Bulletin of Surveying and Mapping ›› 2021, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (6): 71-75.doi: 10.13474/j.cnki.11-2246.2021.0179

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Urban land subsidence monitoring using multi-sensor SAR datasets

ZHU Xingang, LI Geng’er   

  1. Geology Surveying and Mapping Institute of Guangdong, Guangzhou 510800, China
  • Received:2021-04-16 Revised:2021-04-22 Published:2021-06-28

Abstract: In the past few decades, Los Angeles has occurred severe surface deformation due to human factors such as natural disasters, urban construction, groundwater extraction and oil extraction. The purpose of this study is to map the distribution of surface deformation rates in Los Angeles, and use improved SBAS (small baseline set) technology and multi-sensor SAR data sets to analyze the causes of deformation in the area from October 2003 to October 2017. At the same time, the deformation results of SBAS inversion, GPS measurement results and the deformation results of the multi-sensor SAR data set are compared, and the results are highly consistent. The results show that between 2003 and 2017, settlement and uplift occurred in many areas of Los Angeles. The maximum cumulative settlement was -266.8 mm, and the annual average settlement rate was -19 mm/a, which was mainly caused by the excessive exploitation of groundwater. The maximum cumulative up lift was 104.8 mm, and the annual average uplift speed could reach 7.5 mm/a. The research results have good practical application value and can provide an important basis for the local government’s disaster prevention and mitigation.

Key words: SBAS, multi-sensor SAR data, ground deformation, land subsidence

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