Lisa Luna, PhD (Former Employee)
Science and Products
News-reported landslide impacts in Southeast Alaska, 1990-2024 News-reported landslide impacts in Southeast Alaska, 1990-2024
1. Abstract Landslides are common across Southeast Alaska (SEAK) and have caused damages and fatalities in populated areas. Better understanding of landslide triggering conditions and impacts can inform risk reduction strategies and alerting efforts. Landslide inventory data with weekly to hourly time resolution are needed to quantify these conditions. Local news sources are a source of...
Landslide Inventories across the United States (ver. 3.0, February 2025) Landslide Inventories across the United States (ver. 3.0, February 2025)
1. Abstract Landslides are damaging and deadly, and they occur in every U.S. state. However, our current ability to understand landslide hazards at the national scale is limited, in part because spatial data on landslide occurrence across the U.S. varies greatly in quality, accessibility, and extent. Landslide inventories are typically collected and maintained by different agencies and
Asynchronous landslide seasonality across the United States Asynchronous landslide seasonality across the United States
Mid-range landslide outlooks can facilitate weather-related landslide preparedness and disaster response planning, but seasonal landslide activity remains poorly quantified at continental scales. Leveraging >55,000 reported landslides from across the United States (U.S.), we used circular statistics to quantify landslide seasonality in 67 National Weather Service County Warning Areas...
Authors
Lisa Victoria Luna, Benjamin B. Mirus, Brian D. Collins, Jonathan P. Perkins
Constraining landslide frequency across the United States to inform county-level risk reduction Constraining landslide frequency across the United States to inform county-level risk reduction
Informative landslide hazard estimates are needed to support landslide mitigation strategies to reduce landslide risk across the United States. Whereas existing national-scale landslide susceptibility products assess where landslides are likely to occur, they do not address how often, which is a critical element of landslide hazard and risk assessments. In particular, the U.S. Federal...
Authors
Lisa Victoria Luna, Jacob Woodard, Janice L. Bytheway, Gina Belair, Benjamin B. Mirus
Non-USGS Publications**
Korup, O., Ferrer, J. V., Luna, L. V. (in prep). Size scaling of large landslides from incomplete inventories.
Luna, L. V., Arango-Carmona, M. I., Veh, G., Lewis, E., Ozturk, U., Korup, O. (in prep). Urban landslides triggered under similar rainfall conditions globally.
Vallejo-Bernal, S.M., Wolf, F., Luna, L.V., Boers, N., Marwan, N., Kurths, J. (in prep). Atmospheric rivers are the main cause of landslides in Western North America.
Patton, A. I., Luna, L. V., Roering, J. J., Jacobs, A., Korup, O., Mirus, B. B. (2023). Landslide Initiation Thresholds in Data-Sparse Regions: Application to Landslide Early Warning Criteria in Sitka, Alaska, USA. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 23 (10), 3261–3284. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-3261-2023.
Veh, G., Lützow, N., Tamm, J., Luna, L.V., Hugonnet, R., Geertsema, M., Clague, J.J., Korup, O. (2023). Less extreme and earlier outbursts of ice-dammed lakes since 1900. Nature, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05642-9
Fisher, G.B., Luna, L.V., Amidon, W.H., Burbank, D.W., de Boer, B., Stap, L.B., Bookhagen, B., Godard, V., Oskin, M.E., Alonso, R.N., Tuenter, E., Lourens, L.J. (2023) Milankovitch-paced erosion in the southern Central Andes. Nature Communications, 14(1), 424. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36022-0
Luna, L.V., & Korup, O. (2022). Seasonal landslide activity lags annual precipitation pattern in the Pacific Northwest. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(18), https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL098506
Fekete, H., Kuramochi, T., Roelfsema, M., Elzen, M. den, Forsell, N., Höhne, N., Luna, L.V., et al. (2021). A review of successful climate change mitigation policies in major emitting economies and the potential of global replication. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 137, 110602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2020.110602
Kemter, M., Fischer, M., Luna, L.V., Schönfeldt, E., Vogel, J., Banerjee, A., et al. (2021). Cascading hazards in the aftermath of Australia’s 2019/2020 Black Summer Wildfires. Earth’s Future, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EF001884
Stirling, M. W., Abbott, E. R., Rood, D. H., McVerry, G. H., Abrahamson, N. A., Barrell, D. J. A. ,Huso, R., Litchfield, N.J., Luna, L.V., et al. (2021). First use of fragile geologic features to set the design motions for a major existing engineered structure. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 111(5), 2673–2695. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120210026
Luna, L.V., Bookhagen, B., Niedermann, S., Rugel, G., Scharf, A., Merchel, S. (2018). Glacial chronology and production rate cross-calibration of five cosmogenic nuclide and mineral systems from the southern Central Andean Plateau. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 500, 242-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.07.034
Kriegler, E., Bertram, C., Kuramochi, T., Jakob, M., Pehl, M., Stevanovic, M., Höhne, N., Luderer, G., Minx, J., Fekete, H., Hilaire, J., Luna, L.V., et al. (2018). Short term policies to keep the door open for Paris climate goals. Environmental Research Letters, 13, 7. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aac4f1
Amidon, W.A., Luna, L.V., Fisher, G.B., Burbank, D.W., Kylander-Clark, A.R.C., Alonso, R. (2015). Provenance and tectonic implications of Orán Group foreland basin sediments, Río Iruya canyon, NW Argentina (23S). Basin Research, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12139
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
News-reported landslide impacts in Southeast Alaska, 1990-2024 News-reported landslide impacts in Southeast Alaska, 1990-2024
1. Abstract Landslides are common across Southeast Alaska (SEAK) and have caused damages and fatalities in populated areas. Better understanding of landslide triggering conditions and impacts can inform risk reduction strategies and alerting efforts. Landslide inventory data with weekly to hourly time resolution are needed to quantify these conditions. Local news sources are a source of...
