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Deformation and Gravity Change: Indicators of Isostasy, Tectonics, Volcanism, and Climate Change pp 637–661Cite as

An Overview of the Small BAseline Subset Algorithm: A DInSAR Technique for Surface Deformation Analysis

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We present an overview of the Differential SAR Interferometry algorithm referred to as Small BAseline Subset (SBAS) technique, that allows us to detect surface deformation and to analyze their space-time characteristics. Following the description of the main theoretical aspects of the algorithm, we present several results obtained by applying the SBAS approach in selected case studies relevant to phenomena affecting volcanic areas (Campi Flegrei caldera and Somma-Vesuvio complex, Italy), aquifers (Santa Clara area within the San Francisco bay, California) and landslides (Maratea Valley, Italy). The overall analysis is carried out by using multilook DInSAR interferograms with a spatial resolution of the order of 100 × 100 m, computed from SAR data acquired by the ERS-1 and ERS-2 sensors. In particular, we highlight the peculiarities of the SBAS technique and its surface deformation retrieval capability for what concerns both large-scale deformation phenomena and more localized displacement effects.

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  1. Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell’Ambiente, National Research Council, via Diocleziano 328, 80124, Napoli, Italy

    Riccardo Lanari, Francesco Casu, Mariarosaria Manzo, Giovanni Zeni & Paolo Berardino

  2. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica ed Elettronica, Università degli studi di Cagliari, Piazza d’Armi, 09123, Cagliari, Italy

    Francesco Casu & Michele Manunta

  3. Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Fisica dell’Ambiente, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Viale dell’Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100, Potenza, Italy

    Mariarosaria Manzo & Giovanni Zeni

  4. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica e delle Telecomunicazioni, Università degli Studi di Napoli, Federico II, via Claudio 21, 80125, Napoli, Italy

    Antonio Pepe

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Lanari, R. et al. (2007). An Overview of the Small BAseline Subset Algorithm: A DInSAR Technique for Surface Deformation Analysis. In: Wolf, D., Fernández, J. (eds) Deformation and Gravity Change: Indicators of Isostasy, Tectonics, Volcanism, and Climate Change. Pageoph Topical Volumes. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8417-3_2

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