Combining temporal 3-D remote sensing data with spatial rockfall simulations for improved understanding of hazardous slopes within rail corridors

van Veen, Megan; Hutchinson, D. Jean; Bonneau, David A.; Sala, Zac; Ondercin, Matthew; Lato, Matt

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-2295-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-2295-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-2295-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 8

Research article

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29 Aug 2018

Research article |

| 29 Aug 2018

Combining temporal 3-D remote sensing data with spatial rockfall simulations for improved understanding of hazardous slopes within rail corridors

Megan van Veen, D. Jean Hutchinson, David A. Bonneau, Zac Sala, Matthew Ondercin, and Matt Lato

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

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RC1: 'Review 1', Olga Mavrouli, 26 Mar 2018
- AC1: 'Author Response to Reviewer 1', Megan van Veen, 02 Jul 2018
RC2: 'Reviewer Comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 May 2018
- AC2: 'Author Response to Reviewer 2', Megan van Veen, 02 Jul 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (08 Jul 2018) by Thomas Glade

AR by Megan van Veen on behalf of the Authors (25 Jul 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (10 Aug 2018) by Thomas Glade

AR by Megan van Veen on behalf of the Authors (17 Aug 2018) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Rockfalls present a hazard to railways in mountainous terrain. 3-D remote monitoring data can be used to identify events that occurred between data collections. Using a case study from British Columbia, we present a method combining 3-D rockfall event data with spatial rockfall simulations to provide a refined estimate of the frequency of rockfalls presenting a direct hazard to passing trains and railway infrastructure, which is often less than the total number of rockfalls that occurred.