Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 21, issue 10
Articles | Volume 21, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2993-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2993-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 21, issue 10
Research article
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07 Oct 2021
Research article |  | 07 Oct 2021

Integrating empirical models and satellite radar can improve landslide detection for emergency response

Katy Burrows, David Milledge, Richard J. Walters, and Dino Bellugi

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When cloud cover obscures optical satellite imagery, there are two options remaining for generating information on earthquake-triggered landslide locations: (1) models which predict landslide locations based on, e.g., slope and ground shaking data and (2) satellite radar data, which penetrates cloud cover and is sensitive to landslides. Here we show that the two approaches can be combined to give a more consistent and more accurate model of landslide locations after an earthquake.
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