Time series analysis of Mexico City subsidence constrained by radar interferometry

López-Quiroz, Penélope; Doin, Marie‐Pierre; Tupin, Florence; Briole, Pierre; Nicolas, Jean‐Marie

doi:10.1016/j.jappgeo.2009.02.006

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“…Because of its high sensitivity to vertical displacement, the InSAR monitoring of the human-induced subsidence phenomenon became one of the main applications (e.g., Massonnet et al, 1997;Fielding et al, 1998;Galloway et al, 1998;Lazecky et al, 2010), especially in urban areas where the number of coherent pixels over time remains high (e.g., Hoffmann et al, 2001;Watson et al, 2002;Stramondo et al, 2008;López-Quiroz et al, 2009;Crosetto et al, 2010;Crosetto et al, 2013). The decorrelation noise results either from a variation of the satellite LOS direction for the two images (different look and squint angles) or from a change of the scatterer position or geometry within the resolution cell.…”

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Recent land subsidence caused by the rapid urban development in the Hanoi region (Vietnam) using ALOS InSAR data

Dang

Doubre

Weber

et al. 2014

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. Since the 1990s the land subsidence due to the rapid urbanization has been considered a severely destructive hazard in the center of Hanoi City. Although previous studies and measurements have quantified the subsiding deformation in Hanoi center, no data exist for the newly established districts in the south and the west, where construction development has been most significant and where groundwater pumping has been very intensive over the last decade. With a multi-temporal InSAR approach, we quantify the spatial distribution of the land subsidence in the entire Hanoi urban region using ALOS images over the 2007-2011 period. The map of the mean subsidence velocity reveals that the northern bank of the Red River appears stable, whereas some areas in southern bank are subsiding with a mean vertical rate up to 68.0 mm yr −1 , especially within the three new urban districts of Hoang Mai, Ha Dong -Thanh Xuan and Hoai DucTu Liem. We interpret the spatial distribution of the surface deformation as the combination of the nature of the unsaturated layer, the lowering of groundwater in the aquifers due to pumping withdrawal capacity, the increase of built-up surfaces and the type of building foundation. The piezometric level in Q p aquifer lowers particularly after 2008, whereas the groundwater level in Q h aquifer remains steady, even if it loses its seasonal fluctuation in urban areas and drawdowns in neighboring water production plants. The time evolution deduced from the InSAR time series is consistent with previous leveling data and shows that the lowering rate of the surface slightly decreases till 2008. The analysis of groundwater levels in instrumented wells shows a correlation between the behavior of groundwater with the urban development and the acceleration of groundwater withdrawal. Also, the time variations suggest that the deformation became non-stationary, with upward and downward transient displacements related to the charge and discharge of the aquifers.

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Recent land subsidence caused by the rapid urban development in the Hanoi region (Vietnam) using ALOS InSAR data

Dang

Doubre

Weber

et al. 2014

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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“…Now we can invert this system using the least squares inversion [Lopez-Quiroz et al, 2009;Jolivet et al, 2012] to investigate the long-wavelength tectonic signal due to interseismic strain accumulation. Figure 2 shows the mean velocity map derived from the time series analysis of the descending and ascending tracks after georeferencing.…”

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Interseismic deformation of the Shahroud fault system (NE Iran) from space‐borne radar interferometry measurements

Mousavi

Pathier

Walker

et al. 2015

Geophysical Research Letters

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The Shahroud fault system is a major active structure in the Alborz range of NE Iran whose slip rate is not well constrained despite its potential high seismic hazard. In order to constrain the slip rate of the eastern Shahroud fault zone, we use space‐borne synthetic aperture radar interferometry with both ascending and descending Envisat data to determine the rate of interseismic strain accumulation across the system. We invert the slip rate from surface velocity measurements using a half‐space elastic dislocation model. The modeling results are consistent with a left‐lateral slip rate of 4.75 ± 0.8 mm/yr on the Abr and Jajarm, strands of the Shahroud fault, with a 10 ± 4 km locking depth. This is in good agreement with the 4–6 mm/yr of left‐lateral displacement rate accumulated across the total Shahroud fault system obtained from GPS measurements.

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“…These methods include, the classic SBAS algorithm [6], the New Small Baseline Subset (NSBAS) approach [7,22], and the Multiscale InSAR Time-Series (MInTS) method [8]. Each algorithm has its own strengths or pre-requirements in order to successfully extract ground deformation signals.…”

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“…Many approaches in the SBI technique family are applied to multi-looked interferograms to further reduce decorrelation noise [6,23], while other algorithms are able to work with full resolution data [9,24]. Also, some SBI methods rely on a pre-defined deformation model [8,22,25] whereas others are designed to operate without any assumptions about the ground deformation temporal evolution of the study area [6,24]. All of the mentioned methods have been successfully applied to various ground deformation studies, such as, volcano activities [6,26], subsidence in a city region [22,27], and seismic studies [28].…”

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Comparison of Small Baseline Interferometric SAR Processors for Estimating Ground Deformation

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Abstract:The small Baseline Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Interferometry (SBI) technique has been widely and successfully applied in various ground deformation monitoring applications. Over the last decade, a variety of SBI algorithms have been developed based on the same fundamental concepts. Recently developed SBI toolboxes provide an open environment for researchers to apply different SBI methods for various purposes. However, there has been no thorough discussion that compares the particular characteristics of different SBI methods and their corresponding performance in ground deformation reconstruction. Thus, two SBI toolboxes that implement a total of four SBI algorithms were selected for comparison. This study discusses and summarizes the main differences, pros and cons of these four SBI implementations, which could help users to choose a suitable SBI method for their specific application. The study focuses on exploring the suitability of each SBI module under various data set conditions, including small/large number of interferograms, the presence or absence of larger time gaps, urban/vegetation ground coverage, and temporally regular/irregular ground displacement with multiple spatial scales. Within this paper we discuss the corresponding theoretical background of each SBI method. We present a performance analysis of these SBI modules based on two real data sets characterized by different environmental and surface deformation conditions. The study shows that all four SBI processors are capable of generating similar ground deformation results when the data set has sufficient temporal sampling and a stable ground backscatter mechanism like urban area. Strengths and limitations of different SBI processors were analyzed based on data set configuration and environmental conditions and are summarized in this paper to guide future users of SBI techniques.

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Time series analysis of Mexico City subsidence constrained by radar interferometry

Cited by 223 publications

References 25 publications

Recent land subsidence caused by the rapid urban development in the Hanoi region (Vietnam) using ALOS InSAR data

Recent land subsidence caused by the rapid urban development in the Hanoi region (Vietnam) using ALOS InSAR data

Interseismic deformation of the Shahroud fault system (NE Iran) from space‐borne radar interferometry measurements

Comparison of Small Baseline Interferometric SAR Processors for Estimating Ground Deformation

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