Automatic detection and update of landslide inventory before and after impoundments at the Lianghekou reservoir using Sentinel-1 InSAR

There is an urgent demand for continuous detection and monitoring of active slopes in wide reservoir areas, as reservoir impoundments may activate unstable slopes. Although satellite time-series InSAR has been widely used in mapping active landslides, the tedious artificial interpretation of InSAR r...

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Main Authors: Yian Wang, Jie Dong, Lu Zhang, Shaohui Deng, Guike Zhang, Mingsheng Liao, Jianya Gong
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-04-01
Series:International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1569843223000468
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author Yian Wang
Jie Dong
Lu Zhang
Shaohui Deng
Guike Zhang
Mingsheng Liao
Jianya Gong
author_facet Yian Wang
Jie Dong
Lu Zhang
Shaohui Deng
Guike Zhang
Mingsheng Liao
Jianya Gong
author_sort Yian Wang
collection DOAJ
description There is an urgent demand for continuous detection and monitoring of active slopes in wide reservoir areas, as reservoir impoundments may activate unstable slopes. Although satellite time-series InSAR has been widely used in mapping active landslides, the tedious artificial interpretation of InSAR results limits the efficiency and reliability of landslides detection. We propose a set of procedures for deformation monitoring and continuous automatic landslide identification in wide reservoir areas. The local time window estimation can extract the nonlinear deformation in the time series InSAR signal, thus enhancing the deformation field. Spatial adaptive clustering enables the effective extraction of unstable slopes. The abnormal deformation trends of landslides can be updated through the continuous identification of new results and comparison with historical results. The procedure is used to continuously detect unstable slopes in the Lianghekou reservoir area before and after the impoundment. Combining the ascending and descending SAR data of Sentinel-1, 109 historically active landslides were found and 18 new landslides were activated within one year after the first water storage. The distribution and types of unstable slopes were analyzed, followed by two case studies. The first case shows the different effects of the two-stage water storage on slope deformations, indicating rising water levels' critical role in landslide activation. The second case shows the consolidation settlement of the embankment dam and the influence of water storage on slope deformation monitoring. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the InSAR automatic landslide identification and this study provides a technical reference for similar reservoir area.
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spelling doaj.art-6038f898cf5148748cb2d9507f3f80d62023-04-21T06:41:03ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation1569-84322023-04-01118103224Automatic detection and update of landslide inventory before and after impoundments at the Lianghekou reservoir using Sentinel-1 InSARYian Wang0Jie Dong1Lu Zhang2Shaohui Deng3Guike Zhang4Mingsheng Liao5Jianya Gong6School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, ChinaSchool of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China; State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China; Corresponding authors at: School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China.State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, ChinaYalong River Hydropower Development Co., Ltd, Chengdu 610056, ChinaYalong River Hydropower Development Co., Ltd, Chengdu 610056, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, ChinaSchool of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China; State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China; Corresponding authors at: School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China.There is an urgent demand for continuous detection and monitoring of active slopes in wide reservoir areas, as reservoir impoundments may activate unstable slopes. Although satellite time-series InSAR has been widely used in mapping active landslides, the tedious artificial interpretation of InSAR results limits the efficiency and reliability of landslides detection. We propose a set of procedures for deformation monitoring and continuous automatic landslide identification in wide reservoir areas. The local time window estimation can extract the nonlinear deformation in the time series InSAR signal, thus enhancing the deformation field. Spatial adaptive clustering enables the effective extraction of unstable slopes. The abnormal deformation trends of landslides can be updated through the continuous identification of new results and comparison with historical results. The procedure is used to continuously detect unstable slopes in the Lianghekou reservoir area before and after the impoundment. Combining the ascending and descending SAR data of Sentinel-1, 109 historically active landslides were found and 18 new landslides were activated within one year after the first water storage. The distribution and types of unstable slopes were analyzed, followed by two case studies. The first case shows the different effects of the two-stage water storage on slope deformations, indicating rising water levels' critical role in landslide activation. The second case shows the consolidation settlement of the embankment dam and the influence of water storage on slope deformation monitoring. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the InSAR automatic landslide identification and this study provides a technical reference for similar reservoir area.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1569843223000468Lianghekou ReservoirLandslides detectionTime-series InSARDeformation enhancement
spellingShingle Yian Wang
Jie Dong
Lu Zhang
Shaohui Deng
Guike Zhang
Mingsheng Liao
Jianya Gong
Automatic detection and update of landslide inventory before and after impoundments at the Lianghekou reservoir using Sentinel-1 InSAR
International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation
Lianghekou Reservoir
Landslides detection
Time-series InSAR
Deformation enhancement
title Automatic detection and update of landslide inventory before and after impoundments at the Lianghekou reservoir using Sentinel-1 InSAR
title_full Automatic detection and update of landslide inventory before and after impoundments at the Lianghekou reservoir using Sentinel-1 InSAR
title_fullStr Automatic detection and update of landslide inventory before and after impoundments at the Lianghekou reservoir using Sentinel-1 InSAR
title_full_unstemmed Automatic detection and update of landslide inventory before and after impoundments at the Lianghekou reservoir using Sentinel-1 InSAR
title_short Automatic detection and update of landslide inventory before and after impoundments at the Lianghekou reservoir using Sentinel-1 InSAR
title_sort automatic detection and update of landslide inventory before and after impoundments at the lianghekou reservoir using sentinel 1 insar
topic Lianghekou Reservoir
Landslides detection
Time-series InSAR
Deformation enhancement
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1569843223000468
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