Publications

International Journals
Conference Proceedings
PhD Theses

International peer-reviewed Journals:

Torra, O., Hürlimann, M., Puig-Polo, C., Moreno-de Las Heras, M. (2023) Assessment of badland susceptibility and its governing factors using a random forest approach. Application to the Upper Llobregat River Basin and Catalonia (Spain). Environmental Research. 237, 116901
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.116901

Durmaz, M., Hürlimann, M., Huvaj, N., Medina, V. (2023) Comparison of different hydrological and stability assumptions for physically-based modeling of shallow landslides. Engineering Geology. 323, 107237.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2023.107237

Guo, Z., Ferrer, J., Hürlimann, M., Medina, V., Puig-Polo, C., Yin, K. (2023) Shallow landslide susceptibility assessment under future climate and land cover changes: A case study  from  southwest China. Geoscience Frontiers. 14, 101542.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2023.101542  
Di Carluccio, G., Pinyol, NM., Alonso, E., Hürlimann, M. (2023) Liquefaction-induced flow-like landslides. The case of Valarties (Spain). Géotechnique. Published online
https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.21.00112

Oorthuis, R., Hürlimann, M., Vaunat, J., Moya, J., Lloret, A. (2022) Monitoring the role of soil hydrologic conditions and rainfall for the triggering of torrential flows in the Rebaixader catchment (Central Pyrenees, Spain). LANDSLIDES. 20, 249–269.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-022-01975-8

Guo, Z., Torra, O., Hürlimann, M., Abancó, C., Medina, V. (2022) FSLAM: A QGIS plugin for fast regional susceptibility assessment of rainfall-induced landslides. Environmental Modelling and Software. 150, 105354.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105354

Hürlimann, M., Guo, Z., Puig-Polo, C., Medina, V. (2022) Impacts of future climate and land cover changes on landslide susceptibility: Regional scale modelling in the Val d’Aran region (Pyrenees, Spain). LANDSLIDES. 19, 99–118.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-021-01775-6

Oorthuis, R., Hürlimann, M., Abancó, C., Moya, J., Carleo, L. (2021) Monitoring rainfall and soil moisture at the Rebaixader catchment (Central Pyrenees). Environmental and Engineering Geoscience. 27(2): 221-229
https://doi.org/10.2113/EEG-D-20-00012

Medina, V., Hürlimann, M., Zizheng, G., Lloret, A., Vaunat, J. (2021) Fast physically-based model for rainfall-induced landslide susceptibility assessment at regional scale. CATENA, 201, 105213
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105213

Oorthuis, R., Vaunat, J., Hürlimann, M., Lloret, A., Moya, J., Puig-Polo, C., Fraccica, A. (2021) Slope Orientation and Vegetation Effects on Soil Thermo-Hydraulic Behavior. An Experimental Study. Sustainability. 13(1):14. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13010014

 Furdada G, Victoriano A, Díez-Herrero A, Génova M, Guinau M, De las Heras Á, Palau RM, Hürlimann M, Khazaradze G, Casas JM, Margalef A, Pinyol J, González M. (2020) Flood Consequences of Land-Use Changes at a Ski Resort: Overcoming a Geomorphological Threshold (Portainé, Eastern Pyrenees, Iberian Peninsula). Water 12(2). 368. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12020368

Pastorello, R.; D'Agostino, V.; Hürlimann, M. (2020) Debris flow triggering characterization through a comparative analysis among different mountain catchments. CATENA. 186, 104348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2019.104348

Conference Proceedings (only international):

Hürlimann, M., Medina V., Ruiz-Carulla, R., Molano, L., Moya, J. (2023) Monitoring and modelling of debris-flow erosion in the Rebaixader catchment (Pyrenees, Spain). DFHM8 conference. E3S Web of Conferences, 415, 03011. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202341503011

Badakhshan, E., Vaunat, J. (2023) Modelling soil-vegetation-atmosphere in a field experiment. Workshop of CODE_BRIGHT Users: 19th April 2023, Barcelona, Spain. https://deca.upc.edu/en/projects/code_bright/workshop/doc/abstracts

Bocková, K.; Vaunat, J.; Moya, J. (2023) Estimation of frozen layer thickness in field by spectral analysis. 34th ALERT Workshop / booklet of abstracts. 2023. pp.: 56 ~ 56. ISBN/ISSN: 978-2-9584769-2-2

Bocková, K.; Vaunat, J.; Moya, J. (2023) Degradation of Hard Clays under Freezing and Thawing Cycles. Proceedings of the 3rdJTC1 Workshop – Impact of global changes on landslide hazard and risk.

