Extreme Precipitation in the Himalayan Landslide Hotspot

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dc.contributor.authorStanley, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorKirschbaum, Dalia B.
dc.contributor.authorPascale, Salvatore
dc.contributor.authorKapnick, Sarah
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-05T17:01:10Z
dc.date.available2022-10-05T17:01:10Z
dc.date.issued2020-04-15
dc.description.abstractExtreme precipitation from the South-Asian monsoon season combines with significant topographic relief within the Himalayan region to cause landslides that result in hundreds to thousands of fatalities each year. While there are few consistent and publicly available in-situ estimates of rainfall across this region, satellite products and global climate models provide insight into the extreme precipitation patterns that may impact the frequency of landsliding. In this work, we analyzed several extreme precipitation indices using data from a global climate model and the satellite-based Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis product to represent extreme precipitation over High Mountain Asia. We then compared the temporal distribution of extreme precipitation to a global database of landslides to better understand the spatiotemporal distribution of potential landslide triggering factors. We found that these indices successfully model the seasonality of landslide activity across the region, but other aspects of spatiotemporal variability require additional information and analysis before they can be applied more broadly.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors gratefully acknowledge reviews of this manuscript provided by Robert Emberson (USRA/NASA), Nathaniel Johnson (NOAA), and John Lanzante (NOAA). This work was supported by the NASA High Mountain Asia Project. Specifically, support for D. Kirschbaum and T. Stanley was provided by NASA grant #N5-HMA15-0035. Support for S. Kapnick and S. Pascale was provided by NASA grant #15-HMA15-0016. S. Pascale is also supported by the NOAA CICS grant – NA14OAR4320106.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-35798-6_31en_US
dc.format.extent25 pagesen_US
dc.genrebook chaptersen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2juhd-m0zm
dc.identifier.citationStanley, T., Kirschbaum, D.B., Pascale, S., Kapnick, S. (2020). Extreme Precipitation in the Himalayan Landslide Hotspot. In: Levizzani, V., Kidd, C., Kirschbaum, D., Kummerow, C., Nakamura, K., Turk, F. (eds) Satellite Precipitation Measurement. Advances in Global Change Research, vol 69. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35798-6_31en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35798-6_31
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/26094
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC GESTAR II Collection
dc.rightsThis work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.en_US
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dc.titleExtreme Precipitation in the Himalayan Landslide Hotspoten_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2288-0363en_US

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