Disaster Risk Reduction, Hazard Assesment, and Risk Analysis
Joshimath, a hill town in India’s Garhwal Himalayas, is densely populated despite its fragile terrain and proximity to the active Himalayan thrust faults. The town rests on old extensive landslide …
Field Visits for Understanding Accelerated Surface Movements in Joshimath, Chamoli, Uttarakhand India Read MoreFollowing the rockfall event that happened on 15 March 2023 at Forclaz Road and surroundings in Martigny, RISK Group team (Tiggi C, Antonin C, and Liu Wei) did some acquisitions …
LiDAR and Drone Acquisition in Martigny Read More
Long-term topographic changes at high altitude in the Alps, at different spatial and temporal scales, are challenging to quantify, often due to lack of direct evidence. Historic rockfalls are not …
Daniel Uhlmann : Topographic changes in the high-altitude walls of the Mont Blanc massif: quantification at different spatial and temporal scales Read MoreIn March 2023, Li Fei, Ludovic Baron, Aurélien Ballut and Marc-Henri Derron (Institute of Earth Sciences-UNIL) went with Marissa Koopman and Quentin Milliet (Forensic Sciences-UNIL) for one day acquisition with …
UAV-LiDAR – Benchmark of 3 systems Read More(24/8/2022) Summer time was a great time for doing monitoring fieldwork. This project is part of the project “ Stability study of the northern slope along the RD 1091“, a …
La Grave Fieldwork 2022 Read MoreAfter almost two years struggling with Covid-19, Tiggi, a PhD student in the Risk Group at the University of Lausanne, eventually succeeded in gathering field data in Indonesia as part …
Rockfall Mapping and Fieldwork in Indonesia 2022 Read MoreAbstract : During the past 20 years, the fast development of several remote sensors (e.g. Optical imaging, LIDAR, RADAR, etc.) assembled on satellite, aerial or terrestrial platforms is changing our …
Mapping and Monitoring of Landslides using LIDAR Read MoreAbstract: Laser scanning or LiDAR has been revolutionary for landslide research because it provides high-resolution 3D topography, which allows for characterizing all types of landslides in more detail. The major …
Landslide analysis using laser scanners Read MoreRyan Kromer is PhD graduate of Queen’s University and a post doctoral researcher at the Colorado School of Mines. He was a visiting PhD student at the University of Lausanne …
Ryan Kromer – visiting scientist in the RISK group Read MoreThe Risk Analysis Group (C. d’Almeida, F.Noël) spent a week in the principality of Andorra to carry out lidar survey. The city of Andorra-la-Vella, located in the hearth of the …
Andorra-la-Vella : Lidar monitoring Read More