Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jul 1989
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989jgr....94.9183g&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 94, Issue B7, p. 9183-9191
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
134
Radio Science: Remote Sensing, Radio Science: Radar Astronomy, Planetology: Solid Surface Planets: Surface Materials And Properties
Scientific paper
A technique that uses synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images to measure very small (1 cm or less) surface motions with good resolution (10 m) over large swaths (50 km) is presented along with experimental results. The method could be used for accurate measurements of many geophysical phenomena, including swelling and buckling in fault zones, residual displacements from seismic events, and prevolcanic swelling. The method is based on SAR interferometry, where two images are made of a scene by simultaneously flying two physically separated antennas. Then the phases of corresponding pixels are differenced, and altitude formation is deduced from some simple computation and image rectification. It is also possible to use one antenna flown twice over the same scene; then, if the second flight exactly duplicates the track of the first, an interesting possibility occurs. There would be no phase changes between the images at all unless there was a physical change in the scene, such as ground swelling, that would alter the distance from some resolution element to the antenna. Since the phase changes all occur at the short carrier wavelength, the basic limitation on sensitivity is only the phase noise in the system. When the two imaging passes are made from flight tracks that are separated (which is the case with the Seasat images used here), it is no longer possible to distinguish surface changes from the parallax caused by topography. However, with some additional computation, a third image made at some other baseline may be used to remove the topography and leave only the surface changes. This method was applied using Seasat data to an imaging site in Imperial Valley, California, where motion effects were observed that were ascribed to the expansion of water-absorbing clays. Phase change images of this area are shown, along with associated ground truth about the presence of water. Problems with the technique are explored, along with a discussion of future experimental possibilities on upcoming SAR missions like Earth Observing System (EOS), Earth Resources Satellite (ERS 1), SIR-C, and the Venus imaging radar, Magellan.
Gabriel Andrew K.
Goldstein Richard M.
Zebker Howard A.
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