InSAR reveals coastal subsidence in the Pearl River Delta, China

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1119-1128

  Wang, Hua ^a   Wright, Tim J ^b   Yu, Yongping ^c   Lin, Hong ^c   Jiang, Lilong ^a   Li, Changhui ^c   Qiu, Guangxin ^c  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Guangzhou Urban Planning and Design Survey Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; Global change from geodesy; Radar interferometry; Satellite geodesy; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ASIA; COASTAL REGIONS; ECONOMIC REGIONS; GEODETIC MEASUREMENTS; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE; HIGH-PRECISION; HIGHER RESOLUTION; INTERFEROGRAMS; INTERFEROMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; LAND SUBSIDENCE; LAND SURFACE; LINEAR RATE; MEAN SEA LEVEL; PEARL RIVER DELTA; POPULATION DENSITIES; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; RAPID URBAN DEVELOPMENT; SATELLITE GEODESY; SEA LEVEL RISE; SINGLE-TRACKS; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS;

GEODESY; INTERFEROMETRY; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEA LEVEL; SUBSIDENCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN GROWTH;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

DISPLACEMENT; GEODESY; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBSIDENCE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; SHENZHEN; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84869083984     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05687.x     Document Type: Article

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