LandAware WG5 meeting 20 September 2024, 3 p.m. CEST
Luca Ciabatta from the Research Institute of Geo-Hydrological Protection (IRPI) of the National Research Council (CNR), Perugia, will present his recent work on
Soil moisture-based thresholds for the assessment of landslide hazard.
Summary: The Civil Protection Service of Umbria Region, central Italy, developed a landslide early warning system based on soil moisture conditions and rainfall over the regional territory. By identifying the degree of saturation before and after the rainfall event (obtained through a hydrological model), it has been observed that most of the activations occurred when the soil reached saturation. In this way, an alert can be issued when the amount of rainfall needed by the soil to reach saturation is observed. The proposed method is able to identify correctly most of the proposed events with a very limited amount of false alarms.
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