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Level I Stability Analysis (LISA) documentation for version 2.0
Hammond, Hall, Miller, Swetik

Errata and clarifications sheet

Although the LISA manual (part 2 section 1.3) says that LISARA.EXE is the executable code for LISA and SARA, the SARA portion of the program is not included in version 2. Unfortunately, we do not forsee any further releases of LISA or SARA.

Preliminaries
PageComment
3"Level I stability analysis" under "LISA" should read "Level I Stability Analysis program"
4 "Stability analysis for road access" under "SARA" should read "Stability Analysis for Road Access program"
5 gamma-m, gamma-d, and gamma-max should be gammam, gammad, and gammamax.
Part 1--Reference Manual
PageComment
22 The equation for the computed standard deviation of the logarithms of the values of X (sigma-hatl) is incorrect. The x-squared term should be x-bar-squared.
31 In text of figure 3.1, the definition for gammad should be removed.
40 Paragraph 2, line 7: "This method produces correlation coefficient..." should read "This method produces a correlation coefficient...".
57 Second bullet, "... reduced for types B and D..." should say "... reduced for types A and D...".
64 Section 5.3.5.2, paragraph 1, last line: "Bjerrum and Bjerrum 1960" should be " "Bishop and Bjerrum 1961".
69 * Section 5.3.5.2.2, last line: "Hammond and Hardcastle 1991" is actually "Hardcastle and Hammond 1991".
69 Section 5.3.5.3.1: "Bjerrum and Simons (1960)" should be "Bjerrum and Simons (1961)".
93Table 6.2, polygon 5D: Pf range for natural state should be .08-.09 for a moderate hazard.
97 "Bjerrum, A.W.; Bjerrum, L. 1960." is actually "Bishop, A.W.; Bjerrum, L. 1961."
97 "Bjerrum, L.; Simons, N.E. 1960." should be "Bjerrum, L.; Simons, N.E. 1961.".
99 * "Hammond, C.J.; Hardcastle, J.H . 1992." may actually be "Hardcastle, J.H.; Hammond, C.J. 1991." 6 p.
105 Tsukamoto & Kusakabe 1984: Should read "Vegetative influences...", not "Vegetation influences..."; publisher information should be "Honolulu, HI: Environment and Policy Institute, East-West Center".
105 Wu, McKinnell & Swanston 1979: Should be "landslides on Prince of Wales" not "landslides of Prince of Wales"
109 Tsukamoto & Kusakabe 1984: Should read "Vegetative influences...", not "Vegetation influences..."; publisher information should be "Honolulu, HI: Environment and Policy Institute, East-West Center".
110 Wu, McKinnell & Swanston 1979: Should be "landslides on Prince of Wales" not "landslides of Prince of Wales"
110 "Bjerrum, A.W.; Bjerrum, L. 1960." is actually "Bishop, A.W.; Bjerrum, L. 1961."
110 "Bjerrum, L.; Simons, N.E. 1960." should be "Bjerrum, L.; Simons, N.E. 1961".
111 "Hammond, C.J.; Hardcastle, J.H . 1992." may actually be "Hardcastle, J.H.; Hammond, C.J. 1991." 6 p.
Part 2--Program Operation
PageComment
144 Section 3.9: "Delete drive:\datapath\filename (y/N)?" should be "Erase drive:\datapath\filename? (y/N)"
185 Appendix B: Our software is not referenced in the Software Reference Center.
186 Appendix C: It has been recommended that "D", not "d", should be used for soil depth in the equations on this page. A capital "D" is used elsewhere in the manual for soil depth, and the placement of a lower-case "d" following a gamma can lead to confusion. Change 10 occurrances of "gamma d" to "gamma D".