Category: Data in focus

Long-term satellite study over the London basin

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London InSAR motion map

We have recently explored the use of large-scale, multi-temporal and multi-sensor imagery over the London basin, an area about 250 km-long, starting from 1992 up to date. This project was established as scope of an internship between the Imperial College London and TRE ALTAMIRA. By combining over 500 radar images from different satellites (i.e. ERS,…

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Precursor of Maoxian Landslide Measured from Space

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lanslide photo

SqueeSAR® measurements reveal clear, precursory movements of the ground months before the Maoxian landslide occurred. On 24 June 2017, a massive landslide hit a village in Maoxian county in Sichuan province, south-western China, destroying 40 homes and killing dozens of people (BBC news here). Authorities suggest the event was triggered by prevailing heavy rains. TRE…

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