Understanding Levee Failures from Historical and Satellite Observations

Flood defense systems are critical in protecting against catastrophic events which often lead to significant damage, fatalities or substantial socio-economic and environmental impact. Even though levees form a significant part of the existing flood defense systems, there is a limited knowledge of the different levee behavior processes and the...

Mathematical Model Selection for InSAR Deformation Times Series

Satellite radar interferometry (InSAR) techniques can monitor the ground deformation with millimeter precision. With Time-series InSAR (TInSAR) methodology, the ground deformation time series can be derived from InSAR observations. One of the important ways to analyze the InSAR deformation time series is to parameterize the InSAR deformation...

Monitoring civil infrastructure using satellite radar interferometry

Satellite radar interferometry (InSAR) is a precise and efficient technique to monitor deformation on Earth with millimeter precision. Most InSAR applications focus on geophysical phenomena, such as earthquakes, volcanoes, or subsidence. Monitoring civil infrastructure with InSAR is relatively new, with potential for operational applications,...

Monitoring surface deformation induced by hydrocarbon production using satellite radar interferometry

The start of hydrocarbon production in the 1960s in the northeastern part of the Netherlands has resulted in subsidence of the ground level, which has been estimated from periodic leveling campaigns. Although leveling is a precise and reliable technique for subsidence monitoring, it is labor intensive, expensive and poses a safety risk since...