Articles | Volume 19, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-775-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-775-2019
Research article
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15 Apr 2019
Research article |  | 15 Apr 2019

A susceptibility-based rainfall threshold approach for landslide occurrence

Elise Monsieurs, Olivier Dewitte, and Alain Demoulin

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TRMM (TMPA-RT) Near Real-Time Precipitation L3 3 hour 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V7 G. Huffman https://doi.org/10.5067/TRMM/TMPA/3H-E/7

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We propose in this study a fundamentally new approach for the definition of minimum rainfall required for the initiation of landslides based on satellite-derived antecedent rainfall estimates directly coupled with data on surface susceptibility for landslides. We apply our approach in the western branch of the East African Rift and provide first regional rainfall thresholds for landsliding in tropical Africa.
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