Generation of Three-Dimensional Deformation Maps from InSAR Data Using Spectral Diversity Techniques

Abstract

In this paper, the following questions will be discussed: how to implement the spectral diversity technique for achieving the most accurate results; how to extract the full 3D deformation vector from a combination of ascending/descending passes and how to extract a surface deformation map if the data sets are not perfectly coherent. Finally, a statistical analysis of every individual processing step and an error propagation analysis is undertaken. In order to make a quantitative analysis of the technique, ENVISAT data sets of the Bam earthquake in Iran are used.