@article{ref1,
title="Relationships Among Remotely Sensed Soil Moisture, Precipitation and Landslide Events",
journal="Natural hazards",
year="2007",
author="Ray, RL and Jacobs, JM",
volume="43",
number="2",
pages="211-222",
abstract="Landslides are triggered by earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, and heavy continuous rainfall. For most types of slope failure, soil moisture plays a critical role because increased pore water pressure reduces the soil strength and increases stress. However, in-situ soil moisture profiles are rarely measured. To establish the soil moisture and landslide relationship, a qualitative comparison among soil moisture derived from AMSR-E, precipitation from TRMM and major landslide events was conducted. This study shows that it is possible to estimate antecedent soil moisture conditions using AMSR-E and TRMM satellite data in landslide prone areas. AMSR-E data show distinct annual patterns of soil moisture that reflect observed rainfall patterns from TRMM. Results also show enhanced AMSR-E soil moisture and TRMM rainfall prior to major landslide events in landslide prone regions of California, U.S.; Leyte, Philippines; and Dhading, Nepal.   <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0921-030X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}