@article{ref1,
title="Rainfall-triggered slope instabilities under a changing climate: comparative study using historical and projected precipitation extremes",
journal="Canadian geotechnical journal",
year="2017",
author="Robinson, Joe D. and Vahedifard, Farshid and AghaKouchak, Amir",
volume="54",
number="1",
pages="117-127",
abstract="This study aims to quantitatively assess the impact of extreme precipitation events under current and future climate scenarios on landslides. Rainfall-triggered landslides are analyzed primarily using extreme precipitation estimates, derived using the so-called stationary assumption (i.e., statistics of extreme events will not vary significantly over a long period of time). However, extreme precipitation patterns have shown to vary substantially due to climate change, leading to unprecedented changes in the statistics of extremes. In this study, a nonstationary approach, applied to climate model simulations, is adopted to project the upper bound of future precipitation extremes. Future precipitation estimates are obtained from the coupled model intercomparison project phase 5 (CMIP5) simulations. Baseline (historical) and projected (future) precipitation extremes are obtained for a study area near Seattle, Washington. The precipitation patterns are integrated into a series of fully coupled two-dimensional... </p> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0008-3674",
doi="10.1139/cgj-2015-0602",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2015-0602"
}