Articles | Volume 7, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-2969-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-2969-2014
Development and technical paper
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15 Dec 2014
Development and technical paper |  | 15 Dec 2014

A strategy for GIS-based 3-D slope stability modelling over large areas

M. Mergili, I. Marchesini, M. Alvioli, M. Metz, B. Schneider-Muntau, M. Rossi, and F. Guzzetti

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The article deals with strategies to (i) reduce computation time and to (ii) appropriately account for uncertain input parameters when applying an open source GIS sliding surface model to estimate landslide susceptibility for a 90km² study area in central Italy. For (i), the area is split into a large number of tiles, enabling the exploitation of multi-processor computing environments. For (ii), the model is run with various parameter combinations to compute the slope failure probability.
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