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- Title
Landslide detection and susceptibility mapping using LiDAR and an artificial neural network approach: a case study in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio.
- Authors
Gorsevski, Pece; Brown, M.; Panter, Kurt; Onasch, Charles; Simic, Anita; Snyder, Jeffrey
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to detect shallow landslides using hillshade maps derived from light detection and ranging (LiDAR)-based digital elevation model (DEM) derivatives. The landslide susceptibility mapping used an artificial neural network (ANN) approach and backpropagation method that was tested in the northern portion of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP) located in northeast Ohio. The relationship between landslides and predictor attributes, which describe landform classes using slope, profile and plan curvatures, upslope drainage area, annual solar radiation, and wetness index, was extracted from LiDAR-based DEM using geographic information system (GIS). The approach presented in this paper required a training study area for the development of the susceptibility model and a validation study area to test the model. The results from the validation showed that within the very high susceptibility class, a total of 42.6 % of known landslides that were associated with 1.56 % of total area were correctly predicted. In contrast, the very low susceptibility class that represented 82.68 % of the total area was associated with 1.20 % of known landslides. The results suggest that the majority of the known landslides occur within a small portion of the study area, consistent with field investigation and other studies. Sample probabilistic maps of landslide susceptibility potential and other products from this approach are summarized and presented for visualization to help park officials in effective management and planning.
- Subjects
CUYAHOGA Valley National Park (Ohio); LANDSLIDES; LIDAR; DIGITAL elevation models; ARTIFICIAL neural networks; GEOGRAPHIC information systems
- Publication
Landslides, 2016, Vol 13, Issue 3, p467
- ISSN
1612-510X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10346-015-0587-0