Title :
Monitoring open-pit quarries by interferometric radar for safety purposes
Author :
Mecatti, Daniele ; Macaluso, Giovanni ; Barucci, Andrea ; Noferini, Linhsia ; Pieraccini, Massimiliano ; Atzeni, Carlo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun., Univ. of Florence, Florence, Italy
fDate :
Sept. 30 2010-Oct. 1 2010
Abstract :
A novel Ground Based Synthetic Aperture Interferometric radar was set up for slope stability monitoring in open pit quarries. It is a wide view angle system which is easily adapted to the typical geometry of a quarry, and it automatically generates interferometric DEMs of the area under investigation. The system was tested during a 40 days field survey in a stone quarry in Tuscany, Italy.
Keywords :
digital elevation models; mining; radar interferometry; remote sensing by radar; rocks; synthetic aperture radar; Italy; Tuscany; digital elevation models; field survey; ground based synthetic aperture interferometric radar; open-pit quarries; rock movement; slope stability monitoring; wide view angle system; Atmospheric measurements; Displacement measurement; Monitoring; Radar antennas; Radar cross section; Radar imaging; GB-SAR; Radar interferometry; quarry monitoring; slope failure;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference (EuRAD), 2010 European
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7234-5
