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Dini, B.; Bennett, G.L.; Franco, A.M.A.; Whitworth, M.R.Z.

Boulder movement in two debris flow channels and a landslide in the Bhote Koshi catchment, Nepal, May to October 2019

https://doi.org/10.5285/93518ac3-4ded-47fa-b260-38184c09dfc8 Cite this dataset
The data contains location and x,y,z accelerometer readings from trackers embedded into 23 boulders in the upper Bhote Koshi catchment, Nepal before the 2019 monsoon season. The data was transmitted in real time via a long-range wide-area network (LoRaWAN®) gateway to a server. The data presented cover the period May 2019 to October 2019. The data from this study was used to demonstrate how cost-effective technology can be used to monitor boulder movement in hazard-prone sites, and to show the potential for active sensors connected through a long-range wide-area network (LoRaWAN®) to be used in an early warning system in the future. Data was collected by the data authors.

This was carried out as part the BOULDER: Accounting for BOUlders in Landslide-flood Disaster Evaluation and Resilience project, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Award reference NE/S005951/1
Publication date: 2023-01-09

Format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Triangular irregular network
Spatial reference system
WGS 84

Temporal information

Temporal extent
2019-05-01    to    2019-10-31

Provenance & quality

The data was transmitted from the trackers in real time (unless gateway connectivity was lost) via a long-range wide-area network (LoRaWAN®) gateway to a server. The active devices had been set to send regular GPS and accelerometer acquisitions but also to activate, record and send accelerometer data if movement was sensed. Data was downloaded as a comma separated file which was deposited into the EIDC.

Supplemental information

A map of the network can be found here:
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-9-295-2021

Correspondence/contact details

Dini, B.
Université Grenoble Alpes
 benedetta.dini@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr

Authors

Dini, B.
Université Grenoble Alpes
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1578-7294
Bennett, G.L.
University of Exeter
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4812-8180
Franco, A.M.A.
University of East Anglia
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6055-7378
Whitworth, M.R.Z.
Aecom
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1837-3385

Other contacts

Rights holder
University of East Anglia
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
environment
geoscientificInformation
Keywords
Accelerometer , debris flow channels , landslide , long-range (LoRa) devices , moving boulders , Nepal
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/S005951/1
Last updated
12 March 2024 11:29

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CITE AS: Dini, B.; Bennett, G.L.; Franco, A.M.A.; Whitworth, M.R.Z. (2023). Boulder movement in two debris flow channels and a landslide in the Bhote Koshi catchment, Nepal, May to October 2019. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/93518ac3-4ded-47fa-b260-38184c09dfc8