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Integrating empirical models and satellite radar can improve landslide detection for emergency response
COMET, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, Durham, UK
now at: Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, Toulouse, France
David Milledge
School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
Richard J. Walters
COMET, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, Durham, UK
Dino Bellugi
Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, USA
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Short summary
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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