Articles | Volume 22, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-1955-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-1955-2022
Research article
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10 Jun 2022
Research article |  | 10 Jun 2022

Debris flow velocity and volume estimations based on seismic data

Andreas Schimmel, Velio Coviello, and Francesco Comiti

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The estimation of debris flow velocity and volume is a fundamental task for the development of early warning systems and other mitigation measures. This work provides a first approach for estimating the velocity and the total volume of debris flows based on the seismic signal detected with simple, low-cost geophones installed along the debris flow channel. The developed method was applied to seismic data collected at three test sites in the Alps: Gadria and Cancia (IT) and Lattenbach (AT).
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