Bulletin of Surveying and Mapping ›› 2026, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (1): 65-71.doi: 10.13474/j.cnki.11-2246.2026.0111

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Identification of potential landslides in complex mountainous areas using combine ALOS-2 and Sentinel-1 data

CAO Ruihan1, LI Xin2, ZHOU Dingjie3, XI Wenfei1,4,5, HUANG Guangcai6,7, WANG Ruiting1, GUO Zhen1   

  1. 1. Faculty of Geography, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, China;
    2. Map Institute of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650500, China;
    3. Surveying and Mapping Engineering Institute of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650500, China;
    4. Key Laboratory of Highland Geographic Processes and Environmental Change in Yunnan Province, Kunming 650500, China;
    5. Key Laboratory of Early Rapid Identification, Prevention and Control of Geological Diseases in Traffic Corridor of High Intensity Earthquake Mountainous Area of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650093, China;
    6. Guizhou Institute of Geological Survey, Guiyang 550081, China;
    7. Engineering Technology Innovation Center of Mineral Resources Explorations in Bedrock Zones, Minisity of Natural Resources, Guiyang 550081, China
  • Received:2025-01-21 Published:2026-02-03

Abstract: Landslide disasters are a severe natural hazard,posing significant threats to human life,property safety,and the ecological environment.The identification of potential landslides using a single SAR dataset often fails to adequately address the trade-off between spatial resolution and temporal resolution.This study integrates the strong penetration capability of ALOS-2 data in areas with moderate vegetation cover and the high temporal resolution of Sentinel-1 data to identify potential landslide hazards.Taking a complex vegetated mountainous region in Guizhou as a case study,the SBAS-InSAR technique is applied for experimentation.The results indicate that the surface deformation rates in the study area ranged from -125.34 to 46.01 mm/a for ALOS-2 data and from -159.42 to 124.44 mm/a for Sentinel-1 data.A total of 48 new landslide hazards are identified,with the complementary strengths of the two datasets significantly enhancing the spatial coverage and applicability of landslide identification.This study provides technical support for the early detection of landslide hazards and disaster prevention and mitigation efforts.

Key words: landslide disasters, fractional vegetation cover, SBAS-InSAR, complex vegetated mountainous areas

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