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Jean-Philippe Malet

Jean-Philippe Malet

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Earth Science

D-Index
61
Citations
12412
World Ranking
1809
National Ranking
110

Overview

Jean-Philippe Malet is affiliated with the University of Strasbourg in France and focuses on research within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields including Geophysics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's research emphasizes topics such as landslides and related hazards, seismic waves and analysis, seismology and earthquake studies, cryospheric studies and observations, earthquake and tectonic studies, flood risk assessment and management, and anomaly detection techniques and applications.

Notable recent publications include:

  • National-scale landslide susceptibility map of Romania in a European methodological framework (2020, Geomorphology)
  • When image correlation is needed: Unravelling the complex dynamics of a slow-moving landslide in the tropics with dense radar and optical time series (2021, Remote Sensing of Environment)
  • Terrain deformation measurements from optical satellite imagery: The MPIC-OPT processing services for geohazards monitoring (2022, Remote Sensing of Environment)
  • A rockslide-generated tsunami in a Greenland fjord rang Earth for 9 days (2024, Science)
  • High-resolution co-seismic fault offsets of the 2023 Türkiye earthquake ruptures using satellite imagery (2024, Scientific Reports)

Frequent coauthors include Clément Hibert, Joachim Rimpôt, Germain Forestier, Jonathan Weber, and David Michéa.

The scientist publishes regularly in venues such as Landslides, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geophysical Journal International, Remote Sensing of Environment, and Earth Surface Dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Recommendations for the quantitative analysis of landslide risk

    J. Corominas;C.J. van Westen;P. Frattini;L. Cascini

  • The use of Global Positioning System techniques for the continuous monitoring of landslides: application to the Super-Sauze earthflow (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France)

    Jean-Philippe Malet;Olivier Maquaire;E. Calais

  • Fatal landslides in Europe

    Ubydul Haque;Philipp Blum;Paula F. da Silva;Peter Andersen

  • Landslide susceptibility assessment by bivariate methods at large scales: Application to a complex mountainous environment

    Yannick Thiery;Jean-Philippe Malet;Simone Sterlacchini;Anne Puissant

  • Landslide deformation monitoring with ALOS/PALSAR imagery: A D-InSAR geomorphological interpretation method

    Romy Schlögel;Cécile Doubre;Jean-Philippe Malet;Frédéric Masson

  • Correlation of multi-temporal ground-based optical images for landslide monitoring: Application, potential and limitations

    Julien Travelletti;Christophe Delacourt;Pascal Allemand;Jean-Philippe Malet

  • Ground-based multi-view photogrammetry for the monitoring of landslide deformation and erosion

    A. Stumpf;A. Stumpf;J.-P. Malet;P. Allemand;M. Pierrot-Deseilligny

  • OZCAR: The French Network of Critical Zone Observatories

    J. Gaillardet;I. Braud;F. Hankard;S. Anquetin

  • A Method for Automatic and Rapid Mapping of Water Surfaces from Sentinel-1 Imagery

    Filsa Bioresita;Anne Puissant;André Stumpf;Jean-Philippe Malet

  • Optimizing landslide susceptibility zonation: Effects of DEM spatial resolution and slope unit delineation on logistic regression models

    R. Schlögel;I. Marchesini;M. Alvioli;P. Reichenbach

  • A GIS-based numerical model for simulating the kinematics of mud and debris flows over complex terrain

    S. Beguería;Th. W. J. Van Asch;J.-P. Malet;S. Gröndahl

  • Analysis of debris flow behavior with a one dimensional run-out model incorporating entrainment

    B. Quan Luna;A. Remaître;Th.W.J. van Asch;Jean-Philippe Malet

  • Image-based mapping of surface fissures for the investigation of landslide dynamics

    André Stumpf;André Stumpf;Jean-Philippe Malet;Norman Kerle;Uwe Niethammer

  • Automatic classification of endogenous landslide seismicity using the Random Forest supervised classifier

    F. Provost;C. Hibert;J.-P. Malet

  • Forecasting the behaviour of complex landslides with a spatially distributed hydrological model

    Jean-Philippe Malet;Th. W. J. van Asch;R. van Beek;O. Maquaire

  • Statistical modelling of Europe-wide landslide susceptibility using limited landslide inventory data

    M. Van Den Eeckhaut;J. Hervás;C. Jaedicke;J.-P. Malet

  • Triggering conditions and mobility of debris flows associated to complex earthflows

    Jean-Philippe Malet;D. Laigle;Alexandre Remaître;Olivier Maquaire

  • Monitoring landslide displacements with the Geocube wireless network of low-cost GPS

    L. Benoit;P. Briole;O. Martin;C. Thom

  • Airborne laser scanning of forested landslides characterization: terrain model quality and visualization

    Khamarrul Azahari Razak;Khamarrul Azahari Razak;M. W. Straatsma;C. J. van Westen;J. P. Malet

  • Correlation of satellite image time-series for the detection and monitoring of slow-moving landslides

    André Stumpf;André Stumpf;Jean-Philippe Malet;Christophe Delacourt

  • Instability conditions of marly hillslopes: towards landsliding or gullying? The case of the Barcelonnette Basin, South East France

    Olivier Maquaire;Jean-Philippe Malet;Alexandre Remaître;Jacques Locat

Frequent Co-Authors

Gilles Grandjean
Gilles Grandjean French Geological Survey
Thom Bogaard
Thom Bogaard Delft University of Technology
Thomas Glade
Thomas Glade University of Vienna
Jacques Locat
Jacques Locat Université Laval
C.J. van Westen
C.J. van Westen University of Twente
Paola Reichenbach
Paola Reichenbach National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Norman Kerle
Norman Kerle University of Twente
Th.W.J. van Asch
Th.W.J. van Asch Utrecht University
Christophe Delacourt
Christophe Delacourt University of Western Brittany
Pascal Allemand
Pascal Allemand École Normale Supérieure de Lyon

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