Investigating landslides with space-borne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) interferometry

Colesanti, C.; Wąsowski, J.

doi:10.1016/j.enggeo.2006.09.013

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“…Since 10 years, SAR interferograms are used for landslide detection, mapping and monitoring (Canuti et al, 2004;Colesanti and Wasowski, 2006;Lu et al, 2012;Metternicht et al, 2005). For the Ubaye valley, only ascending ALOS/PALSAR images are available, limiting the coverage of the territory to 60 % because of layover and slope portions hidden by the relief ( Fig.…”

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Analysis of a landslide multi-date inventory in a complex mountain landscape: the Ubaye valley case study

Schlögel

Malet

Reichenbach

et al. 2015

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. In the paper we analyse a multi-date landslide inventory prepared for a mountainous area affected by several landslide types with different degrees of activity, we attempt to quantify the uncertainties associated to the mapping, we measure the evolution of morphological indicators and estimate landslide activity and temporal occurrence. The inventory, covering the period 1956-2010, is prepared for the middle section of the Ubaye valley (southern French Alps) based on the analysis of multi-source documents (geomorphological maps, historical reports of landslide events, field surveys, orthophotographs and SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite images). The uncertainties derived from the expert interpretation of different sources of information, the landslide morphological features and the affected land covers are taken into account in relation to the source documents.Morphological indicators are calculated to describe quantitatively the evolution of the landslides (length, area, relative elevation, runout distance). Frequency-area density functions are computed to estimate the changes in the landslide distributions and a Poisson model is used to estimate the probability of reactivation of the observed landslides and the occurrence of new failures. The proposed multi-date inventory and the associated statistics provide additional information to the event catalogue managed by the local policy makers.

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Analysis of a landslide multi-date inventory in a complex mountain landscape: the Ubaye valley case study

Schlögel

Malet

Reichenbach

et al. 2015

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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“…To overcome the differences between the ground geometry and the LOS direction, we projected the LOS deformations into the direction of the down slope movements [40]. We converted the LOS velocity deformation rates into downslope velocity deformation rates (Vslope) [41,42]. To transform the LOS direction into the down slope direction, we needed information about the unit LOS vectors and the slopes.…”

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ALOS/PALSAR InSAR Time-Series Analysis for Detecting Very Slow-Moving Landslides in Southern Kyrgyzstan

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This study focuses on evaluating the potential of ALOS/PALSAR time-series data to analyze the activation of deep-seated landslides in the foothill zone of the high mountain Alai range in the southern Tien Shan (Kyrgyzstan). Most previous field-based landslide investigations have revealed that many landslides have indicators for ongoing slow movements in the form of migrating and newly developing cracks. L-band ALOS/PALSAR data for the period between 2007 and 2010 are available for the 484 km 2 area in this study. We analyzed these data using the Small Baseline Subset (SBAS) time-series technique to assess the surface deformation related to the activation of landslides. We observed up to ±17 mm/year of LOS velocity deformation rates, which were projected along the local steepest slope and resulted in velocity rates of up to −63 mm/year. The obtained rates indicate very slow movement of the deep-seated landslides during the observation time. We also compared these movements with precipitation and earthquake records. The results suggest that the deformation peaks correlate with rainfall in the 3 preceding months and with an earthquake event. Overall, the results of this study indicated the great potential of L-band InSAR time series analysis for OPEN ACCESS Remote Sens. 2015, 7 8974 efficient spatiotemporal identification and monitoring of slope activations in this region of high landslide activity in Southern Kyrgyzstan.

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“…Moreover, this conversion permits comparing landslide velocities with different slope orientations, resolving the satellite acquisition orbit differences and allowing a more feasible interpretation. Following the procedure initially proposed by COLESANTI and WASOWSKI (2006), and then successfully applied in several scientific works (CIGNA et al 2013;GRIEF and VLCKO 2012;BIANCHINI et al 2013;HERRERA et al 2013), a correction factor (C) was applied to each LOS measurement, in order to determine the ''real'' V SLOPE velocity (intended as not the one measured in the LOS direction, but the one occurring in the landslide direction), taking into account satellite-dependant parameters, i.e., incidence angle and track angle, as well as topographic parameters, i.e., terrain slope and orientation, The track angle and the incidence angle are provided within the processed SAR images for each satellite (Table 1). The slope and aspect of the area of interest are derived from a DEM with 20 m cell resolution.…”

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Multi-Temporal Evaluation of Landslide Movements and Impacts on Buildings in San Fratello (Italy) By Means of C-Band and X-Band PSI Data

Bianchini

Ciampalini

Raspini

et al. 2014

Pure Appl. Geophys.

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Abstract-This work provides a multi-temporal and spatial investigation of landslide effects in the San Fratello area (Messina province within the Sicily region, Italy), by means of C-band and X-band Persistent Scatterer Interferometry (PSI) data, integrated with in situ field checks and a crack pattern survey. The Sicily region is extensively affected by hydrogeological hazards since several landslides regularly involved local areas across time. In particular, intense and catastrophic landslide phenomena have recently occurred in the San Fratello area; the last event took place in February 2010, causing large economic damage. Thus, the need for an accurate ground motions and impacts mapping and monitoring turns out to be significantly effective, in order to better identify active unstable areas and to help proper risk-mitigation measures planning. The combined use of historical and recent C-band satellites and current X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar sensors of a new generation permits spatially and temporally detection of landslide-induced motions on a local scale and to properly provide a complete multi-temporal evaluation of their effects on the area of interest. PSI ground motion rates are crosscompared with local failures and damage of involved buildings, recently recognized by in situ observations. As a result, the analysis of landslide-induced movements over almost 20 years and the validation of radar data with manufactured crack patterns, permits one to finally achieve a complete and reliable assessment in the San Fratello test site.

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Investigating landslides with space-borne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) interferometry

Cited by 699 publications

References 33 publications

Analysis of a landslide multi-date inventory in a complex mountain landscape: the Ubaye valley case study

Analysis of a landslide multi-date inventory in a complex mountain landscape: the Ubaye valley case study

ALOS/PALSAR InSAR Time-Series Analysis for Detecting Very Slow-Moving Landslides in Southern Kyrgyzstan

Multi-Temporal Evaluation of Landslide Movements and Impacts on Buildings in San Fratello (Italy) By Means of C-Band and X-Band PSI Data

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