Quantifying groundwater exploitation induced subsidence in the Rafsanjan plain, southeastern Iran, using InSAR time-series and in situ measurements

Diagnosing Subsidence Geohazard at Beijing Capital International Airport, from High-Resolution SAR Interferometry

“…Monitoring and controlling the subsidence of runways are of great significant to ensure the safe operation of the whole airport and avoid the potential extensive loss of life and property.During the last three decades, interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) technology has developed into a powerful tool, providing high-resolution, day-and-night, weather-independent wide-coverage and high-accuracy measurements of the earth surface [6]. It has been widely used in various applications, such as the displacements monitoring of city subsidence [7][8][9][10][11][12], important infrastructures [13][14][15][16] and landslides geohazards [17][18][19][20][21]. Compared to traditional geodetic measuring methods-e.g., leveling and global positioning system (GPS)-InSAR measurements do not need any on-site installation and power supply, thus they will not have any impact on the regular operation of the airport.…”

Quantifying Vertical Deformation in the Tigris–Euphrates Basin Due to the Groundwater Abstraction: Insights from GRACE and Sentinel-1 Satellites

“…In the surrounding regions of the basin, such as Iran, the subsidence related to the drying of groundwater wells has been a persistent problem in the last decade [11]. In the Rafsanjan plains,…”

“…In the surrounding regions of the basin, such as Iran, the subsidence related to the drying of groundwater wells has been a persistent problem in the last decade [11]. In the Rafsanjan plains, the subsidence rate is estimated to be >5 cm/year and has increased to 30 cm/year in local regions based on the interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) technique [11]. This research investigates whether the aquifers in the TEB are suffering inelastic compaction due to the massive groundwater extraction, the decline of water levels, and the progressive drought in recent years.…”

“…Combining these remote sensing techniques provides an independent tool for water management in areas where in-situ data are scarce. the subsidence rate is estimated to be >5 cm/year and has increased to 30 cm/year in local regions based on the interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) technique [11]. This research investigates whether the aquifers in the TEB are suffering inelastic compaction due to the massive groundwater extraction, the decline of water levels, and the progressive drought in recent years.We address this question by first providing evidence for the groundwater depletion and land subsidence in the TEB.…”

Coseismic Displacement Analysis of the 12 November 2017 Mw 7.3 Sarpol-E Zahab (Iran) Earthquake From Sar Interferometry, Burst Overlap Interferometry and Offset Tracking

“…Ground deformation measured by InSAR provides important contributions for understanding geophysical phenomena such as volcanoes (Pritchard and Simons, 2002;Spaans and Hooper, 2016;Vajedian et al, 2015), earthquakes (Elliott et al, 2015;Melnick et al, 2012;Motagh et al, 2015), subsidence due to groundwater extraction (Amelung et al, 1999;Bell et al, 2008;Motagh et al, 2017), landslides (Colesanti et al, 2003;Motagh et al, 2013) as well as evaluating the stability of infrastructures (Emadali et al, 2017;Lazecky et al, 2015;Shamshiri et al, 2014).…”