Monitoring the geologic storage of carbon dioxide using multicomponent SAR interferometry

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 197-208

  Rucci, Alessio ^a   Vasco, D W ^b   Novali, Fabrizio ^a  

^a Tele Rilevamento Europa   (Italy)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Fractures and faults; Inverse theory; Radar interferometry; Satellite geodesy; Time series analysis; Transient deformation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEFORMATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; GEODETIC SATELLITES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INTERFEROMETRY; ORBITS; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; RADAR THEORY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; FRACTURES AND FAULTS; INVERSE THEORY; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SATELLITE GEODESY; TRANSIENT DEFORMATION;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT; FRACTURE; GAS STORAGE; GEODESY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MONITORING; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; RESERVOIR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VOLUME CHANGE;

ALGERIA;

EID: 84876875786     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggs112     Document Type: Article

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