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Austria
2026

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Citations
12676
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Austria Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Austria Leader Award

Overview

Thomas Glade is affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, earth and planetary sciences, and engineering, with a strong emphasis on landslides and related hazards.

The scientist's extensive work covers a range of topics including:

  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Tree Root and Stability Studies
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis

The main subfields of study include:

  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Mechanical Engineering

Thomas Glade has published numerous papers in frequent venues such as:

  • Geomorphology
  • Engineering Geology
  • Landslides
  • CATENA
  • Journal of Hydrology

Recent papers include:

  • "Landslide susceptibility assessment based on an incomplete landslide inventory in the Jilong Valley, Tibet, Chinese Himalayas" (2020) in Engineering Geology
  • "National-scale data-driven rainfall induced landslide susceptibility mapping for China by accounting for incomplete landslide data" (2021) in Geoscience Frontiers
  • "Ensemble learning framework for landslide susceptibility mapping: Different basic classifier and ensemble strategy" (2023) in Geoscience Frontiers
  • "Literature review and bibliometric analysis on data-driven assessment of landslide susceptibility" (2022) in Journal of Mountain Science
  • "Counteracting flawed landslide data in statistically based landslide susceptibility modelling for very large areas: a national-scale assessment for Austria" (2021) in Landslides

Frequent co-authors working with Thomas Glade are:

  • Pedro Lima
  • Róbert Kanta
  • Taorui Zeng
  • Martin Mergili
  • Alejandra J. Donato

Their book publication includes the title NoeMOTION, published in 2024 by Springer International Publishing.

Best Publications

  • Challenges of analyzing multi-hazard risk: a review

    Melanie S. Kappes;Melanie S. Kappes;Margreth Keiler;Margreth Keiler;Kirsten von Elverfeldt;Kirsten von Elverfeldt;Thomas Glade

  • Landslide occurrence as a response to land use change: a review of evidence from New Zealand

    Thomas Glade

  • Applying Probability Determination to Refine Landslide-triggering Rainfall Thresholds Using an Empirical ''Antecedent Daily Rainfall Model''

    Thomas Glade;Michael Crozier;Peter Smith

  • A review of multi-risk methodologies for natural hazards: Consequences and challenges for a climate change impact assessment

    Valentina Gallina;Silvia Torresan;Andrea Critto;Anna Sperotto

  • Landslide hazard and risk

    MG Anderson;T Glade;MJ Crozier

  • Landslide Hazard and Risk: Glade/Landslide

    Thomas Glade;Malcolm Anderson;Michael J. Crozier

  • Landslide Hazard and Risk: Issues, Concepts and Approach

    Michael J. Crozier;Thomas Glade

  • Landslide Hazard and Risk — Concluding Comment and Perspectives

    Thomas Glade;Michael J. Crozier

  • Climatic factors influencing occurrence of debris flows

    Gerald F. Wieczorek;Thomas Glade

  • Quantitative risk analysis for landslides ‒ Examples from Bíldudalur, NW-Iceland

    R. Bell;T. Glade

  • Establishing the frequency and magnitude of landslide-triggering rainstorm events in New Zealand

    Thomas Glade

  • Physical vulnerability assessment for alpine hazards: state of the art and future needs

    M. Papathoma-Köhle;M. Kappes;Margreth Keiler;T. Glade

  • Vulnerability assessment in natural hazard and risk analysis: current approaches and future challenges

    Sven Fuchs;Sven Fuchs;Jörn Birkmann;Thomas Glade

  • The Nature of Landslide Hazard Impact

    Thomas Glade;Michael J. Crozier

  • Assessing the quality of landslide susceptibility maps – case study Lower Austria

    H. Petschko;A. Brenning;R. Bell;J. Goetz;J. Goetz

  • Linking debris-flow hazard assessments with geomorphology

    Thomas Glade

  • Conceptual Frameworks of Vulnerability Assessments for Natural Disasters Reduction

    Roxana L. Ciurean;Dagmar Schröter;Thomas Glade

  • Improvement of vulnerability curves using data from extreme events: debris flow event in South Tyrol

    Maria Papathoma-Köhle;Margreth Keiler;Reinhold Totschnig;Thomas Glade

  • Exploring discrepancies between quantitative validation results and the geomorphic plausibility of statistical landslide susceptibility maps

    Stefan Steger;Alexander Brenning;Rainer Bell;Helene Petschko

  • Comparison of GPR, 2D-resistivity and traditional techniques for the subsurface exploration of the Öschingen landslide, Swabian Alb (Germany)

    O. Sass;R. Bell;T. Glade

  • A Review of Scale Dependency in Landslide Hazard and Risk Analysis

    Thomas Glade;Michael J. Crozier

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Mergili
Martin Mergili University of Graz
Jean-Philippe Malet
Jean-Philippe Malet University of Strasbourg
Alexander Brenning
Alexander Brenning Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Sven Fuchs
Sven Fuchs BOKU University
Malcolm G. Anderson
Malcolm G. Anderson University of Bristol
C.J. van Westen
C.J. van Westen University of Twente
Thom Bogaard
Thom Bogaard Delft University of Technology
Antonio Marcomini
Antonio Marcomini Ca Foscari University of Venice
Andrea Critto
Andrea Critto Central Maine Community College
Santiago Beguería
Santiago Beguería Spanish National Research Council

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