Creating Interferograms and Ground Deformation Maps

[kevzhlu]

Hi everyone,

I want to use InSAR to create a time series of the surface movement of the contents in a tailings storage facility as a monitoring application. If my AOI is only very small, is this still feasible? Am I able to cut a subset off the full scene and still apply InSAR? What image processing techniques do I need to know to create an Interferogram and a ground deformation map.

I am new and interested in this area and would love a bit of guidance from you all in how I can go about doing this.

Cheers

[ABraun]

please have a look at the post of @MCG which is a good explanation on what to do if you are new to radar and want to start InSAR analyses.

Landslide deformation analysis

@ARAVINTH If you are new to SAR data, you definitely need to study first the theory and basic processing. InSAR applications are not the easiest to start with. Please, do some reseach by yourself. There is a large amount of literature, guides and documents that can provide you with a solid starting point. Once you are familiar with the theory, you have to understand each processing step. Do some test, follow some tutorials and learn by yourself which is the correct processing. You can not expe…

and also:
ESA provides nice explanations on interferometry: http://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA_Publications/InSAR_Principles_Guidelines_for_SAR_Interferometry_Processing_and_Interpretation_br_ESA_TM-19

Here you will find three documents:

 **Part A** is for readers with a good knowledge of optical and microwave remote sensing, to acquaint them with interferometric SAR image processing and interpretation.
**Part B** provides a practical approach and the technical background for beginners with InSAR processing.
**Part C** contains a more mathematical approach, for a deeper understanding of the interferometric process. It includes themes such as super resolution and ERS/Envisat interferometry.