InSAR-Based Assessment of Seasonal Ground Heave and Settlement
Publication: Geo-Congress 2024
ABSTRACT
Frozen soil displacement variations induced by seasonal factors present significant challenges to infrastructure stability in cold regions. This study employs interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) technique to track the seasonal ground heave and settlement of an airport runway situated in Qinghai Province, China. The analysis utilizes the StaMPS-InSAR method, incorporating 65 C-band SAR images obtained from the Sentinel-1 satellite. Through analysis, the persistent scatter (PS) locations are initially identified. Subsequently, the annual displacement rates of PS are mapped and integrated with a land use map. Lastly, time series displacement variations are assessed for PS on both the airport runway and shoulder to evaluate the annual maximum heave and settlement there. Based on the PS InSAR analysis, the mean seasonal heave and settlement for the runway area are 1.5 and 2 mm, respectively. In contrast, the shoulder area exhibits 2.8-mm mean seasonal heave and 2.5-mm mean seasonal settlement. These findings highlight a reduced magnitude of frost heave on the airport runway when compared to the shoulder, a trend consistent with general observations from the site. The work demonstrates the applicability of InSAR as a method for monitoring seasonal ground heave and settlement in cold regions.
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Geo-Congress 2024
Pages: 577 - 584
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Published online: Feb 22, 2024
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Air transportation
- Airport and airfield pavements
- Airports and airfields
- Climates
- Continuum mechanics
- Degrees of freedom
- Displacement (mechanics)
- Engineering mechanics
- Environmental engineering
- Frozen soils
- Geomatics
- Geomechanics
- Geotechnical engineering
- Heave
- Infrastructure
- Mapping
- Seasonal variations
- Soil dynamics
- Soil mechanics
- Soil settlement
- Soil stabilization
- Soils (by type)
- Solid mechanics
- Structural mechanics
- Surveying methods
- Transportation engineering
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