Persistent Scatterers Interferometry detects and measures ground subsidence in Lisbon

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2152-2167

  Heleno, Sandra I N ^a   Oliveira, Luís G S ^a,b   Henriques, Maria J ^b   Falcão, Ana P ^a   Lima, José N P ^b   Cooksley, Geraint ^c   Ferretti, Alessandro ^d   Fonseca, Ana M ^b   Lobo Ferreira, João P ^b   Fonseca, João F B D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

^c altamira INFORMATION   (Spain)

^d Tele Rilevamento Europa   (Italy)

Author keywords

GPS; Groundwater; Leveling; Metropolitan Lisbon; PSI interferometry; Surface subsidence

Indexed keywords

GPS; LEVELING; METROPOLITAN LISBON; PSI INTERFEROMETRY; SURFACE SUBSIDENCE;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL RAILROADS; INTERFEROMETRY;

SUBSIDENCE;

AQUIFER; AQUITARD; GPS; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; HISTORICAL RECORD; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; INTERFEROMETRY; METROPOLITAN AREA; PORE PRESSURE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SUBSIDENCE; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; PORTUGAL;

EID: 79957617335     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.04.021     Document Type: Article

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