Monitoring of reclamation-induced ground subsidence in Macao （China） using PSInSAR technique.pdfVIP

J．Cent．SouthUniv．(2013)20：1039—1046 垒Spring DoI：1O．1007／sl1771O13 1582z Monitoringofreclamation—inducedgroundsubsidenceinMacao(China)using PSInSAR technique HUBo(胡波)，WANGHan—sheng(汪汉胜)，JIANGLi—ming(~ lJtfj) StateKeyLaboratoryofDynamicalGeodesy(InstituteofGeodesyandGeophysics， ChineseAcademyofSciences)，Wuhan430077，China ◎ CentralSouthUniversityPressandSpringer—VerlagBerlinHeidelberg2013 Abstract：The long—term reclamation—induced groundsubsidencein Macao．acoastalcity ofsouthern Chinawasinvestigated． Persistentscattererinterferometry(PSI)techniquewasappliedtoretrievethedeformationrateinMacaoduringtheperiodfromApril 2003toAugust2010withatotalof41scenesofdescendingASAR datasets．ThePSI—retrievedresultsshow arelativelystable pattem inMacaoPeninsula．TaipaIslandandColoaneIsland．withanaveragesubsidencevelocityOf一3mrn／a．Incontrast，relatively largesubsidenceratesarehighlightedinCetaiarea．anew reclamationlandin1990s．inwhichanaveragesubsidencevelocityis about-10mm ／a．AconsistentrelationshipbetweenthePSIresultsandthelevelingmeasurementsindicatethatthisPSItechniqueis an effective toolto monitorthe reclamation—induced ground subsidencewith ahigh accuracy and adequate spatialdetails． Accordingly，thevaluablegroundsubsidenceresultsgeneratedbyPSIcanbeusednotonlyforearlydetectionandremedialactivities ofpotentialsettlementofbuilding，butalsoofrhelpingthelocalgovernmenttoformulateregionalsustainabledevelopmentplanning anddecision—makingindisasterpreventionandmitigation． Keywords：persistentscattererinterferometry(PSI)；Macao；reclamationland；groundsubsidence displacementobservationtechniquebasedonusingofa lIntr0ductiOn largedata setofSAR imag