Tools for the reconstruction of rainfall events from rainfall measurements, for the definition of the rainfall conditions responsible for landslides, and for the definition of rainfall thresholds for possible landslide occurrence

The software implelments an algorithm for the objective definition of rainfall events, and for the quantitative measurement of the rainfall conditions that characterize a rainfall event. The algorithm systematizes the actions performed and the decisions taken by an expert investigator that defines heuristically rainfall events from a typical rainfall record and information on landslide occurrence. The code is implemented using the R open-source software for advanced statistical computing and graphics, release 2.15. (http://www.r-project.org/)