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InSAR Monitoring of Italian Coastline Revealing Natural and Anthropogenic Ground Deformation Phenomena and Future Perspectives

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  • Marco Polcari

    (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Rome, Italy)

  • Matteo Albano

    (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Rome, Italy)

  • Antonio Montuori

    (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Via del Politecnico s.n.c., 00133 Rome, Italy)

  • Christian Bignami

    (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Rome, Italy)

  • Cristiano Tolomei

    (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Rome, Italy)

  • Giuseppe Pezzo

    (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Rome, Italy)

  • Sergio Falcone

    (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Rome, Italy)

  • Carmelo La Piana

    (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Rome, Italy)

  • Fawzi Doumaz

    (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Rome, Italy)

  • Stefano Salvi

    (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Rome, Italy)

  • Salvatore Stramondo

    (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Rome, Italy)

Abstract

In this work, we use X and C-band SAR data provided by the COSMO-SkyMed and ENVISAT missions to detect and measure some ground deformation phenomena along six coastal areas of Italy. In particular, we exploit multi-temporal interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR), i.e., small baseline subsets (SBAS) and interferometric point target analysis (IPTA) methods, to retrieve the deformation rate maps and time series for each investigated area. Multi-temporal InSAR analysis revealed local subsidence and uplifting effects in Ravenna Coastal Areas, Fiumicino, Campi Flegrei, Sibari Plain, Augusta Bay, and Taranto Gulf. Our work is meant as a demonstrator to show how InSAR-based analysis can provide a detailed understanding of the coastal hazards. Such analysis also opens up new monitoring scenarios such as the possibility of designing a near real-time surveillance service based on Sentinel-1 SAR data.

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  • Marco Polcari & Matteo Albano & Antonio Montuori & Christian Bignami & Cristiano Tolomei & Giuseppe Pezzo & Sergio Falcone & Carmelo La Piana & Fawzi Doumaz & Stefano Salvi & Salvatore Stramondo, 2018. "InSAR Monitoring of Italian Coastline Revealing Natural and Anthropogenic Ground Deformation Phenomena and Future Perspectives," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(9), pages 1-14, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:10:y:2018:i:9:p:3152-:d:167611
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