Potential and methodology of satellite based SAR for hazard mapping

Author

Wiesmann, Andreas ; Wegmüller, Urs ; Honikel, Marc ; Strozzi, Tazio ; Werner, Charles L.

Author_Institution

Gamma Remote Sensing, Muri, Switzerland

Volume

7

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

3262

Abstract

SAR and InSAR data have a high potential for change detection due to their "all weather" capability and the day/night access of the sensors. Here we investigate the potential and methodology for forest storm, flood, and avalanche mapping with ERS1/2 data. In our methodology process models are used to describe the targets before, during and/or after the hazard event. Very important are the good relative calibration and accurate coregistration of the different information layers. The presented results demonstrate the good potential of multitemporal SAR and InSAR data for hazard mapping

Keywords

disasters; geophysical techniques; hydrological techniques; hydrology; radiowave interferometry; remote sensing by radar; snow; spaceborne radar; storms; synthetic aperture radar; ERS 1/2 data; InSAR data; avalanche mapping; calibration; change detection; coregistration; flood; forest storm; hazard mapping; information layers; satellite based SAR; Calibration; Coherence; Floods; Gamma ray detectors; Hazards; Remote sensing; Satellites; Storms; Synthetic aperture radar interferometry; Water storage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7031-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2001.978322

Filename

978322