Remote Sensing And GIS

Course code ENS CC 524

APPLICATIONS OF REMOTE
SENSING IN LANDSLIDE
by

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A landslide is defined as the movement of a mass of rock, debris,
or earth down a slope.
Landslides are a type of "mass wasting," which denotes any down-
slope movement of soil and rock under the direct influence of
gravity.
 Several studies have been done on landslides in many
countries; remote sensing is a vital key in investigating
and monitoring landslides.
 Remote sensing images are increasingly used in
mapping and monitoring methods.
 Landslides prediction using ground monitoring
techniques proves to be hard and tedious.
 More reliable landslide inventory maps have been
developed based on stereo images from SAR.
The various application of remote sensing on landslides
include
1) Landslide maping 2) Landslide detecting
3) Landslide analysis 4) Landslide monitoring 5) SAR
6) Optical remote sensing 7) Light detecting and ranging
1. LANDSLIDE MAPPING
Landslide maps can be as simple as those maps that use the
location of old landslides to indicate potential instability or as
complex as maps applying probabilities based on variables
such as rainfall, slope angle, soil type, and levels of
earthquake shaking. Several types of maps are used to
describe and predict landslide hazards. Eg-

• Landslide inventory maps such as the US landslide inventory map

• Landslide susceptibility maps such as Susceptibility to Deep-seated

landslides in California

• Potential landslide maps such as NASA Global view of Landslide

susceptibility
2. LANDSLIDE DETECTING
 Various factors can trigger landslides.
 They include intense or prolonged rainfall, rapid
snowmelt, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, mining, and
cutting slopes for road development.
 Because it is time-consuming and expensive to
develop landslide inventories using in-situ
measurement, remote sensing data and tools can
efficiently develop landslide inventory maps.
 Advanced remote sensing, spatial analysis techniques,
and high-resolution satellite images help develop more
reliable landslide detection maps
3. LANDSLIDE ANALYSIS
 Landslide disasters require a systematic and objective
assessment of the multi-landslide hazards, which
entails different characteristics and casual factors of
hazard and their spatial, temporal, and size probabilities.
 Remotely sensed data gives several important factors
used in developing landslide hazard zones.
 In general, landslide hazard analysis is done using aerial
photography and remotely sensed images.
 High-resolution spatial data for factors associated with
landslide hazards is important for effective disaster
analysis
4. LANDSLIDE MONITORING
 The best method to reduce the impact of landslide
hazards and improve risk management is through
landslide monitoring and planning.

 Landslide monitoring includes developing landslide

inventory, landslide susceptibility maps, and conducting
a landslide hazard analysis.

 In addition, landslide monitoring entails comparing the

speed of debris movement, rate of slope movement,
surface topography concerning landslide conditions
from different landslide occurrences to assess the
activity of a landslide.
 Therefore, remote sensing data and techniques are used
for in-depth hazard mapping and monitoring due to their
extensive observation coverage and frequency, especially
for high mountainous regions.

5. SAR ( Synthetic aperture radar )

 SAR data have been used widely in landslide research due

to the broad coverage and high spatial resolution and the
ability to continue operating under all weather conditions.

 The satellite SAR data used include archived ERS

(European Remote Sensing) and Envisat ASAR,
PALSAR ( polarimetric Phased Array L-band Synthetic
Aperture Radar).
6. OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING

 Optical remote sensing images were mainly used to

generate landslide inventory with long time series of
Landsat TM, ASTER, and Rapid Eye in consideration
from 1986 to 2016

7. LIGHT DETECTING AND RANGING (LiDAR)

 Multi-temporal LiDAR images and Orthophotos can

be analyzed to establish landscape changes caused by
an active landslide.
CONCLUSION

Remotely Sensed data coupled with Geographical

Information System have proved to be effective tools for
generating and processing spatial information, and facilitates
effective landslide detection, mapping, monitoring and hazard
analysis.
REFERENCES

- Lillesand, Kiefer, Chapman, 1987,Remote

sensing and image interpretation. John wiley and
sons NewYork.
- https://grindgis.com/remote-sensing/applications-
of-remote-sensing-in-landslide

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