Atmospheric effects in interferometric synthetic aperture radar surface deformation and topographic maps

1997 ◽  
Vol 102 (B4) ◽  
pp. 7547-7563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard A. Zebker ◽  
Paul A. Rosen ◽  
Scott Hensley
Keyword(s):  
Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Surface Deformation ◽  
Topographic Maps ◽  
Synthetic Aperture ◽  
Atmospheric Effects ◽  
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Aperture Radar

scholarly journals A Framework for Correcting Ionospheric Artifacts and Atmospheric Effects to Generate High Accuracy InSAR DEM

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiwei Liu ◽  
Cui Zhou ◽  
Haiqiang Fu ◽  
Jianjun Zhu ◽  
Tingying Zuo
Keyword(s):  
Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Synthetic Aperture ◽  
Atmospheric Effects ◽  
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Dual Polarization ◽  
Digital Elevation ◽  
Split Spectrum ◽  
Dem Accuracy ◽  
Study Sites ◽  
Aperture Radar

Repeat-pass interferometric synthetic aperture radar is a well-established technology for generating digital elevation models (DEMs). However, the interferogram usually has ionospheric and atmospheric effects, which reduces the DEM accuracy. In this paper, by introducing dual-polarization interferograms, a new approach is proposed to mitigate the ionospheric and atmospheric errors of the interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) data. The proposed method consists of two parts. First, the range split-spectrum method is applied to compensate for the ionospheric artifacts. Then, a multiresolution correlation analysis between dual-polarization InSAR interferograms is employed to remove the identical atmospheric phases, since the atmospheric delay is independent of SAR polarizations. The corrected interferogram can be used for DEM extraction. Validation experiments, using the ALOS-1 PALSAR interferometric pairs covering the study areas in Hawaii and Lebanon of the U.S.A., show that the proposed method can effectively reduce the ionospheric artifacts and atmospheric effects, and improve the accuracy of the InSAR-derived DEMs by 64.9% and 31.7% for the study sites in Hawaii and Lebanon of the U.S.A., respectively, compared with traditional correction methods. In addition, the assessment of the resulting DEMs also includes comparisons with the high-precision Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) altimetry data. The results show that the selection of reference data will not affect the validation results.

scholarly journals A SHORT REVIEW ON PERSISTENT SCATTERER INTERFEROMETRY TECHNIQUES FOR SURFACE DEFORMATION MONITORING

2022 ◽  
Vol XLVI-4/W3-2021 ◽  
pp. 23-31
Author(s):  
A. M. H. Ansar ◽  
A. H. M. Din ◽  
A. S. A. Latip ◽  
M. N. M. Reba
Keyword(s):  
Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Surface Deformation ◽  
Deformation Monitoring ◽  
Synthetic Aperture ◽  
Structural Development ◽  
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Persistent Scatterer Interferometry ◽  
Persistent Scatterers ◽  
Persistent Scatterer ◽  
Aperture Radar

Abstract. Technology advancement has urged the development of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) to be upgraded and transformed. The main contribution of the InSAR technique is that the surface deformation changes measurements can achieve up to millimetre level precision. Environmental problems such as landslides, volcanoes, earthquakes, excessive underground water production, and other phenomena can cause the earth's surface deformation. Deformation monitoring of a surface is vital as unexpected movement, and future behaviour can be detected and predicted. InSAR time series analysis, known as Persistent Scatterer Interferometry (PSI), has become an essential tool for measuring surface deformation. Therefore, this study provides a review of the PSI techniques used to measure surface deformation changes. An overview of surface deformation and the basic principles of the four techniques that have been developed from the improvement of Persistent Scatterer Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (PSInSAR), which is Small Baseline Subset (SBAS), Stanford Method for Persistent Scatterers (StaMPS), SqueeSAR and Quasi Persistent Scatterer (QPS) were summarised to perceive the ability of these techniques in monitoring surface deformation. This study also emphasises the effectiveness and restrictions of each developed technique and how they suit Malaysia conditions and environment. The future outlook for Malaysia in realising the PSI techniques for structural monitoring also discussed in this review. Finally, this review will lead to the implementation of appropriate techniques and better preparation for the country's structural development.

Reclaimed-Airport Surface-Deformation Monitoring by Improved Permanent-Scatterer Interferometric Synthetic-Aperture Radar: A Case Study of Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-116
Author(s):  
Lu Miao ◽  
Kailiang Deng ◽  
Guangcai Feng ◽  
Kaifeng Li ◽  
Zhiqiang Xiong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Dynamic Load ◽  
Surface Deformation ◽  
Deformation Monitoring ◽  
Synthetic Aperture ◽  
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Filling Material ◽  
Reclaimed Land ◽  
International Airport ◽  
Aperture Radar

Reclaimed airports usually have fragile geological structures and are susceptible to the uneven ground settlements caused by filling-material consolidation, underground construction, and dynamic loading from takeoff and landing of aircrafts. Therefore, deformation monitoring is of great significance to the safe operation of reclaimed airports. This study adopts an improved permanent-scatterer interferometric synthetic-aperture radar strategy to map the spatiotemporal deformation of Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport in China using ascending and descending Envisat/ASAR data acquired from 2007 to 2010 and Sentinel-1 data from 2015 to 2019. The results show that uneven settlements of the airport concentrate in the new reclaimed land. Then we explore the settlement characteristics of each functional area. Furthermore, we separate out the dynamic-load settlement of runway No. 2 and confirm the settlements caused by dynamic load. This study provides new ideas for studying deformation in similar fields, and technical references for the future construction of Shenzhen Airport.