Landslide Inventories across the United States (ver. 3.0, February 2025) Landslide Inventories across the United States (ver. 3.0, February 2025)
1. Abstract Landslides are damaging and deadly, and they occur in every U.S. state. However, our current ability to understand landslide hazards at the national scale is limited, in part because spatial data on landslide occurrence across the U.S. varies greatly in quality, accessibility, and extent. Landslide inventories are typically collected and maintained by different agencies and
Asynchronous landslide seasonality across the United States Asynchronous landslide seasonality across the United States
Mid-range landslide outlooks can facilitate weather-related landslide preparedness and disaster response planning, but seasonal landslide activity remains poorly quantified at continental scales. Leveraging >55,000 reported landslides from across the United States (U.S.), we used circular statistics to quantify landslide seasonality in 67 National Weather Service County Warning Areas...
Authors
Lisa Victoria Luna, Benjamin B. Mirus, Brian D. Collins, Jonathan P. Perkins
Constraining landslide frequency across the United States to inform county-level risk reduction Constraining landslide frequency across the United States to inform county-level risk reduction
Informative landslide hazard estimates are needed to support landslide mitigation strategies to reduce landslide risk across the United States. Whereas existing national-scale landslide susceptibility products assess where landslides are likely to occur, they do not address how often, which is a critical element of landslide hazard and risk assessments. In particular, the U.S. Federal...
Authors
Lisa Victoria Luna, Jacob Woodard, Janice L. Bytheway, Gina Belair, Benjamin B. Mirus
Non-USGS Publications**
Korup, O., Ferrer, J. V., Luna, L. V. (in prep). Size scaling of large landslides from incomplete inventories.
Luna, L. V., Arango-Carmona, M. I., Veh, G., Lewis, E., Ozturk, U., Korup, O. (in prep). Urban landslides triggered under similar rainfall conditions globally.
Vallejo-Bernal, S.M., Wolf, F., Luna, L.V., Boers, N., Marwan, N., Kurths, J. (in prep). Atmospheric rivers are the main cause of landslides in Western North America.
Patton, A. I., Luna, L. V., Roering, J. J., Jacobs, A., Korup, O., Mirus, B. B. (2023). Landslide Initiation Thresholds in Data-Sparse Regions: Application to Landslide Early Warning Criteria in Sitka, Alaska, USA. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 23 (10), 3261–3284. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-3261-2023.
Veh, G., Lützow, N., Tamm, J., Luna, L.V., Hugonnet, R., Geertsema, M., Clague, J.J., Korup, O. (2023). Less extreme and earlier outbursts of ice-dammed lakes since 1900. Nature, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05642-9
Fisher, G.B., Luna, L.V., Amidon, W.H., Burbank, D.W., de Boer, B., Stap, L.B., Bookhagen, B., Godard, V., Oskin, M.E., Alonso, R.N., Tuenter, E., Lourens, L.J. (2023) Milankovitch-paced erosion in the southern Central Andes. Nature Communications, 14(1), 424. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36022-0
Luna, L.V., & Korup, O. (2022). Seasonal landslide activity lags annual precipitation pattern in the Pacific Northwest. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(18), https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL098506
Fekete, H., Kuramochi, T., Roelfsema, M., Elzen, M. den, Forsell, N., Höhne, N., Luna, L.V., et al. (2021). A review of successful climate change mitigation policies in major emitting economies and the potential of global replication. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 137, 110602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2020.110602
Kemter, M., Fischer, M., Luna, L.V., Schönfeldt, E., Vogel, J., Banerjee, A., et al. (2021). Cascading hazards in the aftermath of Australia’s 2019/2020 Black Summer Wildfires. Earth’s Future, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EF001884
Stirling, M. W., Abbott, E. R., Rood, D. H., McVerry, G. H., Abrahamson, N. A., Barrell, D. J. A. ,Huso, R., Litchfield, N.J., Luna, L.V., et al. (2021). First use of fragile geologic features to set the design motions for a major existing engineered structure. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 111(5), 2673–2695. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120210026
Luna, L.V., Bookhagen, B., Niedermann, S., Rugel, G., Scharf, A., Merchel, S. (2018). Glacial chronology and production rate cross-calibration of five cosmogenic nuclide and mineral systems from the southern Central Andean Plateau. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 500, 242-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.07.034
Kriegler, E., Bertram, C., Kuramochi, T., Jakob, M., Pehl, M., Stevanovic, M., Höhne, N., Luderer, G., Minx, J., Fekete, H., Hilaire, J., Luna, L.V., et al. (2018). Short term policies to keep the door open for Paris climate goals. Environmental Research Letters, 13, 7. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aac4f1
Amidon, W.A., Luna, L.V., Fisher, G.B., Burbank, D.W., Kylander-Clark, A.R.C., Alonso, R. (2015). Provenance and tectonic implications of Orán Group foreland basin sediments, Río Iruya canyon, NW Argentina (23S). Basin Research, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12139
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
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