Satellite Radar Interferometry

Satellite Interferometry is a remote sensing technique recently adopted by the earth science community to study various active earth processes. This technique has rapidly grown in popularity over the past decade because it provides a unique dataset to study seismic, volcanic, hydrologic, and other surface processes. The material covered in this class constitutes a ‘crash course’ on the theoretical concepts and practical computing skills necessary to apply satellite interferometry towards the study of the earth.

A major component of the course is an independent research project. Students identify a geologic process to investigate, choose a region of study, and process the available satellite data for that region. Final reports are posted below.

• InSAR investigation of surface deformations due to hydraulic fracturing in the Powder River Basin by Grant Aivazian
  
• Detecting Pre-Failure Movements of Landslides along the North Fork Stillaguamish River Valley with InSAR, by Alex Grant
  
• An InSAR study of the surface deformation of Duvall Mw 5.1 earthquake, by Jiangang Han
  
• Monitoring Ground Motion Deformation from the Wooded Island Earthquake Swarm near Hanford, Washington, by Mika Thompson
  
• Atmospheric Corrections at Mount St Helens, by Mark Welch
  

• Using DInSAR to analyze Boulder Creek earthflow, northern California from September 19, 2007 – December 20, 2009, by Alex Handwerger
• Areal extent of rupture associated with the Mw 7.0 January 12, 2010 Haiti earthquake: Regional seismic hazard implication?, by Ashley Streig
• Mapping lava flows on the East Rift Zone of Kilauea, Hawaii with SAR coherence, by Hannah Dietterich
• Study of the deformation of the Longitudinal valley fault using InSAR, by Jiangzhi Chen
• InSAR Evaluation of Ice Movement on the Antarctic Peninsula, by Sara Papamarcos
• Interseismic Strain at Two Locations Along the Cascadia Subduction Zone, by Sequoia Alba
• Analyzing Correlation West of the Three Sisters Volcanoes using Conventional InSAR and StaMPS/MTI, by Susan Riddick
• Detecting Long-wavelength Tectonic Uplift resulting from the Migrating Mendocino Triple Junction using InSAR, by Randy Krogstad

• 2.21.08 Earthquake near Wells, NV, by Sarah Firth
  
• Subsidence in the San Joaquin Valley: Lost Hills Case Study, by Joanne Hall
  
• Land Uplift & Subsidence in the Santa Clara Valley, CA, by John Hill
  
• Radar Coherence as a Function of Slope: A Mojave Desert Case Study, by Samuel Jones
  
• Using PS InSAR to monitor pre- and co-eruptive deformation at Mount St. Helens, WA, 2003-2006, by Andrew Schneider
  
• Assessing the use of trihedral corner reflectors for PS-InSAR landslide studies, by Laura Stimely
  

• Land Subsidence in Portland, OR, by Philip Benghiat
• Los Angeles Area InSAR Observation]] by Belle Philibosian
• Land Subsidence in the Klamath Basin, OR, by Anuwat Treerotchananon
• Using InSAR to examine slow-moving landslides at the Portuguese Bend, CA, by Max Calabro
• Detection of ground displacment near the Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve using InSAR, by Robert Dubuc III

SAR data acquired from ESA and JAXA through the WInSAR Consortium.
Funding for data purchases provided by NSF and NASA.