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Proceedings of the International Conference on 545<br />

Advances and New Challenges in <strong>Earthquake</strong><br />

<strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>Research</strong>, Hong Kong Volume<br />

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION MEASUREMENT WITH<br />

SATELLITE RADAR INTEFEROMETRY: A REVIEW<br />

XL Ding, YQ Chen, ZL Li, GX Liu and ZW Li<br />

Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics<br />

Hong Kong Polytechnic <strong>University</strong><br />

Hong Kong<br />

ABSTRACT<br />

Satellite radar interferometry uses synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images acquired with<br />

satellite-borne radars to accurately reveal tiny ground deformations or changes. Due to the<br />

unprecedented high resolution, accuracy and ground area coverage of the technology, it has<br />

fast become one of the most important technologies for the measurement of earthquake<br />

related crustal deformations. Results from such measurement can potentially provide<br />

information on stress changes in the crust that are crucial to understand the development of<br />

earthquakes.<br />

This paper briefly examines the capacity and limitations of the technology, its applications in<br />

earthquake related research, and its potential future development.

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