Implementing the European Space Agency’s SentiNel Application Platform’s Open-Source Python Module for Differential Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry Coseismic Ground Deformation from Sentinel-1 Data
Differential SAR Interferometry is a largely exploited technique to study ground deformations. A key application is the detection of the effects promoted by earthquakes, including detailed variations in ground deformations at different scales. In this work, an implemented Python script (Snap2DQuake)...
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| author | Martina Occhipinti Filippo Carboni Shaila Amorini Nicola Paltriccia Carlos López-Martínez Massimiliano Porreca |
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| description | Differential SAR Interferometry is a largely exploited technique to study ground deformations. A key application is the detection of the effects promoted by earthquakes, including detailed variations in ground deformations at different scales. In this work, an implemented Python script (Snap2DQuake) based on the “snappy” module by SNAP software 9.0.8 (ESA) for the processing of satellite imagery is proposed. Snap2DQuake is aimed at producing detailed coseismic deformation maps using Sentinel-1 C-band data by the DInSAR technique. With this alternative approach, the processing is simplified, and several issues that may occur using the software are solved. The proposed tool has been tested on two case studies: the M<sub>w</sub> 6.4 Petrinja earthquake (Croatia, December 2020) and the M<sub>w</sub> 5.7 to M<sub>w</sub> 6.3 earthquakes, which occurred near Tyrnavós (Greece, March 2021). The earthquakes, which occurred in two different tectonic contexts, are used to test and verify the validity of Snap2DQuake. Snap2DQuake allows us to provide detailed deformation maps along the vertical and E-W directions in perfect agreement with observations reported in previous works. These maps offer new insights into the deformation pattern linked to earthquakes, demonstrating the reliability of Snap2DQuake as an alternative tool for users working on different applications, even with basic coding skills. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c71c989fb6d5474582f0044061936f1c2024-01-10T15:07:13ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922023-12-011614810.3390/rs16010048Implementing the European Space Agency’s SentiNel Application Platform’s Open-Source Python Module for Differential Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry Coseismic Ground Deformation from Sentinel-1 DataMartina Occhipinti0Filippo Carboni1Shaila Amorini2Nicola Paltriccia3Carlos López-Martínez4Massimiliano Porreca5Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia, 06123 Perugia, ItalyCRUST Centro inteR Universitario per l’analisi SismoTettonica Tridimensionale, 66013 Chieti, ItalyEagleProjects S.p.A., 06125 Perugia, ItalyEagleProjects S.p.A., 06125 Perugia, ItalySignal Theory and Communication Department, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya (UPC), 08034 Barcelona, SpainDipartimento di Fisica e Geologia, 06123 Perugia, ItalyDifferential SAR Interferometry is a largely exploited technique to study ground deformations. A key application is the detection of the effects promoted by earthquakes, including detailed variations in ground deformations at different scales. In this work, an implemented Python script (Snap2DQuake) based on the “snappy” module by SNAP software 9.0.8 (ESA) for the processing of satellite imagery is proposed. Snap2DQuake is aimed at producing detailed coseismic deformation maps using Sentinel-1 C-band data by the DInSAR technique. With this alternative approach, the processing is simplified, and several issues that may occur using the software are solved. The proposed tool has been tested on two case studies: the M<sub>w</sub> 6.4 Petrinja earthquake (Croatia, December 2020) and the M<sub>w</sub> 5.7 to M<sub>w</sub> 6.3 earthquakes, which occurred near Tyrnavós (Greece, March 2021). The earthquakes, which occurred in two different tectonic contexts, are used to test and verify the validity of Snap2DQuake. Snap2DQuake allows us to provide detailed deformation maps along the vertical and E-W directions in perfect agreement with observations reported in previous works. These maps offer new insights into the deformation pattern linked to earthquakes, demonstrating the reliability of Snap2DQuake as an alternative tool for users working on different applications, even with basic coding skills.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/16/1/48SNAP softwarePythonearthquakesDinSARSentinel-1coseismic ground deformation |
| spellingShingle | Martina Occhipinti Filippo Carboni Shaila Amorini Nicola Paltriccia Carlos López-Martínez Massimiliano Porreca Implementing the European Space Agency’s SentiNel Application Platform’s Open-Source Python Module for Differential Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry Coseismic Ground Deformation from Sentinel-1 Data Remote Sensing SNAP software Python earthquakes DinSAR Sentinel-1 coseismic ground deformation |
| title | Implementing the European Space Agency’s SentiNel Application Platform’s Open-Source Python Module for Differential Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry Coseismic Ground Deformation from Sentinel-1 Data |
| title_full | Implementing the European Space Agency’s SentiNel Application Platform’s Open-Source Python Module for Differential Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry Coseismic Ground Deformation from Sentinel-1 Data |
| title_fullStr | Implementing the European Space Agency’s SentiNel Application Platform’s Open-Source Python Module for Differential Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry Coseismic Ground Deformation from Sentinel-1 Data |
| title_full_unstemmed | Implementing the European Space Agency’s SentiNel Application Platform’s Open-Source Python Module for Differential Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry Coseismic Ground Deformation from Sentinel-1 Data |
| title_short | Implementing the European Space Agency’s SentiNel Application Platform’s Open-Source Python Module for Differential Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry Coseismic Ground Deformation from Sentinel-1 Data |
| title_sort | implementing the european space agency s sentinel application platform s open source python module for differential synthetic aperture radar interferometry coseismic ground deformation from sentinel 1 data |
| topic | SNAP software Python earthquakes DinSAR Sentinel-1 coseismic ground deformation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/16/1/48 |
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