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Ground deformation monitoring using small baseline DInSAR technique: A case study in Taiyuan City from 2003 to 2009

January 1, 2011

DInSAR technique based on time series of SAR images has been very popular to monitor ground stow deformation in recent years such as permanent scatterers (PS) method small baseline subsets (SBAS) method and coherent targets (CT) method. By taking advantage of PS method and CT method in this paper small baseline DTnSAR technique is used to investigate the ground deformation of Taiyuan City Shanxi Province from 2003 to 2009 by using 23 ENVISAT ASAR images. The experiment results demonstrate that: (1) during this period four significant subsidence centers have been developed in Taiyuan namely Xiayuan Wujiabu Xiaodian Sunjiazhai. The largest subsidence center is Sunjiazhai with an average subsidence rate of -77. 28 mm/a; (2) The subsidence of the old center Wanbolin has sHowed down. And the subsidence in the northern region has stopped and some areas even rebounded. (3) The change of subsidence centers indicates that the control measures of "closing wells and reducing exploitation" taken by the Taiyuan government has achieved initial effects. (4) The experiment results have been validated with leveling data and the acouracy is 2. 90 mm which shows that the small baseline DInSAR technique can be used to monitor urban ground deformation.

Publication Year 2011
Title Ground deformation monitoring using small baseline DInSAR technique: A case study in Taiyuan City from 2003 to 2009
DOI 10.3969/j.issn.0001-5733.2011.03.006
Authors H.-A. Wu, Y.-H. Zhang, X.-Y. Chen, T. Lu, J. Du, Z.-H. Sun, G.-T. Sun
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Chinese Journal of Geophysics (Acta Geophysica Sinica)
Index ID 70034078
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center