{"id":4813,"date":"2012-05-31T16:16:56","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T16:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=4813"},"modified":"2012-06-04T13:03:57","modified_gmt":"2012-06-04T13:03:57","slug":"the-annual-cycle-of-rainfall-induced-landslides-in-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2012\/05\/31\/the-annual-cycle-of-rainfall-induced-landslides-in-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated: A movie of the annual cycle of rainfall-induced landslides in Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Updated &#8211; I have now created and uploaded a better version<\/p>\n<p>In preparation for my<a href=\"http:\/\/www.isl-nasl2012.ca\/keynote.php?lang=en\"> opening keynote lecture<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isl-nasl2012.ca\/about.php?lang=en\">International Symposium on Landslides<\/a> in Banff next week, I have been working on producing some animated movies of maps of landslides worldwide.\u00a0 This has been based on the work that I have been undertaking for almost a decade now collating data on landslides that kill people.\u00a0 I thought that it would be fun to produce a set of short films to show the annual cycle of landslides.\u00a0 I am still working on this (and it has been a steep learning curve), but I have out my first prototype online on Youtube.<\/p>\n<p>The for the movie below is based upon this map of Asian landslides &#8211; here each white dot represents a landslide that killed at least one person in the period between 1st January 2004 and 31st December 2010.\u00a0 Note that only landslides that killed someone are included, and no indication is given of the number of deaths in each event:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2012\/05\/31\/the-annual-cycle-of-rainfall-induced-landslides-in-asia\/12_05-vancouver-asia-rainfall-white-icons\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4814\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4814\" title=\"12_05 Vancouver Asia rainfall white icons\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2012\/05\/12_05-Vancouver-Asia-rainfall-white-icons-e1338480116544.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"323\" \/><\/a>Note the background image here is the SRTM global elevation model (i.e. colors indicate elevation).\u00a0 Of course, whilst useful, this map does not really indicate the seasonality of the landslides.\u00a0 So, I have classified each landslide by week of the year (i.e. week 1 is 1st to 7th January, week 2 is 8th to 14th January, etc.\u00a0 Note that week 52 has 8 days!).\u00a0 I have then animated this dataset to produce a movie.\u00a0 It is at the moment somewhat less than perfect &#8211; I am working on improving it &#8211; but it is an interesting start:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fatal landslides in Asia 2004-2010\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OGRslQpyZRU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What it shows is the way that the number of landslides dramatically increases in the summer months as the monsoon winds up, especially in South Asia and China\u00a0 Note also the way landslides in Indonesia and the Philippines really get going late in the year.<\/p>\n<p>I am currently working on a global version of this, which is actually a little better.\u00a0 I will put this online in the next few days, and as usual I will put the presentation on Authorstream early next week.<\/p>\n<p>I am sure that some readers will be in Banff &#8211; I shall really look forward to meeting up with you.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s have a beer (or two)!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have created a short animation, now on Youtube, to show the annuallandslide cycle in Asia. 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