Quantitative correlation of rainfall and earth surface displacements for slope stability studies

Chrysanthos Steiakakis; Zacharias Agioutantis; Evangelia Apostolou; Georgia Papavgeri; Achilleas Tripolitsiotis

doi:10.1117/12.2193463

Quantitative correlation of rainfall and earth surface displacements for slope stability studies

Chrysanthos Steiakakis, Zacharias Agioutantis, Evangelia Apostolou, Georgia Papavgeri, Achilleas Tripolitsiotis

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

4 Scopus citations

Abstract

It is common sense that the possibility of a rockfall increases after an intense rainfall and it is well documented that rainfalls accelerate earth surface displacements such as landslides and rockfalls. This qualitative correlation is highly affected by the geology and climate condition of the area under consideration. The research project entitled "Development of an integrated system for rockfall identification in highways", funded by the Operational Program Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship (co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)) aims to develop an operational system for early warning of rockfalls that occur along transportation corridors. To accomplish this goal the influence and the time gap between triggering mechanisms and rockfall incidents is investigated. In this work, previous studies towards quantitative correlation of rainfall magnitude and earth surface displacements are briefly presented. Based on these works, and taking into account that rockfall incidents, in the majority of Mediterranean countries, are not well-documented, data obtained by a slope stability monitoring network are used to quantitatively determine the magnitude of the rainfall that caused the slope's movement.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Third International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment, RSCy 2015
Editors	Silas Michaelides, Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis, Kyriacos Themistocleous, Giorgos Papadavid
ISBN (Electronic)	9781628417005
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2193463
State	Published - 2015
Event	3rd International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment, RSCy 2015 - Paphos, Cyprus Duration: Mar 16 2015 → Mar 19 2015

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	9535
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

Conference

Conference	3rd International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment, RSCy 2015
Country/Territory	Cyprus
City	Paphos
Period	3/16/15 → 3/19/15

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Copyright SPIE.

Keywords

correlation
slope stability
triggering mechanisms

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Access to Document

10.1117/12.2193463

Cite this

Steiakakis, C., Agioutantis, Z., Apostolou, E., Papavgeri, G., & Tripolitsiotis, A. (2015). Quantitative correlation of rainfall and earth surface displacements for slope stability studies. In S. Michaelides, D. G. Hadjimitsis, K. Themistocleous, & G. Papadavid (Eds.), Third International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment, RSCy 2015 Article 95350M (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9535). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2193463

Steiakakis, Chrysanthos ; Agioutantis, Zacharias ; Apostolou, Evangelia et al. / Quantitative correlation of rainfall and earth surface displacements for slope stability studies. Third International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment, RSCy 2015. editor / Silas Michaelides ; Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis ; Kyriacos Themistocleous ; Giorgos Papadavid. 2015. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering).

@inproceedings{b2404fe2c933423791716e8c66fd1fc5,

title = "Quantitative correlation of rainfall and earth surface displacements for slope stability studies",

abstract = "It is common sense that the possibility of a rockfall increases after an intense rainfall and it is well documented that rainfalls accelerate earth surface displacements such as landslides and rockfalls. This qualitative correlation is highly affected by the geology and climate condition of the area under consideration. The research project entitled {"}Development of an integrated system for rockfall identification in highways{"}, funded by the Operational Program Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship (co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)) aims to develop an operational system for early warning of rockfalls that occur along transportation corridors. To accomplish this goal the influence and the time gap between triggering mechanisms and rockfall incidents is investigated. In this work, previous studies towards quantitative correlation of rainfall magnitude and earth surface displacements are briefly presented. Based on these works, and taking into account that rockfall incidents, in the majority of Mediterranean countries, are not well-documented, data obtained by a slope stability monitoring network are used to quantitatively determine the magnitude of the rainfall that caused the slope's movement.",

keywords = "correlation, slope stability, triggering mechanisms",

author = "Chrysanthos Steiakakis and Zacharias Agioutantis and Evangelia Apostolou and Georgia Papavgeri and Achilleas Tripolitsiotis",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 Copyright SPIE.; 3rd International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment, RSCy 2015 ; Conference date: 16-03-2015 Through 19-03-2015",

year = "2015",

doi = "10.1117/12.2193463",

language = "English",

series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",

editor = "Silas Michaelides and Hadjimitsis, {Diofantos G.} and Kyriacos Themistocleous and Giorgos Papadavid",

booktitle = "Third International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment, RSCy 2015",

