Das, Sourav, and Tordesillas, Antoinette (2019) Near real-time characterization of spatio-temporal precursory evolution of a rockslide from radar data: integrating statistical and machine learning with dynamics of granular failure. Remote Sensing, 11 (23). 2777.

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This study builds on fundamental knowledge of granular failure dynamics to develop a statistical and machine learning approach for characterization of a landslide. We demonstrate our approach for a rockslide using surface displacement data from a ground based radar monitoring system. The algorithm has three key components: (i) identification of a regime change point t0 marking the departure from statistical invariance of the global velocity field, (ii) characterization of the clustering pattern formed by the velocity time series at t0 , and (iii) classification of velocity patterns for t>t0 to deliver a measure of risk of failure from t0 and estimates of the time of emergent and imminent risk of failure. Unlike the prevailing approach of analysing time series data from one or a few chosen locations, we make full use of data from all monitored points on the slope (here 1803). We do not make a priori assumptions on the monitored domain and base our characterization of the complex spatial patterns and associated dynamics only from the data. Our approach is informed by recent developments in the physics and micromechanics of failure in granular media and is configured to accommodate additional data on landslide triggers and other determinants of landslide risk readily.

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