Advanced technologies for landslides

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• Select section Introduction

  Introduction

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  in person

  Civil Protection Centre - University of Florence, Largo Enrico Fermi 2, 50125 Firenze FI 

  27 January 2025

  28 January 2025

  29 January 2025

  30 January 2025

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   Tommaso Carlà (University of Florence), Pierluigi Confuorto (University of Florence), Matteo Del Soldato (University of Florence), Giovanni Gigli (University of Florence), Veronica Tofani (University of Florence), Sebastian Uhlemann (British Geological Survey)

  

  Introduction to landslide processes. Data acquisition methodologies and application examples of the main surveying and monitoring technologies for ground displacements. Landslide Early Warning Systems on a local and regional scale.

  Learn the main survey and monitoring techniques to be employed for different ground deformation types, with special aim to the quick definition of risk scenarios in emergency situations and early warning systems.
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  Syllabus

  • Geohazards and hydrogeological risk: landslides
  • Traditional and advanced systems for landslide surveying and monitoring
  • Satellite radar interferometry: acquisition, processing, analysis and interpretation of monitoring data
  • Electro-petrophysical relationships linking geophysical with hydrogeomechanical properties
• Select section MODULE 1 - Geohazards and hydrogeological risk; landslides

  MODULE 1 - Geohazards and hydrogeological risk; landslides

  • Features and geometry, type of movement, materials, water content, velocity, classifications, causes and effects, mitigation measures and case studies
  • Stability analyses and numerical modelling of the triggering and runout mechanisms
• Select section MODULE 2 - Traditional and advanced systems for landslide surveying and monitoring

  MODULE 2 - Traditional and advanced systems for landslide surveying and monitoring

  Theory and applications of:

  • Lidar
  • Ground-based and satellite radar interferometry
  • Doppler radar
  • Muon radiography: theory and applications
  • Landslide forecasting and warning at slope scale

  • Select activity EW and Forecasting

    

    EW and Forecasting File PDF
• Select section MODULE 3 - Satellite radar interferometry: acquisition, processing, analysis and interpretation of monitoring data

  MODULE 3 - Satellite radar interferometry: acquisition, processing, analysis and interpretation of monitoring data

  • Large-scale (regional) and local (single building) scale satellite radar data analysis: theory and applications
• Select section MODULE 4 - Electro-petrophysical relationships linking geophysical with hydrogeomechanical properties

  MODULE 4 - Electro-petrophysical relationships linking geophysical with hydrogeomechanical properties

  • Geoelectrical monitoring: measurement principles and properties
  • Monitoring instrumentation
  • Timelapse inversion strategies
  • Temperature correction
  • Property translation
  • Integrated monitoring examples

  • Select activity Electro-petrophysical relationships

    

    Electro-petrophysical relationships File PDF
  • Select activity Geoelectrical monitoring: measurement principles and properties

    

    Geoelectrical monitoring: measurement principles and properties File PDF
  • Select activity Quantitative analysis of geoelectrical monitoring data

    

    Quantitative analysis of geoelectrical monitoring data File PDF
  • Select activity Examples of integrated landslide monitoring

    

    Examples of integrated landslide monitoring File PDF