}

Steiakakis, C, Agioutantis, Z, Apostolou, E, Papavgeri, G & Tripolitsiotis, A 2015, Quantitative correlation of rainfall and earth surface displacements for slope stability studies. in S Michaelides, DG Hadjimitsis, K Themistocleous & G Papadavid (eds), Third International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment, RSCy 2015., 95350M, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 9535, 3rd International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment, RSCy 2015, Paphos, Cyprus, 3/16/15. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2193463

Quantitative correlation of rainfall and earth surface displacements for slope stability studies. / Steiakakis, Chrysanthos; Agioutantis, Zacharias; Apostolou, Evangelia et al.
Third International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment, RSCy 2015. ed. / Silas Michaelides; Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis; Kyriacos Themistocleous; Giorgos Papadavid. 2015. 95350M (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9535).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

TY - GEN

T1 - Quantitative correlation of rainfall and earth surface displacements for slope stability studies

AU - Steiakakis, Chrysanthos

AU - Agioutantis, Zacharias

AU - Apostolou, Evangelia

AU - Papavgeri, Georgia

AU - Tripolitsiotis, Achilleas

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - It is common sense that the possibility of a rockfall increases after an intense rainfall and it is well documented that rainfalls accelerate earth surface displacements such as landslides and rockfalls. This qualitative correlation is highly affected by the geology and climate condition of the area under consideration. The research project entitled "Development of an integrated system for rockfall identification in highways", funded by the Operational Program Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship (co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)) aims to develop an operational system for early warning of rockfalls that occur along transportation corridors. To accomplish this goal the influence and the time gap between triggering mechanisms and rockfall incidents is investigated. In this work, previous studies towards quantitative correlation of rainfall magnitude and earth surface displacements are briefly presented. Based on these works, and taking into account that rockfall incidents, in the majority of Mediterranean countries, are not well-documented, data obtained by a slope stability monitoring network are used to quantitatively determine the magnitude of the rainfall that caused the slope's movement.

AB - It is common sense that the possibility of a rockfall increases after an intense rainfall and it is well documented that rainfalls accelerate earth surface displacements such as landslides and rockfalls. This qualitative correlation is highly affected by the geology and climate condition of the area under consideration. The research project entitled "Development of an integrated system for rockfall identification in highways", funded by the Operational Program Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship (co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)) aims to develop an operational system for early warning of rockfalls that occur along transportation corridors. To accomplish this goal the influence and the time gap between triggering mechanisms and rockfall incidents is investigated. In this work, previous studies towards quantitative correlation of rainfall magnitude and earth surface displacements are briefly presented. Based on these works, and taking into account that rockfall incidents, in the majority of Mediterranean countries, are not well-documented, data obtained by a slope stability monitoring network are used to quantitatively determine the magnitude of the rainfall that caused the slope's movement.

KW - correlation

KW - slope stability

KW - triggering mechanisms

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84938943786&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84938943786&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1117/12.2193463

DO - 10.1117/12.2193463

M3 - Conference contribution

AN - SCOPUS:84938943786

T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

BT - Third International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment, RSCy 2015

A2 - Michaelides, Silas

A2 - Hadjimitsis, Diofantos G.

A2 - Themistocleous, Kyriacos

A2 - Papadavid, Giorgos

T2 - 3rd International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment, RSCy 2015

Y2 - 16 March 2015 through 19 March 2015

ER -

Steiakakis C, Agioutantis Z, Apostolou E, Papavgeri G, Tripolitsiotis A. Quantitative correlation of rainfall and earth surface displacements for slope stability studies. In Michaelides S, Hadjimitsis DG, Themistocleous K, Papadavid G, editors, Third International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment, RSCy 2015. 2015. 95350M. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering). doi: 10.1117/12.2193463

Quantitative correlation of rainfall and earth surface displacements for slope stability studies

Abstract

Publication series

Conference

Bibliographical note

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this