Bocková, K.; Vaunat, J.; Moya, J. (2023) Field monitoring of cyclic freezing process: effect of air temperature on frozen layer thickness. EGU General Assembly 2023. European Geosciences Union. Vienna, Austria. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-14413

Macias, A.; Bocková, K.; Vaunat, J. Macias, A.; Bocková, K.; Vaunat, J. IDENTIFICATION OF WATER RETENTION CURVE FROM FREEZING TEST. Workshop of CODE_BRIGHT Users: 19th April 2023, Barcelona, Spain. 2023. pp.: 39 ~ 44

Vaunat, J., Badakhshan, E.,  Riccardo, S. (2022) Hysteretic soil water retention curves for Code_Bright. Workshop of CODE_BRIGHT Users: 19th April 2022, Barcelona, Spain. https://deca.upc.edu/en/projects/code_bright/downloads/workshop/2022/view

Rodriguez, S., Hürlimann, M., Medina, V., Torra, O., Oorthuis, R., Puig Polo, C. (2023) Characterization of coarse-grained sediment supply for the assessment of soil erosion in mountainous areas. Application to the Upper Llobregat River Basin (Pyrenees, Spain). EGU General Assembly 2023. EGU 23-470

Torra, O., Hürlimann, M., Puig-Polo, C., Moreno-de las Heras, M. (2023) Predicting badland occurrence in Catalonia by applying random forest techniques and a multi-scale approach. EGU General Assembly 2023. EGU23-149

Medina V., Hürlimann, M., Molano, L. (2023) Drawbacks in modeling debris flow erosion using the shallow water equations and the finite volume method. Examples from FLATModel and the Rebaixader torrent. EGU General Assembly 2023. EGU23-16507

Abancó C., Asurza FA., Hürlimann, M., Medina V., Bennet G. (2023) The role of rainfall infiltration on landslide occurrence at regional scale EGU General Assembly 2023. EGU23-13400

Cui, H., Hürlimann, M., Medina V., Ji J. (2023) A QGIS plugin for fa t probabilistic susceptibility assessment of rainfall-induced landslides at regional scale. EGU General Assembly 2023. EGU23-295

Torra, O., Hürlimann, M., Puig-Polo C. (2022) Analysis of erosion processes and rates by in-situ measurements and multi-temporal TLS and UAV surveys. Preliminary results from the Vallcebre badlands (NE Spain). Soil Erosion Workshop. Abstract book: 71. https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/public_path/EUSO/proceedings_ALL.pdf

Hürlimann, M., Ruiz-Carulla, R., Moya, J., Torra, O., Buill, F., Núñez-Andrés, MA (2022) Multi-temporal sediment-yield estimates in a steep headwater catchment using UAV and sensor measurements. Challenges and results from the Rebaixader debris-flow monitoring site (Pyrenees). EGU General Assembly 2022, EGU22-2660 https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-2660

Oorthuis, R., Vaunat, J., Hürlimann, M., Lloret, A., Moya, J., Puig-Polo, C., and Fraccica, A. (2021) Effect of vegetation and slope orientation on water infiltration in a monitored embankment, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-7599 https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-7599

Hürlimann, M., Guo, Z., Puig-Polo, C., and Medina, V. (2021) Will the Pyrenees suffer less rainfall-triggered landslides in the future? Results of regional-scale stability modelling in the Val d’Aran focussing on land cover and rainfall predictions. , EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-8923 https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-8923

Rodríguez, S., Puig-Polo, C., Lloret, A., Vaunat, J., Hürlimann, M. (2021) Effect of climate change on slope stability. A numerical analysis using predictions of the Catalan Pyrenees. XIII INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON LANDSLIDES. CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA. 8p. https://www.issmge.org/uploads/publications/105/106/ISL2020-75.pdf

Hürlimann, M., Medina, V., Lloret, A., Vaunat, J., Puig-Polo, C., Moya, J. (2021) Effect of land cover and climate changes on rainfall-induced landslides. Regional-scale modelling in the Val d’Aran (Pyrenees, Spain). XIII INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON LANDSLIDES. CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA. 8p. https://www.issmge.org/uploads/publications/105/106/ISL2020-47.pdf

Oorthuis, R., Hürlimann, M., Abancó, C., Moya, J., Lloret, A., Vaunat, J. (2020) Rainfall and soil moisture conditions for the triggering of torrential flows at the Rebaixader catchment (Central Pyrenees). EGU2020-427

Hürlimann, M., Medina, V., Guo, Z., Puig-Polo, C., Lloret, A., Vaunat, J. (2020) Impacts of future land cover and climate changes on landslide susceptibility. Results obtained from regional-scale modelling in the Pyrenees. EGU2020-9327.

PhD Theses:

R. Oorthuis (2022): Monitoring, analysis and modelling of soil-vegetation-atmosphere interactions at slope and catchment scale. UPC

J. Sánchez Fornia (ongoing PhD): Análisis regional de la peligrosidad asociada al deslizamiento de laderas mediante el uso de macro elemento. UPC.