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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Mi Chen, Professor Zhenhong Li, Professor Tao Li, Leyin Hu
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Beijing is one of the most water-stressed cities in the world. Due to over-exploitation of groundwater, the Beijing region has been suffering from land subsidence since 1935. In this study, Small Baseline InSAR technique has been employed to process Envisat ASAR images acquired between 2003 and 2010 and TerraSAR-X stripmap images collected from 2010 to 2011 to investigate land subsidence in the Beijing region. The maximum subsidence is observed in the eastern part of Beijing with a rate greater than 100 mm/year. Comparisons between InSAR and GPS derived subsidence rates show an RMS difference of 2.94 mm/year with a mean of 2.41±1.84 mm/year. In addition, a high correlation was observed between InSAR subsidence rate maps derived from two different datasets (i.e. Envisat and TerraSAR-X). These demonstrate once again that InSAR is a powerful tool for monitoring land subsidence. InSAR derived subsidence rate maps have allowed for a comprehensive spatio-temporal analysis to identify the main triggering factors of land subsidence. Some interesting relationships of land subsidence were found with active faults, groundwater level, accumulated soft soil thickness and different aquifer types. Furthermore, a relationship with the distances to pumping wells was also recognized in this work.
Author(s): Chen M, Tomás R, Li Z, Motagh M, Li T, Hu L, Gong H, Li X, Yu J, Gong X
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Remote Sensing
Year: 2016
Volume: 8
Issue: 6
Online publication date: 02/06/2016
Acceptance date: 23/05/2016
Date deposited: 05/08/2016
ISSN (electronic): 2072-4292
Publisher: MDPIAG
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs8060468
DOI: 10.3390/rs8060468
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