Landslide Early Warning Integrated System
Landslides occur naturally, but can also be triggered by anthropogenic parameters. Either way the results are often devastating, but loss of life could be avoided if early warning systems were put in place. A Landslide Early Warning Integrated System (LEWIS) was built during a multi-million Euro research project of the same name. Fifteen research institutes, universities and regional authorities took part in LEWIS. Their approach focused on incorporating and exploiting Earth Observation (EO) data. An important part of the research involved analysing EO data for sites where ground-based instrumentation was available for comparison. Information Technology specialists at Silogic established a presence for the LEWIS project on the Internet (http://www.silogic.fr/lewis). Visitors will find information about the motivation for the project and its objectives. There are also links to each of the 15 LEWIS partners' web sites. A special password-protected area provides advanced online capabilities to the consortium. For those interested in learning more about the project's main deliverable, the Landslide Early Warning Integrated System, the LEWIS Final Scientific Report is available for download. This is complemented by a comprehensive list of scientific publications originating from the research. The list of 19 articles is broken down into five thematic categories. Finally, as one of the main goals of the web site is to attract new users to LEWIS, interested parties are encouraged to contact the project manager. Visitors can also subscribe to an email-based interest group.
