scholarly journals Episodic deformation at Changbaishan Tianchi volcano, northeast China during 2004 to 2010, observed by persistent scatterer interferometric synthetic aperture radar

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 073499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lingyun Ji ◽  
Jiandong Xu ◽  
Qingliang Wang ◽  
Yuan Wan

Author(s):  
A. M. H. Ansar ◽  
A. H. M. Din ◽  
A. S. A. Latip ◽  
M. N. M. Reba

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.





Author(s):  
Y. Lu ◽  
J. Zhang ◽  
X. Tong ◽  
X. Lu ◽  
W. Han ◽  
...  

Abstract. This paper proposed a new algorithm master Image Temporal Spatial baseline, Doppler centroid frequency difference (MITSD) to select the PS-InSAR common master image (CMI), by using the sum of temporal baselines, spatial baselines, and Doppler centroid frequency differences as a reference. The existing persistent scatterer interferometric synthetic aperture radar (PS-InSAR) common master images election method is affected by three baseline factors: temporal baseline, spatial baseline, and Doppler centroid frequency differences, then one single baseline factor in the three baselines being too large or above the baseline threshold will cause the decoherence. This method normalizes the temporal baseline, spatial baseline, and Doppler centroid frequency baseline to the same order of magnitude, and then the results of baseline optimization are summed up as the minimum coherence. Simultaneously,the algorithm in this paper sets each limit the average value of each baseline as a threshold to reduce the influence of a single baseline. The C-band Sentinel-1A single-look complex (SLC) image data (VV-polarization) in the study area was used as experimental data to compare with the MITSD, the current MSTB (minimum sum of three baselines), and CCCM (comprehensive correlation coefficient method). The results showed that (a) the baseline optimization method was more reasonable and reliable in the selection of the master image in PS-InSAR technology; and (b) in this method, the calculation steps were reduced into the calculation process, and the model was more concise than other algorithms.



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