Assessing the risks of gradual land movement in environmental
risk zones, near buildings, bridges pipelines, etc. is an expensive
proposition using conventional ground observation techniques. With
the increasing availability of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) remote
sensing data and interferometric SAR (InSAR) analysis techniques,
the concept of monitoring such risks on a regional and longterm scale
is now a reality. MDA introduces the Coherent
Target Monitoring (CTM) module to its EarthView InSAR software. InSAR
CTM processing is an iterative methodology using multiple scenes (20+)
and modeling techniques to achieve unprecedented results in the analysis
of slow moving targets (sub-centimeter movement). |
Long Beach, California: Image depicting results of the new iterative atmospheric screening process to improve overall coherence using EarthView® InSAR CTM processing |