InSAR Monitoring OF Landslides In Britain: BGS' Feasibility Map And First ISBAS Studies Over The South Wales Coalfield
Abstract
InSAR is an accepted method for monitoring ground motion, however its applicability in non-urban areas is generally limited except for rocky terrains. This paper investigates a new method for deriving improved results outside the urban environment. Topographic distortions to the ERS-1/2 and ENVISAT SAR acquisition modes are simulated based on high resolution DTMs of the landmass of Britain. Persistent Scatterers (PS) densities are predicted by calibrating the CORINE Land Cover 2006 dataset using PS data available via the ESA Terrafirma and EC FP7 PanGeo projects. The InSAR feasibility to monitor land motions is discussed for the South Wales Coalfield, and the Intermittent Small Baseline Subset (ISBAS) technique is tested over the Coalfield using 55 ERS-1/2 images (1992-1999). With unprecedented target coverage, ISBAS reveals up to 1cm/yr uplift in areas of former coal mining, likely associated with groundwater rebound following cessation of mine water pumping.
- Publication:
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ESA Living Planet Symposium
- Pub Date:
- December 2013
- Bibcode:
- 2013ESASP.722E.286C