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Table 1 Descriptions of LSA input parameters and calculation formulas

From: Landslide susceptibility assessment of South Korea using stacking ensemble machine learning

Parameter

 

Description

 

Formula

Topography

SRTM

Altitude data of 30-m resolution DEM

  
 

Slope

Degree of steepness of the slope

(1)

\(\tan^{ - 1} \sqrt {\left( {\frac{dz}{{dx}}} \right)^{2} + \left( {\frac{dz}{{dy}}} \right)^{2} }\)

 

Aspect

Direction of the slope

(2)

\(\tan^{ - 1} \sqrt {\frac{dy}{{dx}}}\)

 

Profile curvature

Curvature in the direction perpendicular to the direction of inclination with plan curvature

(3)

\(- 2\frac{{\left( {{\text{DG}}^{2} + {\text{EH}}^{2} + {\text{FGH}}} \right)}}{{\left( {{\text{G}}^{2} + {\text{H}}^{2} } \right)}}\)

 

Plan curvature

Horizontal curvature with respect to the direction of inclination with lateral curvature

(4)

\(2\frac{{\left( {{\text{DH}}^{2} + {\text{EG}}^{2} + {\text{FGH}}} \right)}}{{\left( {{\text{G}}^{2} + {\text{H}}^{2} } \right)}}\)

 

TRI

Index of concave or convex conformation of the terrain

(5)

\(\frac{{\mathop \sum \nolimits_{i = 1}^{8} \left| {N - N_{i} } \right|}}{8}\)

 

TPI

Index of degree to which a surface is soft or bumpy

(6)

\(N - \mathop \sum \limits_{i = 1}^{8} \frac{{N_{i} }}{8}\)

 

SPI

Index of the degree of movement and erosion of sediment due to surface runoff

(7)

\(A_{s} - \tan \beta\)

 

TWI

Index of the effects of terrain on runoff flow

(8)

\(\ln \frac{{A_{s} }}{\tan \beta }\)

 

Valley depth

Difference of vertical distance between water channel network and DEM

  
 

Soil drainage

Duration or frequency of soil being unsaturated by water

  
 

Soil depth

Vertical depth of soil layer, at a depth at which the roots of the crop can extend sufficiently into the ground

  

Environment

Distance to river

Distance from landslide location to water boundary

  
 

Distance to fault

Distance from landslide location to fault

  
 

Distance to road

Distance from landslide location to road

  
 

FRTP

Forest type

  
 

DMCLS

Forest tree diameter class

  
 

AGCLS

Forest age class

  
 

DNST

Forest density

  
 

HEIGHT

Forest canopy height

  
 

NDVI

Normalized difference vegetation index-based on Sentinel-2 data

(9)

\(\frac{NIR - Red}{{NIR + Red}}\)

Climate

Monthly total precipitation (RN)

Total precipitation in each month, July–September

  
 

RX1day

Highest precipitation amount in 1 day

(10)

\({\text{max}}\left( {{\text{RR}}_{ij} } \right)\)

 

RX5day

Highest precipitation amount in 5 days

(11)

\({\text{max}}\left( {{\text{RR}}_{kj} } \right)\)

 

SDII

Average precipitation on wet days

(12)

\({\text{sum}}\left( {\frac{{{\text{RR}}_{wj} }}{wet day}} \right)\)

 

R80

Number of days per year when precipitation ≥ 80 mm

(13)

\({\text{count}}({\text{RR}}_{ij} > 80mm)\)

 

RD95P

Number of days when daily precipitation is greater than during the top 95% of the reference period

(14)

\({\text{sum if}}\left( {\frac{{{\text{RR}}_{wj} > 95\% }}{wet day}} \right)\)

 

RD99P

Number of days when daily precipitation is greater than during the top 99% of the reference period

(15)

\({\text{sum if}}\left( {\frac{{{\text{RR}}_{wj} > 99\% }}{wet day}} \right)\)