Monitoring Regional-Scale Surface Deformation of the Continuous Permafrost in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau with Time-Series InSAR Analysis
As an important indicator of permafrost degradation, surface deformation is often used to monitor the thawing and freezing process in the permafrost active layer. However, due to the large area of the continuous permafrost of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) and the large amount of data processed by...
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ftmdpi:oai:mdpi.com:/2072-4292/14/13/2987/ 2023-08-20T03:59:06+02:00 Monitoring Regional-Scale Surface Deformation of the Continuous Permafrost in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau with Time-Series InSAR Analysis Zhida Xu Liming Jiang Fujun Niu Rui Guo Ronggang Huang Zhiwei Zhou Zhiping Jiao agris 2022-06-22 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14132987 EN eng Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs14132987 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Remote Sensing; Volume 14; Issue 13; Pages: 2987 Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) permafrost deformation time-series InSAR LiCSAR Text 2022 ftmdpi https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14132987 2023-08-01T05:27:48Z As an important indicator of permafrost degradation, surface deformation is often used to monitor the thawing and freezing process in the permafrost active layer. However, due to the large area of the continuous permafrost of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) and the large amount of data processed by conventional time-series InSAR, previous studies have mostly focused on local area investigations, and regional characteristics of surface deformation of the continuous permafrost area on the QTP are still unclear. In this paper, we characterized surface deformation in space and time over the main continuous permafrost area on the QTP, by analyzing 11 ascending and 8 descending orbits of Sentinel-1 SAR data acquired between 2018 and 2021 with the time-series InSAR processing system LiCSAR. The reliability of the InSAR deformation results was verified by a combination of leveling measurement data, the intercomparison of overlapping area results, and field verification. The results show that the permafrost regions of the central QTP exhibited the most significant linear subsidence trend. The subsidence trend of permafrost on the QTP was mainly related to the thermal stability of permafrost, and the regions with larger subsidence rates were concentrated in sub-stable, transitional and unstable permafrost areas. We also found that, according to analysis of time-series displacement, the beginning and ending times of permafrost thawing were highly spatially heterogeneous, with the time of maximum thawing depth varying between mid-October and mid-November, which was probably attributed to the active layer thickness (ALT), water content in the active layer, and vegetation cover in these regions. This study is of great significance for understanding the changing trend of permafrost on the QTP under the background of climate change. In addition, this study also demonstrates that combination of Sentinel-1 SAR images with the LiCSAR system has significant potential for detecting permafrost deformation with high accuracy and high ... Text Active layer thickness permafrost MDPI Open Access Publishing Remote Sensing 14 13 2987 |
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As an important indicator of permafrost degradation, surface deformation is often used to monitor the thawing and freezing process in the permafrost active layer. However, due to the large area of the continuous permafrost of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) and the large amount of data processed by conventional time-series InSAR, previous studies have mostly focused on local area investigations, and regional characteristics of surface deformation of the continuous permafrost area on the QTP are still unclear. In this paper, we characterized surface deformation in space and time over the main continuous permafrost area on the QTP, by analyzing 11 ascending and 8 descending orbits of Sentinel-1 SAR data acquired between 2018 and 2021 with the time-series InSAR processing system LiCSAR. The reliability of the InSAR deformation results was verified by a combination of leveling measurement data, the intercomparison of overlapping area results, and field verification. The results show that the permafrost regions of the central QTP exhibited the most significant linear subsidence trend. The subsidence trend of permafrost on the QTP was mainly related to the thermal stability of permafrost, and the regions with larger subsidence rates were concentrated in sub-stable, transitional and unstable permafrost areas. We also found that, according to analysis of time-series displacement, the beginning and ending times of permafrost thawing were highly spatially heterogeneous, with the time of maximum thawing depth varying between mid-October and mid-November, which was probably attributed to the active layer thickness (ALT), water content in the active layer, and vegetation cover in these regions. This study is of great significance for understanding the changing trend of permafrost on the QTP under the background of climate change. In addition, this study also demonstrates that combination of Sentinel-1 SAR images with the LiCSAR system has significant potential for detecting permafrost deformation with high accuracy and high ... |
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Monitoring Regional-Scale Surface Deformation of the Continuous Permafrost in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau with Time-Series InSAR Analysis |
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