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Integrated Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System Based RUSLE Modelling for Estimation of Soil Loss in Western Himalaya, India

Kumar, Amit; Devi, Mamta; Deshmukh, Benidhar - In: Water Resources Management 28 (2014) 10, pp. 3307-3317

Soil loss due to water erosion was estimated in Kangra region of western Himalaya using revised universal soil loss equation modelling (RUSLE) in conjunction with Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The various parameters such as rainfall erosivity (R), soil erodibility...

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Role of Elevation and Aspect in Snow Distribution in Western Himalaya

Jain, Sanjay; Goswami, Ajanta; Saraf, A. - In: Water Resources Management 23 (2009) 1, pp. 71-83

cover products. Aspect and classified relief maps were prepared using the USGS DEM. The inter-relationship between aspect …

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Impacts of Accuracy and Resolution of Conventional and LiDAR Based DEMs on Parameters Used in Hydrologic Modeling

Zhao, Zhengyong; Benoy, Glenn; Chow, Thien; Rees, Herb; … - In: Water Resources Management 24 (2010) 7, pp. 1363-1380

Digital elevation model (DEM) is often used for hydrologic modeling, land use planning, engineering design and … environmental protection. Research is required to assess the need of updating existing conventional DEM using higher resolution and … more accurate DEMs, including light detection and ranging (LiDAR) DEM. The objective of this study was to evaluate effects …

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GPS/terrestrial 3D laser scanner combined monitoring technology for coal mining subsidence: a case study of a coal mining area in Hebei, China

Zhou, Dawei; Wu, Kan; Chen, Ranli; Li, Liang - In: Natural Hazards 70 (2014) 2, pp. 1197-1208

. Ground surface digital elevation model (DEM) of the mining area is established by using TLS point cloud data, and the ground … DEM and subsidence basin can provide the fundamental data for the reconstruction of ecological environment in the mining …

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Estimation of Soil Erosion and Sediment Yield Using GIS at Catchment Scale

Bhattarai, Rabin; Dutta, Dushmata - In: Water Resources Management 21 (2007) 10, pp. 1635-1647

catchment outlet is represented by the topographical characteristics of the cells. The effect of DEM resolution on sediment … yield is analyzed using two different resolutions of DEM. The spatial discretization of the catchment and derivation of the …

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Discrete element modeling of the microstructure of fine particle agglomerates in sheared dilute suspension

Kimbonguila Manounou, A.; Rémond, S. - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 412 (2014) C, pp. 66-83

The fragmentation and restructuring under shear of agglomerates of fine mineral particles are studied with the Distinct Element Method. The model used takes into account contact forces, van der Waals forces, and hydrodynamic forces computed with the free-draining approximation. A loose initial...

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Spatial Deterministic Modelling of Landslide in Chamoli Area

Bhatt, Pradeep Kumar; Ray, P.K. Champati; Naithani, Suneet - In: Journal of Studies in Dynamics and Change (JSDC), ISSN: … 1 (2014) 6, pp. 247-253

The high susceptibility to landslides of the Himalayan terrain is mainly due to a complex geological setting combined with contemporary crustal movement, varying slopes and relief, heavy rainfall, along with increasing human interference of human in ecosystem. The paper presents Remote Sensing...

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Failure process of masonry buildings during earthquake and associated casualty risk evaluation

Furukawa, Aiko; Ohta, Yutaka - In: Natural Hazards 49 (2009) 1, pp. 25-51

Collapse of masonry structures during an earthquake is analyzed using the three-dimensional distinct element method (3D-DEM …) code developed by the first author. The DEM is a numerical analysis technique, in which positions of elements are …, the validity of the developed 3D-DEM code is confirmed by comparing analytical results with static experimental results of …

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Potential of Satellite Remote Sensing and GIS for Landslide Hazard Assessment in Southern Kyrgyzstan (Central Asia)

Roessner, Sigrid; Wetzel, Hans-Ulrich; Kaufmann, Hermann; … - In: Natural Hazards 35 (2005) 3, pp. 395-416

Big landslides are one of the main natural hazards in Kyrgyzstan, which are concentrated in the foothills of the high mountain ranges along the Eastern rim of the Fergana Basin. Because of the high number of landslides and their occurrence over large areas there is a strong need for effective...

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2011 Evaluability Review of Bank Projects Title: Revisión de la evaluabilidad de los proyectos del Banco de 2011

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2012

particular focus on project evaluability. The first pilot exercise to validate the Development Effectiveness Matrix (DEM) of … randomly selected projects began in October 2011. The objective was to provide suggestions for improving the DEM as a tool for … assessing evaluability. In validating the DEM for Sovereign-Guaranteed (SG) loans, results indicate significant progress in SG …

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