Characterizing land surface change and levee stability in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta using UAVSAR radar imagery

The islands of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta have been subject to subsidence since they were first reclaimed from the estuary marshlands starting over 100 years ago, with most of the land currently lying below mean sea level. This area, which is the primary water resource of the state of Californ...

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Published in2011 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium pp. 1638 - 1641
Main Authors Jones, Cathleen, Bawden, Gerald, Deverel, Steven, Dudas, Joel, Hensley, Scott
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.07.2011
Subjects
Agriculture
Land surface
Levee
Radar imaging
Soil moisture
Water resources
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ISBN145771003X
9781457710032
ISSN2153-6996
DOI10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049546

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Summary:The islands of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta have been subject to subsidence since they were first reclaimed from the estuary marshlands starting over 100 years ago, with most of the land currently lying below mean sea level. This area, which is the primary water resource of the state of California, is under constant threat of inundation from levee failure. Since July 2009, we have been imaging the area using the quad-polarimetric UAVSAR L-band radar, with eighteen data sets collected as of April 2011. Here we report results of our polarimetric and differential interferometric analysis of the data for levee deformation and land surface change.
ISBN:145771003X
9781457710032
ISSN:2153-6996
DOI:10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049546