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High-performance system for monitoring ground deformation from RCM SAR data
  • Sergey Samsonov
Sergey Samsonov
Natural Resources Canada

Corresponding Author:sergey.samsonov@canada.ca

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Abstract

Differential Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (DInSAR) based mapping of surface deformation has proven valuable in a variety of geoscience applications. Conventional approaches to DInSAR analysis require significant expertise and are not suited to addressing the opportunities and challenges presented by the large multi-temporal SAR datasets generated by future radar constellations. As a result, the Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation (CCMEO) developed, in support of Natural Resources Canada and Government of Canada priorities, a system for automatic generation of standard and advanced deformation products based on DInSAR technology from RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data. Existing RADARSAT-2 processing algorithms were adapted to RCM specifications and novel advanced processing algorithms were developed to address the large data sets resulting from the constellation’s four-day rapid revisit cycle. This permitted expanding the DInSAR functionality across a wide-range of spatial and temporal scales. The system architecture is scalable and can be expanded to serve a large number of clients; it can simultaneously address multiple application areas including natural and anthropogenic hazards, natural resource development, permafrost and glacier monitoring, coastal and environmental change and wetlands mapping.