Sentinel-1 SAR Interferometry for Surface Deformation Monitoring in Low-Land Permafrost Areas
Low-land permafrost areas are subject to intense freeze-thaw cycles and characterized by remarkable surface displacement. We used Sentinel-1 SAR interferometry (InSAR) in order to analyse the summer surface displacement over four spots in the Arctic and Antarctica since 2015. Choosing floodplain or...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:87efab144c2f4843ae83f556bf6a01a2 2023-05-15T14:01:46+02:00 Sentinel-1 SAR Interferometry for Surface Deformation Monitoring in Low-Land Permafrost Areas Tazio Strozzi Sofia Antonova Frank Günther Eva Mätzler Gonçalo Vieira Urs Wegmüller Sebastian Westermann Annett Bartsch 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10091360 https://doaj.org/article/87efab144c2f4843ae83f556bf6a01a2 EN eng MDPI AG http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/10/9/1360 https://doaj.org/toc/2072-4292 2072-4292 doi:10.3390/rs10091360 https://doaj.org/article/87efab144c2f4843ae83f556bf6a01a2 Remote Sensing, Vol 10, Iss 9, p 1360 (2018) permafrost Arctic Antarctica subsidence InSAR Sentinel-1 Science Q article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10091360 2022-12-31T10:53:16Z Low-land permafrost areas are subject to intense freeze-thaw cycles and characterized by remarkable surface displacement. We used Sentinel-1 SAR interferometry (InSAR) in order to analyse the summer surface displacement over four spots in the Arctic and Antarctica since 2015. Choosing floodplain or outcrop areas as the reference for the InSAR relative deformation measurements, we found maximum subsidence of about 3 to 10 cm during the thawing season with generally high spatial variability. Sentinel-1 time-series of interferograms with 6–12 day time intervals highlight that subsidence is often occurring rather quickly within roughly one month in early summer. Intercomparison of summer subsidence from Sentinel-1 in 2017 with TerraSAR-X in 2013 over part of the Lena River Delta (Russia) shows a high spatial agreement between both SAR systems. A comparison with in-situ measurements for the summer of 2014 over the Lena River Delta indicates a pronounced downward movement of several centimetres in both cases but does not reveal a spatial correspondence between InSAR and local in-situ measurements. For the reconstruction of longer time-series of deformation, yearly Sentinel-1 interferograms from the end of the summer were considered. However, in order to infer an effective subsidence of the surface through melting of excess ice layers over multi-annual scales with Sentinel-1, a longer observation time period is necessary. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Arctic Ice lena river permafrost Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Remote Sensing 10 9 1360 |
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Low-land permafrost areas are subject to intense freeze-thaw cycles and characterized by remarkable surface displacement. We used Sentinel-1 SAR interferometry (InSAR) in order to analyse the summer surface displacement over four spots in the Arctic and Antarctica since 2015. Choosing floodplain or outcrop areas as the reference for the InSAR relative deformation measurements, we found maximum subsidence of about 3 to 10 cm during the thawing season with generally high spatial variability. Sentinel-1 time-series of interferograms with 6–12 day time intervals highlight that subsidence is often occurring rather quickly within roughly one month in early summer. Intercomparison of summer subsidence from Sentinel-1 in 2017 with TerraSAR-X in 2013 over part of the Lena River Delta (Russia) shows a high spatial agreement between both SAR systems. A comparison with in-situ measurements for the summer of 2014 over the Lena River Delta indicates a pronounced downward movement of several centimetres in both cases but does not reveal a spatial correspondence between InSAR and local in-situ measurements. For the reconstruction of longer time-series of deformation, yearly Sentinel-1 interferograms from the end of the summer were considered. However, in order to infer an effective subsidence of the surface through melting of excess ice layers over multi-annual scales with Sentinel-1, a longer observation time period is necessary. |
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Tazio Strozzi Sofia Antonova Frank Günther Eva Mätzler Gonçalo Vieira Urs Wegmüller Sebastian Westermann Annett Bartsch |
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Tazio Strozzi Sofia Antonova Frank Günther Eva Mätzler Gonçalo Vieira Urs Wegmüller Sebastian Westermann Annett Bartsch |
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Sentinel-1 SAR Interferometry for Surface Deformation Monitoring in Low-Land Permafrost Areas |
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Sentinel-1 SAR Interferometry for Surface Deformation Monitoring in Low-Land Permafrost Areas |
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Sentinel-1 SAR Interferometry for Surface Deformation Monitoring in Low-Land Permafrost Areas |
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Sentinel-1 SAR Interferometry for Surface Deformation Monitoring in Low-Land Permafrost Areas |
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Sentinel-1 SAR Interferometry for Surface Deformation Monitoring in Low-Land Permafrost Areas |
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sentinel-1 sar interferometry for surface deformation monitoring in low-land permafrost areas |
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