Tight integration of GPS observations and persistent scatterer InSAR for detecting vertical ground motion in Hong Kong

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 477-486

  Chen, Qiang ^a   Liu, Guoxiang ^a   Ding, Xiaoli ^b   Hu, Jyr Ching ^c   Yuan, Linguo ^b   Zhong, Ping ^b   Omura, M ^d  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KOCHI WOMEN S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GPS; InSAR; Persistent scatterers; Tight integration; Vertical motion rates

Indexed keywords

GPS; GROUND MOTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; ZENITH ANGLE;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 77957363069     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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