SAR Interferometry and Surface Change Detection

Report of a Workshop Held in Boulder, Colorado : February 3-4, 1994

Timothy H. Dixon, Editor

July 1995

University of Miami
Rosenstiel School of Marine
and Atmospheric Science

Radar interferogram of a portion of the Rutford ice stream in Antarctica, based on two ERS-1 images taken six days apart. The fringe pattern (color cycle) is essentially a map of ice flow velocity, with one fringe representing 28 mm of range change along the radar line of site. From Goldstein et al. (1993)

This publication was prepared by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

  1. Introduction
  2. Basic Principles of SAR Interferometry
  3. Earthquake Studies
  4. Global Volcano Monitoring
  5. Hydrology, Ecology, Environmental Monitoring, and Global Change
  6. Topography, Techtonics, and Erosion
  7. Glaciers and Ice Sheets
  8. Technology: Existing and Planned Data-Collection Systems
  9. Summary Recommendations

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