scholarly journals FLOOD MAPPING USING SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR: A CASE STUDY OF RAMSAR FLASH FLOOD

2019 ◽  
Vol XLII-4/W16 ◽  
pp. 291-295
Author(s):  
A. Jamali ◽  
A. Abdul Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Surface Deformation ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Flash Flood ◽  
Synthetic Aperture ◽  
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Flooded Area ◽  
Matlab Programming ◽  
Aperture Radar

Abstract. Disasters including flash floods, earthquakes, and landslides have huge economic and social losses besides their impact on environmental disruption. Studying environmental changes due to climate change can improve public and expert sector’s awareness and response towards future disastrous events. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data and Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) technologies are valuable tools for flood modeling and surface deformation modeling. This paper proposes an efficient approach to detect the flooded area changes using Sentinel-1A over Ramsar flood on 5th October 2018. For detection of the flooded area due to flash flood SARPROZ in MATLAB programming language is used and discussed. Flooded areas in Ramsar are detected based on the change detection modeling using normalized difference values of amplitude belonging to the master image (on 28th September 2018) and the slave image (on 10th October 2018).

scholarly journals MITIGATION ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS IN INTERFEROGRAM WITH USING INTEGRATED MERIS/MODIS DATA AND A CASE STUDY OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

2018 ◽  
Vol XLII-3 ◽  
pp. 1799-1803
Author(s):  
X. Wang ◽  
P. Zhang ◽  
Z. Sun
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Atmospheric Water Vapor ◽  
Synthetic Aperture ◽  
Atmospheric Effects ◽  
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Atmospheric Water ◽  
Resolution Imaging ◽  
Aperture Radar

Interferometric synthetic aperture radar(InSAR), as a space geodetictechnology, had been testified a high potential means of earth observation providing a method fordigital elevation model (DEM) and surface deformation monitoring of high precision. However, the accuracy of the interferometric synthetic aperture radar is mainly limited by the effects of atmospheric water vapor. In order to effectively measure topography or surface deformations by synthetic aperture radar interferometry (InSAR), it is necessary to mitigate the effects of atmospheric water vapor on the interferometric signals. This paper analyzed the atmospheric effects on the interferogram quantitatively, and described a result of estimating Precipitable Water Vapor (PWV) from the the Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS), Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the ground-based GPS, compared the MERIS/MODIS PWV with the GPS PWV. Finally, a case study for mitigating atmospheric effects in interferogramusing with using the integration of MERIS and MODIS PWV overSouthern California is given. The result showed that such integration approach benefits removing or reducing the atmospheric phase contribution from the corresponding interferogram, the integrated Zenith Path Delay Difference Maps (ZPDDM) of MERIS and MODIS helps reduce the water vapor effects efficiently, the standard deviation (STD) of interferogram is improved by 23 % after the water vapor correction than the original interferogram.

scholarly journals Ground deformation monitoring using RADARSAT-2 DInSAR-MSBAS at the Aquistore CO2 storage site in Saskatchewan (Canada)

2014 ◽  
Vol XL-1 ◽  
pp. 81-87
Author(s):  
M. Czarnogorska ◽  
S. Samsonov ◽  
D. White
Keyword(s):  
Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Surface Deformation ◽  
Ground Deformation ◽  
Deformation Monitoring ◽  
Airborne Lidar ◽  
Synthetic Aperture ◽  
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Storage Site ◽  
Monitoring Techniques ◽  
Aperture Radar

The research objectives of the Aquistore CO<sub>2</sub> storage project are to design, adapt, and test non-seismic monitoring methods for measurement, and verification of CO<sub>2</sub> storage, and to integrate data to determine subsurface fluid distributions, pressure changes and associated surface deformation. Aquistore site is located near Estevan in Southern Saskatchewan on the South flank of the Souris River and west of the Boundary Dam Power Station and the historical part of Estevan coal mine in southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada. Several monitoring techniques were employed in the study area including advanced satellite Differential Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (DInSAR) technique, GPS, tiltmeters and piezometers. The targeted CO<sub>2</sub> injection zones are within the Winnipeg and Deadwood formations located at > 3000 m depth. An array of monitoring techniques was employed in the study area including advanced satellite Differential Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (DInSAR) with established corner reflectors, GPS, tiltmeters and piezometers stations. We used airborne LIDAR data for topographic phase estimation, and DInSAR product geocoding. Ground deformation maps have been calculated using Multidimensional Small Baseline Subset (MSBAS) methodology from 134 RADARSAT-2 images, from five different beams, acquired during 20120612&ndash;20140706. We computed and interpreted nine time series for selected places. MSBAS results indicate slow ground deformation up to 1 cm/year not related to CO<sub>2</sub> injection but caused by various natural and anthropogenic causes.

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