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	Quick Search Author Title Abstract Nr. Schedule Nr. Natural Hazards Meteorological Hazards Hydrological Hazards Landslide Hazards Earthquake Hazards Volcanic Hazards Sea and Ocean Hazards Snow Avalanches and other Glacial hazards Other Hazards Multidisciplinary Approaches for Risk Assessment, Mapping, Disaster Management & Mitigation Strategi Historical Information, Databases and Dating Techniques for Natural Hazards and Risk Assessment New Technologies for Natural Hazards and Risk Assessment Programme Groups Atmospheric Sciences Biogeosciences Climate: Past, Present, Future Cryospheric Sciences Energy, Resources and the Environment Geodesy Geodynamics Geomorphology Geophysical Instrumentation Hydrological Sciences Magnetism, Palaeomagnetism, Rock Physics & Geomaterials Natural Hazards Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics Ocean Sciences Planetary and Solar System Sciences Seismology Soil System Sciences Solar-Terrestrial Sciences Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Paleontology Tectonics and Structural Geology Volcanology, Geochemistry, Petrology & Mineralogy Union Symposia Educational Symposia   Information - NH3.10 Remote sensing and ground-based geophysical techniques for recognition, characterisation and monitoring of unstable slopes Event Information Remote Sensing (RS) and Geophysical Surveying (GS) are considered together here because these two indirect investigative techniques are potentially complementary and offer a possibility to arrange a suitable combination of applications, tailored to specific ground and environmental/logistic conditions, in order to effectively infer and correlate surface/subsurface information. Even though these techniques have been applied in investigations of landslides and unstable slopes for a few decades, it appears that their potential to provide complementary information with respect to that gained through direct, and generally more costly in situ investigations, has not always been fully exploited. The progress in digital photogrammetry and cartography, in GPS surveying, the most recent deployments of new, more sophisticated satellite systems (e.g. IKONOS, QUICKBIRD, ENVISAT), as well as future launches (e.g. RADARSAT 2, SkyMed/COSMO), hold the premise for ever increasing use of RS and Earth Observation data in landslide investigations. Similarly, the progress in geophysical data processing and interpretation methods and the exponential increase of power/cost ratio of computing tools, makes now largely affordable frequent employment of more sophisticated techniques like seismic reflection and tomography (both seismic and electrical), before traditionally reserved to academic communities and high-budget industrial applications. This session is intended to: firstly, provide an overview of the advantages and limitations of conventional air- and space-borne RS data, as well as of surface- and borehole-based geophysical information for landslide investigations; secondly, focus on innovative and potential applications of RS and GS for improved landslide and unstable slopes assessments. It is also hoped that the session will help to make users more familiar with some current and future challenges regarding the RS and GS application research. We intend to publish a selection of the session papers in a special issue of an international, peer review journal. Preliminary List of Solicited Speakers Petley, D.N.; Higuchi, T.; Rosser, N.J.; Dunning, S.A.; Petley, D.J.; Bulmer, M.H. The analysis of landslide movement datasets using inverse velocity approaches Co-Sponsorship General Statement The information contained hereafter has been compiled and uploaded by the Session Organizers via the "Organizer Session Form". The Session Organizers have therefore the sole responsibility that this information is true and accurate at the date of publication, and the conference organizer cannot accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made, and he makes no warranty, expressed or implied, with regard to the material published. Back to Session Programme

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