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Monitoring of urban land surface subsidence using PSInSAR

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Space-borne and ariborne SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) systems and SAR application technology have recently advanced greatly and interferometric SAR (InSAR) techniques can now be more effectively applied and used in many geological and engineering problems. There are several SAR data acquisition geometries for interferometric applications and PS (Permanent Scatter) InSAR (SAR interferometry) technique can accurately measure very small deformations on the Earth's surface with greatly increased precision. In this paper, the PSInSAR technique is tested and utilized to monitor and measure the land surface subsidence of areas near Incheon Port, and selected locations in Busan, Korea. All available JERS-1 (Japanese Earth Resource Satellite-1) L-band SAR data were acquired, processed and used to estimate the ground subsidence and subsidence rates, which range up to 30 mm/year.

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  1. Sang-Wan Kim

    Present address: Department of Geoinformation Engineering, Sejong University, 143-747, Seoul, Korea

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  1. School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (SEES), Seoul National University, 151-747, Seoul, Korea

    Jun-su Kim

  2. Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Duk-Jin Kim

  3. Rosentiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 33149, Miami, FL, USA

    Sang-Wan Kim

  4. Department of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University, 120-749, Seoul, Korea

    Joong-Sun Won

  5. Geophysics, University of Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

    Wooil M. Moon

  6. Satellite Research Center, Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul National University, 151-742, Seoul, Korea

    Wooil M. Moon

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Kim, Js., Kim, DJ., Kim, SW. et al. Monitoring of urban land surface subsidence using PSInSAR. Geosci J 11, 59–73 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02910381

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