Landslides are one of the most disastrous natural hazards that frequently occur in Indonesia. In 2017, Balai Sabo developed an Indonesia Landslide Early Warning System (ILEWS) by utilizing a single rainfall threshold for an entire nation, leading to inaccuracy in landslide predictions. The study aimed to improve the accuracy of the system by updating the rainfall threshold. We analyzed 420 landslide events in Java with the 1-day and 3-day effective antecedent rainfall for each landslide event. Rainfall data were obtained from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM), which is also used in the ILEWS. We propose four methods to derive the thresholds: the first is the existing threshold applied in the Balai Sabo ILEWS, the second and third use the average and minimum values of rainfall that trigger landslides, respectively, and the fourth uses the minimum value of rainfall that induces major landslides. We used receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis to evaluate the predictability of the rainfall thresholds. The fourth method showed the best results compared with the others, and this method provided a good prediction of landslide events with a low error value. The chosen threshold was then applied in the Balai Sabo-ILEWS.
<p>Early Warning Systems are one of the most effective tools for reducing disaster risk, however the development of Landslide Early Warning Systems (LEWS) is complicated due to the random nature of landslide occurrence and the uncertainty in mapping the parameters that cause them. Local LEWS have been effective for known landslides, but regional scale LEWS based on rainfall thresholds have not been very effective up to now. In recent years physically-based multi-hazard models have been developed which allow to predict mass movement hazards at a local scale. However, it is still difficult to apply these in LEWS in a local scale due to the coarse resolution of rainfall estimates and the high computational modelling requirements for running such models real-time. On the other hand, machine learning approaches have been used to assess the relationship between the distribution of the landslide hazard and the catchment morphometric features.<br><br>This research applies a physically-based multi-hazard model combined with machine learning to forecast the mass movement impact, based on rainfall predictions in an area in Java, Indonesia. The landslide inventory was developed using a combination of local reporting data and machine learning techniques. The integrated physically-based multi hazard model OpenLISEM is used to create a database of hazard intensity maps under various rainfall scenarios. The resulting hazard intensity maps are subsequently used to subdivide the area in homogeneous zones for which warning levels are given. Machine learning is used to query the database and extract the most likely hazard intensity map based on the rainfall prediction. The intensity is then combined with exposure information of people, buildings, transportation infrastructure and agriculture to provide impact forecasts. The output of combining physically-based models with machine learning approaches has the potential to improve the prediction of landslide impact. The method also allows to make more specific local decisions related to the actions for various levels of warning (e.g. increased vigilance, removal of resources, evacuation of people). The method is currently under development as part of an Indonesian-Netherlands collaboration project to develop a blueprint to use tailored rainfall data, in combination with empirical and physically-based hydrological and landslide models, and historical landslide data for the development of thresholds for landslides and debris flows, as the basis for early warning at settlement level, applied to several test sites in Java.</p>
<p>Landslides are one of the most disastrous natural hazards that frequently occur in Indonesia. Since 2017, Balai Sabo has developed an Indonesia Landslide Early Warning System (ILEWS) by utilizing a single rainfall threshold for an entire nation. This condition might lead to inaccuracy of the landslide prediction. Therefore, this study aims to improve the accuracy of the system by updating the rainfall threshold. This study focused on Java Island, where most of the landslides in Indonesia occur. We analyzed 420 landslide events with the one-day and three-day cumulative rainfall for each landslide event. Rainfall data were obtained from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM), which is also used in the ILEWS. We propose four methods to derive the thresholds, 1<sup>st</sup> is the existing threshold applied in the Balai Sabo-ILEWS, the 2<sup>nd</sup> and the 3<sup>rd</sup> use the average and minimum of rainfall that trigger landslides, respectively, and the 4<sup>th</sup> uses the minimum values of rainfall that induce major landslides. We employed the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis to evaluate the predictability of the rainfall thresholds. The 4<sup>th</sup> method shows the best result compared to the others, and this method provides a good prediction of landslide events with a low error value. The chosen threshold will be used as a new threshold in the Balai Sabo-ILEWS.</p>
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