Deformation of the Baige Landslide, Tibet, China, Revealed Through the Integration of Cross‐Platform ALOS/PALSAR‐1 and ALOS/PALSAR‐2 SAR Observations

Abstract Twenty‐eight ALOS/PALSAR‐1 and ALOS/PALSAR‐2 images acquired from January 2007 to August 2018 were exploited to characterize the deformation history and temporal evolution of the Baige landslide, China, which successively occurred on 11 October and 3 November 2018. To mitigate the errors ca...

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Main Authors: Xiaojie Liu, Chaoying Zhao, Qin Zhang, Zhong Lu, Zhenhong Li
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Published: Wiley 2020-02-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086142
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Chaoying Zhao
Qin Zhang
Zhong Lu
Zhenhong Li
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Chaoying Zhao
Qin Zhang
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Zhenhong Li
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description Abstract Twenty‐eight ALOS/PALSAR‐1 and ALOS/PALSAR‐2 images acquired from January 2007 to August 2018 were exploited to characterize the deformation history and temporal evolution of the Baige landslide, China, which successively occurred on 11 October and 3 November 2018. To mitigate the errors caused by the topographic relief and to conduct offset estimates between the SAR images from different platforms, a novel offset‐tracking method is proposed. The SAR images were ortho‐rectified firstly. Then two‐dimensional deformations were retrieved successfully from SAR images acquired at an identical platform and different platforms. Our results indicate that the maximum cumulative deformation in the line‐of‐sight direction of the Baige landslide reached about −60 m between January 2007 and August 2018. Furthermore, correlation between time series deformation and monthly precipitation and soil moisture derived from SAR intensity images suggests that the failure of the Baige landslide was closely related to the heavy rainfall in the summer of 2018.
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spelling doaj-art-c46d8feef57a49a0ad3a41b884b73f3f2025-08-20T03:49:32ZengWileyGeophysical Research Letters0094-82761944-80072020-02-01473n/an/a10.1029/2019GL086142Deformation of the Baige Landslide, Tibet, China, Revealed Through the Integration of Cross‐Platform ALOS/PALSAR‐1 and ALOS/PALSAR‐2 SAR ObservationsXiaojie Liu0Chaoying Zhao1Qin Zhang2Zhong Lu3Zhenhong Li4School of Geological Engineering and Geomatics Chang'an University Xi'an ChinaSchool of Geological Engineering and Geomatics Chang'an University Xi'an ChinaSchool of Geological Engineering and Geomatics Chang'an University Xi'an ChinaRoy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences Southern Methodist University Dallas TX USASchool of Geological Engineering and Geomatics Chang'an University Xi'an ChinaAbstract Twenty‐eight ALOS/PALSAR‐1 and ALOS/PALSAR‐2 images acquired from January 2007 to August 2018 were exploited to characterize the deformation history and temporal evolution of the Baige landslide, China, which successively occurred on 11 October and 3 November 2018. To mitigate the errors caused by the topographic relief and to conduct offset estimates between the SAR images from different platforms, a novel offset‐tracking method is proposed. The SAR images were ortho‐rectified firstly. Then two‐dimensional deformations were retrieved successfully from SAR images acquired at an identical platform and different platforms. Our results indicate that the maximum cumulative deformation in the line‐of‐sight direction of the Baige landslide reached about −60 m between January 2007 and August 2018. Furthermore, correlation between time series deformation and monthly precipitation and soil moisture derived from SAR intensity images suggests that the failure of the Baige landslide was closely related to the heavy rainfall in the summer of 2018.https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086142Baige landslideoffset trackingdeformation monitoring
spellingShingle Xiaojie Liu
Chaoying Zhao
Qin Zhang
Zhong Lu
Zhenhong Li
Deformation of the Baige Landslide, Tibet, China, Revealed Through the Integration of Cross‐Platform ALOS/PALSAR‐1 and ALOS/PALSAR‐2 SAR Observations
Geophysical Research Letters
Baige landslide
offset tracking
deformation monitoring
title Deformation of the Baige Landslide, Tibet, China, Revealed Through the Integration of Cross‐Platform ALOS/PALSAR‐1 and ALOS/PALSAR‐2 SAR Observations
title_full Deformation of the Baige Landslide, Tibet, China, Revealed Through the Integration of Cross‐Platform ALOS/PALSAR‐1 and ALOS/PALSAR‐2 SAR Observations
title_fullStr Deformation of the Baige Landslide, Tibet, China, Revealed Through the Integration of Cross‐Platform ALOS/PALSAR‐1 and ALOS/PALSAR‐2 SAR Observations
title_full_unstemmed Deformation of the Baige Landslide, Tibet, China, Revealed Through the Integration of Cross‐Platform ALOS/PALSAR‐1 and ALOS/PALSAR‐2 SAR Observations
title_short Deformation of the Baige Landslide, Tibet, China, Revealed Through the Integration of Cross‐Platform ALOS/PALSAR‐1 and ALOS/PALSAR‐2 SAR Observations
title_sort deformation of the baige landslide tibet china revealed through the integration of cross platform alos palsar 1 and alos palsar 2 sar observations
topic Baige landslide
offset tracking
deformation monitoring
url https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086142
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