Title :
A Landslide Monitoring Technique Based on Dual-Receiver and Phase Difference Measurements
Author_Institution :
Summit Micro Design, Inc., San Jose, CA, USA
Abstract :
A new landslide detection technique that installs a transmitter (Tx) array at the area of interest to transmit signals to two receivers is presented. It detects the phase difference change, due to the Tx displacement, at the dual-receiver system to monitor near real time of small but critical area landslide in centimeter range. The dual-receiver system, apart at a small distance, demodulates the receiving signals independently but coherently. An ambiguity route, which corresponds to a landslide´s movement without change on phase difference, is defined and must be avoided. No field test was tried, but three simulated examples are given to illustrate the technique.
Keywords :
demodulation; geomorphology; geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; radio transceivers; ambiguity route; critical area landslide; dual-receiver measurement; dual-receiver system; landslide detection technique; landslide monitoring technique; landslide movement; phase difference change; phase difference measurement; signal demodulation; signal transmission; transmitter array; Arrays; Geophysical measurements; Monitoring; Phase measurement; Receivers; Synthetic aperture radar; Terrain factors; Detection algorithm; displacement measurement; geophysical measurement system; land surface; remote monitoring;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LGRS.2012.2236298