• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.235-250
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• 2016

In Korea, 70% of the annual rainfall falls in summer, and the number of days of extreme rainfall (over 200 mm) is increasing over time. Because rainfall is the most important trigger of landslides, it is necessary to decide a rainfall threshold for landslide warning and to develop a landslide warning model. This study selected 12 study areas that contained landslides with exactly known triggering times and locations, and also rainfall data. The feasibility of applying a Rainfall Triggering Index (RTI) to Korea is analyzed, and three RTI models that consider different time units for rainfall intensity are compared. The analyses show that the 60-minute RTI model failed to predict landslides in three of the study areas, while both the 30- and 10-minute RTI models gave successful predictions for all of the study areas. Each RTI model showed different mean response times to landslide warning: 4.04 hours in the 60-minute RTI model, 6.08 hours in the 30-minute RTI model, and 9.15 hours in the 10-minute RTI model. Longer response times to landslides were possible using models that considered rainfall intensity for shorter periods of time. Considering the large variations in rainfall intensity that may occur within short periods in Korea, it is possible to increase the accuracy of prediction, and thereby improve the early warning of landslides, using a RTI model that considers rainfall intensity for periods of less than 1 hour.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.191-196
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• 2008

This study is a case study for application of the RTI warning model to Korea which was previously developed to predict landslide potential and occurrence time during a rainfall event. The rainfall triggering index (RTI) is defined as the product of the rainfall intensity I (mm/hr) and the effective accumulated rainfall $R_t$ (mm). This index is used to evaluate the landslide and debris-flow occurrence potential at time t during a rainfall event. The upper critical value ($RTI_{UC}$) of RTI and the lower critical value ($RTI_{LC}$) of RTI can be determined by historical rainfall data of a certain area. When the rainfall intensity exceeds the upper critical value, there are high potential to occur land-slides. The analysis result can predict landslide occurrence time of an area during a rainfall event as well as land-slide potential. The result can also be used as an important data to issue early-warning of landslides. In order to apply the RTI warning model to Korea this study analyzed rainfall data and landslides data in Inje county, Gangwon province, Korea from July 13 to July 19, 2006. According to the analysis result, the rainfall intensity exceeded the upper critical value 23 hours ago, 11 hours ago, and 9 hours ago from 11:00 in the morning, July 16. Therefore, landslide warnings would be issued three times for people evacuation for avoiding or reducing hurts and dam-ages from landslides in mountainous areas of Inje.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.47-59
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• 2018

At present, there has been a wide range of studies on debris flow in Korea, more specifically, on rainfall characteristics that trigger debris flow including rainfall intensity, rainfall duration, and preceding rainfall. the prediction of landslide / debris flow relies on the criteria for landslide watch and warning by the Korea Forest Service (KFS, 2012). Despite this, it has been found that most incidents of debris flow were caused by rainfall above the level of landslide watch, maximum hourly rainfall, extensive damage was caused even under the watch level. Under these circumstances, we calculated a rainfall triggering index (RTI) using the main factors that trigger debris flow-rainfall, rainfall intensity, and cumulative rainfall-to design a more sophisticated watch / warning criteria than those by the KFS. The RTI was classified into attention, caution, alert, and evacuation, and was assessed through the application of two debris flow incidents that occurred in Umyeon Mountain, Seoul, and Cheongju, Inje, causing serious damage and casualties. Moreover, we reviewed the feasibility of the RTI by comparing it with the KFS's landslide watch / warning criteria (KFS, 2012).

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.297-297
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• 2019

최근 기후변화로 인해 전 세계적으로 태풍 및 국지성 집중호우로 인한 피해가 급증하고 있으며, 그로 인한 2차 피해인 산사태와 토석류 피해 또한 빈번하게 발생하고 있다. 한국 또한 토석류로 인해 도심지역의 피해가 급증하고 있으며, 많은 인명피해 및 재산피해가 발생하였다. 현재 한국에서는 산림청의 산사태 예보기준 및 기상청의 호우예보 기준을 사용하고 있으나, 토석류에 대한 예보 기준과 시스템은 부재하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 토석류 예보를 위해 토석류가 발생했던 피해사례 40종을 수집하여 토석류가 발생했던 시점에서의 누적강우와 강우강도를 이용하여 강우경보지수(Rainfall Triggering Index, RTI)를 산정하였다. 또한 RTI를 강우량의 함수인 한계누적강우량(Critical Accumulated Rainfall, Rc)으로 변환하여 토석류 발생위험지역에 거주하는 일반인들이 강우지수에 대한 이해도를 높이고자 하였다. 토석류 예보를 위하여 RTI 10, 70, 90%에 해당하는 한계누적강우량(Rc)을 산정하여 지속시간에 따른 Rc곡선을 작성하였으며 Nomograph를 이용하여 시간에 따른 토석류 예보 단계를 시각적으로 표출하였다. 또한 실제 토석류가 발생했던 인제, 서울, 청주의 사례에 대해 Nomograph를 작성하여 산림청, 기상청의 예보 기준과 비교 분석하였다.