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Storm-triggered Landslides in Warmer Climates

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Diandong Ren

    1. Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia

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  • Addresses the mechanical, as well as ecological system consequences of storm-triggered landslides, with a state-of-the-science model as the basis
  • Discusses the consequences of a warming climate including uplifting of atmospheric mass center and altered circulation, non-uniform warming of the major ocean basins and effects on the walker circulation and atmospheric rivers
  • Explains in detail the mechanical, chemical and hydrological effects of vegetation root systems
  • Covers societal impacts and proposes an intelligence network for dealing with mudslides
  • Explores the likely impact of sea level rise due to ice sheet disintegration
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Diandong Ren
    Pages 1-8

  3. Ecosystem of Sloping Terrain, Soil, and Vegetation

    • Diandong Ren
    Pages 9-16

  4. Landslides Are a Double-Edged Sword

    • Diandong Ren
    Pages 17-22

  5. Strain and Stress

    • Diandong Ren
    Pages 23-33

  6. Landslide Dynamics

    • Diandong Ren
    Pages 35-79

  7. SEGMENT-Landslide and Applications to Various Climatic Zones

    • Diandong Ren
    Pages 81-153

  8. Changes in Extreme Precipitation in a Future Warming Climate

    • Diandong Ren
    Pages 155-207

  9. The Impact of Landslides on Sea Level Rise

    • Diandong Ren
    Pages 209-227

  10. Modeling Debris Flows in the Aftermath of the 2007 Southern California Wildfires

    • Diandong Ren
    Pages 229-249

  11. Opportunity and Challenges in the Remote Sensing Era

    • Diandong Ren
    Pages 251-255

  12. The Path Forward: Landslides in a Future Climate

    • Diandong Ren
    Pages 257-269

  13. Mathematical Skills Required to Fully Understand SEGMENT-Landslide

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    Pages 271-317

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 319-365
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This volume discusses the general physics of debris flows and various approaches to modeling - including the SEGMENT-Landslide approach – as well as the pros and cons of these approaches and how other approaches are sub-sets of the SEGMENT-Landslide approach. In addition, this volume will systematically unify the concepts of vadose zone hydrology and geotechnical engineering, with special emphasis on quantifying ecosystem consequences of storm-triggered landslides in a warmer climate setting. The reader will find a comprehensive coverage of concepts ranging from hillslope hydrology, porous granular material rheology and the fundamentals of soil properties, to state-of-the-art concepts of enhanced hydrological cycle with climate warming and a discussion of new approaches for future research.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia

    Diandong Ren

About the author

Dr. Ren's main interests lie in climate diagnostics, dynamic data assimilation and fluid mechanics, as well as land surface modeling of ecosystem responses to a warming climate, glacier/ice sheet dynamic modeling, natural hazards such as storm-triggered landslides, frozen soil thawing and refreezing processes and soil nutrient fluctuations. He has coded a scalable, extensible and adaptable geo-fluid model (SEGMENT), which offers a unified approach for a disparate set of poorly understood phenomena in geophysical flows/movements such as glacier sudden surge and which is also is capable of describing nutrient content between different vegetation types.

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