Monitoring Slope Movement and Soil Hydrologic Behavior Using IoT and AI Technologies: A Systematic Review

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

1. Landslides occur due to various influencing factors (Varnes, 1978), but this paper focuses only on slope failures induced by rainfall infiltration. It is necessary to describe the phenomenon of slope failure caused by rainfall infiltration. A review of studies on early warning systems related to rainfall infiltration is also needed (Anderson, et al., 1997)

Varnes, D. J. (1978). "Slope movement types and processes." Special report 176: 11-33.

 

Anderson, M., et al. (1997). "Hydrological design manual for slope stability in the Tropics." OVERSEAS ROAD NOTE 14.

 

 

2. In this paper, studies that analyzed slope activities based on inclinometer data should also be reviewed (Petley, et al., 2002; Park, et al., 2020).

 

Petley, D. N., et al. (2002). "Patterns of movement in rotational and translational landslides." Geology 30(8): 719-722.

 

Park, M., et al. (2020). Integrated Analysis Method for Stability Analysis and Maintenance of Cut-Slope in Urban. Slope Engineering, IntechOpen.

 

3. Figure 4 needs to be adjusted so that the text size is smaller than the main body text size.

 

 

Author Response

We highly appreciate the reviewers’ appropriate comments for improving the quality of the paper. The revised manuscript has been resubmitted after corrections following the reviewers’ comments. The authors have corrected the grammatical concerns and the manuscript's language has been revised.

No.	Reviewer 1 Comments	Response
1	Landslides occur due to various influencing factors (Varnes, 1978), but this paper focuses only on slope failures induced by rainfall infiltration. It is necessary to describe the phenomenon of slope failure caused by rainfall infiltration. A review of studies on early warning systems related to rainfall infiltration is also needed (Anderson, et al., 1997) Varnes, D. J. (1978). "Slope movement types and processes." Special report 176: 11-33.   Anderson, M., et al. (1997). "Hydrological design manual for slope stability in the Tropics." OVERSEAS ROAD NOTE 14.	The authors thank the reviewer for the important observation. Necessary sections have been added to the manuscript (sec 2 – various landslide types and influencing factors, section 3.4 - early warning system.
2	In this paper, studies that analyzed slope activities based on inclinometer data should also be reviewed (Petley, et al., 2002; Park, et al., 2020).   Petley, D. N., et al. (2002). "Patterns of movement in rotational and translational landslides." Geology 30(8): 719-722.   Park, M., et al. (2020). Integrated Analysis Method for Stability Analysis and Maintenance of Cut-Slope in Urban. Slope Engineering, IntechOpen.	The authors agree with the reviewer’s observation. The authors have added a few sections (line 463 to 476)
3	Figure 4 needs to be adjusted so that the text size is smaller than the main body text size.	Thank you for the comments. Figure 4 has been adjusted.

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Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Dear authors, congratulations on the extensive and complete review, in my opinion, the article needs only minor revisions:

a)Equation 1: please put the water content as a function of the matrix potential

b)Figure 2: Please detail the caption description for the four figures.

c)Figure 6: Figure 6 is a composite figure, please detail each image in the caption: Use Figure 6a, Figure 6b, etc.

d)~Please insert references that can support the condensed content in all tables

Comments on the Quality of English Language

Please correct errors such as those presented in the following parts.

Page 4: line 147: correct (between)

Page 6, line 249: correct spelling (because)

Line 252: correct spelling (content)

Page 16: line 557: correct spelling (hydrogeological).

 

There are others, I recommend careful attention from the authors regarding formatting.

Author Response

We highly appreciate the reviewers’ appropriate comments for improving the quality of the paper. The revised manuscript has been resubmitted after corrections following the reviewers’ comments.

No.	Reviewer 1 Comments	Response
a	Equation 1: please put the water content as a function of the matrix potential	The authors thank the reviewer for the important observation. We tried to organize Equation 1 in a way that we mostly observed in many papers.
b	Figure 2: Please detail the caption description for the four figures.	The authors thank the reviewer for the important observation. We have addressed the comments.
c	Figure 6: Figure 6 is a composite figure, please detail each image in the caption: Use Figure 6a, Figure 6b, etc.	The authors thank the reviewer for the important observation. We have addressed the comments.
d	Please insert references that can support the condensed content in all table	The authors thank the reviewer for the important observation. We have addressed the comments.
Comments on the Quality of English Language	Please correct errors such as those presented in the following parts. Page 4: line 147: correct (between) Page 6, line 249: correct spelling (because) Line 252: correct spelling (content) Page 16: line 557: correct spelling (hydrogeological).	The authors thank the reviewer for the important observation. We have addressed the comments.

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