Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) data are increasingly being used to map interseismic deformation with ascending and descending-orbit observations allowing for resolving the near-east vertical displacement components. The north component has, however, been difficult retrieve due limited sensitivity of standard InSAR in that direction. Here, we address this problem by using time-...

Augustine Volcano is an active stratovolcano located in southwestern Cook Inlet, about 280 kilometers southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. The volcano produced six significant explosive eruptions between 1812 and 1986. Augustine eruptions typically have an explosive onset followed by dome building. The most recent eruption began on January 11, 2006. We applied the small baseline subset (SBAS) interf...

The local distribution of water vapour in the urban area of Rome has been studied using both a high resolution mesoscale model (MM5) and Earth Remote Sensing-1 (ERS-1) satellite radar data. Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) techniques, after the removal of all other geometric effects, estimate excess path length variation between two different SAR acquisitions (Atmospheric Phase ...

a r t i c l e i n f o Robust earthquake source parameters (e.g., location, seismic moment, fault geometry) are essential for reliable seismic hazard assessment and the investigation of large-scale tectonics. They are routinely estimated using a variety of data and techniques, such as seismic data and, more recently, Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR). Comparisons between these two...

Satellite Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) permits both synoptic and detailed surveys of mag-matic activity in volcanic arcs. To illustrate this capability, we summarize here the results of an extended study of inferred magmatic activity in the central Figure 1. Interferometric coherence (a measure of the quality of the Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar, or InSAR, measure...

In the process Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) derived Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), coherence enhances the raw interferograms in order to achieve a good estimation of the difference in the optical paths related to topography. Furthermore, it is an important parameter qualifying the accuracy of the interferometric measurements. The aim of this study is to examine the effect ...

[1] We assessed the accuracy of earthquake source parameters inverted from simulated Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) data. Using focal mechanisms of Australian earthquakes (1959 to the present), we simulated synthetic two-pass InSAR observations with realistic spatial noise derived from the characteristics of actual ERS-2 and ENVISAT InSAR data observed over Australia. The prec...