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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-4585-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-4585-2021
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Research article
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26 Aug 2021
Research article |
| 26 Aug 2021
| 26 Aug 2021
Simulated or measured soil moisture: which one is adding more value to regional landslide early warning?
Mountain Hydrology and Mass Movements Research Unit, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Per-Erik Jansson
Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
Peter Lehmann
Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zurich,
Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
Christian Hauck
Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 4, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
Manfred Stähli
Mountain Hydrology and Mass Movements Research Unit, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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Latest update: 23 Apr 2025
Short summary
Soil moisture information was shown to be valuable for landslide prediction. Soil moisture was simulated at 133 sites in Switzerland, and the temporal variability was compared to the regional occurrence of landslides. We found that simulated soil moisture is a good predictor for landslides, and that the forecast goodness is similar to using in situ measurements. This encourages the use of models for complementing existing soil moisture monitoring networks for regional landslide early warning.
Soil moisture information was shown to be valuable for landslide prediction. Soil moisture was...
