Three-dimensional ground displacements retrieved from SAR data in a landslide emergency scenario

Author

Elefante, S. ; Manconi, A. ; Bonano, M. ; De Luca, C. ; Casu, F.

Author_Institution

IREA, Naples, Italy

fYear

2014

fDate

13-18 July 2014

Firstpage

2400

Lastpage

2403

Abstract

This work presents the Differential SAR Interferometry and pixel-offset analysis on the event landslide that struck Montescaglioso town (Matera, southern Italy) on December 3rd, 2013. The event occurred after adverse weather conditions that produced a ground displacement of several meters, causing a severe emergency situation. The analysis has shown the presence of two main directions of motion: a major and a minor movement along the South-SouthWest and South-SouthEast directions. The pixel-offset results are well in agreement with both the magnitude and the deformation mechanisms that have been identified and mapped during field observations.

Keywords

emergency services; geomorphology; geophysical image processing; radar imaging; radar interferometry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; DInSAR; Montescaglioso; adverse weather conditions; deformation mechanism; differential SAR interferometry; ground displacement retrieval; landslide emergency situation; pixel offset analysis; Azimuth; Decorrelation; Extraterrestrial measurements; Interferometry; Orbits; Synthetic aperture radar; Terrain factors; DInSAR; Montescaglioso; landslide; pixel-offset;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2014 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Quebec City, QC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946955

Filename

6946955