Brief Communication: A new testing field for debris flow warning systems

Arattano, M.; Coviello, V.; Cavalli, M.; Comiti, F.; Macconi, P.; Theule, J.; Crema, S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-1545-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-1545-2015

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Articles | Volume 15, issue 7

Brief communication

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13 Jul 2015

Brief communication |

| 13 Jul 2015

Brief Communication: A new testing field for debris flow warning systems

M. Arattano, V. Coviello, M. Cavalli, F. Comiti, P. Macconi, J. Theule, and S. Crema

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Final revised paper (published on 13 Jul 2015)
Preprint (discussion started on 02 Mar 2015)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C221: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Mar 2015
- SC C495: 'Answers to anonymous referee #1', Massimo Arattano, 24 Apr 2015
- AC C855: 'Answers to anonymous referee #1', Velio Coviello, 01 Jun 2015
RC C282: 'Review of "Brief Communication: A new testing ﬁeld for debris ﬂow warning systems and algorithms"', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Mar 2015
- SC C498: 'Answers to anonymous referee #2', Massimo Arattano, 24 Apr 2015
- AC C860: 'Answers to anonymous referee #2', Velio Coviello, 01 Jun 2015

Short summary

A testing field for debris flow Early Warning Systems (EWSs) has been equipped in the Gadria basin (eastern Italian Alps). The installation is conceived to produce didactic videos and host informative visits. The populace involvement and education is an essential step in hazard mitigation interventions and it should be planned during any research activity on that topic. In the summer of 2014, the occurrence of a debris flow in the Gadria creek allowed for a first test of a geophone-based EWS.