Susceptibility assessment of earthquake-triggered landslides in El Salvador using logistic regression

This work has evaluated the probability of earthquake-triggered landslide occurrence in the whole of El Salvador, with a Geographic Information System (GIS) and a logistic regression model. Slope gradient, elevation, aspect, mean annual precipitation, lithology, land use, and terrain roughness are the predictor variables used to determine the dependent variable of occurrence or non-occurrence of landslides within an individual grid cell. The results illustrate the importance of terrain roughness and soil type as key factors within the model — using only these two variables the analysis returned a significance level of 89.4%. The results obtained from the model within the GIS were then used to produce a map of relative landslide susceptibility.     

Hue Adjustment to IHS Pan-Sharpened IKONOS Imagery for Vegetation Enhancement

Fused or pan-sharpened IKONOS images are invaluable to the visual interpretation of large-area-scale applications. Frequently, the paramount objective is merely to obtain an image for visualization purposes, with no further image processing or analysis in mind. In such cases, the fused image should resemble reality as much as possible, with objects represented by their true colors at surface reflectance. In this letter, a technique for image fusion of IKONOS, or similar imagery, is proposed for when the main purpose of a specific image is vegetation visualization. The technique consists of a hue spectral adjustment scheme integrated with an intensity-hue-saturation transformation. Experimental evidence to support the technique is provided with a subset of IKONOS data available from the University of Alcalaacute campus. In the final fused image, deciduous and evergreen vegetation can be clearly differentiated. The high quality of the fused image can also be appreciated in relation to other types of cartographic objects; the quantitative evaluation of spectral and spatial information results in a high color correlation and excellent spatial information quality