probability distributions were then compared to that of IMERG and the rainfall thresholds were adjusted so that the IMERG data more closely mapped to those of the TMPA archive. The past 7 days of rainfall are considered, with each day is weighted according to their date before present, with the last twenty-four hours having the most impact. In places where precipitation is unusually high, the susceptibility of the terrain is evaluated, which includes quantitative information on if: roads have been built; trees have been cut down or burned; a major tectonic fault is nearby; the local bedrock is weak; the hillsides are steep.
Edition
v1
Responsible
mattiaamadio
Point of Contact
Amadio
labs.gfdrr@gmail.com
Purpose
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Maintenance Frequency
None
Type
grid
Restrictions
None
License
Public Domain
Language
eng
Temporal Extent
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Supplemental Information
Nessuna informazione fornita
Data Quality
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Extent
  • x0: -180.0
  • x1: 179.99999999999983
  • y0: -60.00827333000001
  • y1: 72.00006000333326
Spatial Reference System Identifier
EPSG:4326
Keywords
no keywords
Category
Geoscientific Information
Regions
Global