Landslide Monitoring

Monitoring is essential to predicting the behavior of landslides and forecasting which storms can trigger large numbers of landslides. Scientists in the USGS Landslide Hazards Program monitor selected landslides and hillsides in order to learn more about the physical processes that trigger landslides or control their movement.监测对于预测滑坡行为、预判何种风暴可引发大规模滑坡至关重要。美国地质调查局（United States Geological Survey, USGS）滑坡灾害项目的科研人员会对选定的滑坡与山坡开展监测工作，以深入探究触发滑坡或控制其运动的物理过程。