Monitoring, Mapping, and Modeling of Regional-Scale Slope Failure Hazards

Session ID#: 279693

Session Description:
Slope failures, including landslides, debris flows, and rockfalls, represent a persistent and intensifying geological hazard worldwide, particularly under conditions of extreme rainfall, wildfire disturbance, seismic activity, and land use change. These hazards pose significant threats to communities, infrastructure, and ecosystems, creating an urgent need for effective monitoring, mapping, and modeling to improve early warning and risk mitigation strategies. This session invites contributions that advance the science of regional-scale slope failure hazard assessment through innovative methods in monitoring, mapping, and modeling. We particularly seek studies that leverage remote sensing data, physics-based simulations, and data-driven or hybrid modeling frameworks to characterize triggering conditions, quantify hazard extent, and enable timely forecasting. Submissions that explore the integration of observational data with models, address uncertainty quantification, or demonstrate the application of these approaches to real-world decision-making related to slope failure hazards are especially encouraged.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
  • H - Hydrology
  • NS - Near Surface Geophysics
Index Terms:

4315 Monitoring, forecasting, prediction [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4319 Spatial modeling [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4333 Disaster risk analysis and assessment [NATURAL HAZARDS]
5464 Remote sensing [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
Primary Convener:  Weibing Gong, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States
Conveners:  Stratis Karantanellis, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, United States, Lei Wang, University of Cincinnati Main Campus, Cincinnati, United States and Yimin Lu, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States
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