Identification of geological hazards based on the combination of InSAR technology and disaster background indicators

Abstract

Synthetic aperture radar interferometry (InSAR) is an important method to obtain surface deformation information. Due to the limitations of InSAR data acquisition and the accuracy errors produced in the data processing, the identification of hidden dangers also needs to be combined with the analysis of geological hazards themselves, so a method based on InSAR technology combined with the disaster-pregnancy background in the study area is proposed. This study took the Badong section of the Three Gorges Reservoir area as the study area, and ALOS-2 PALSAR radar images were used to obtain the spatial distribution and change rate of deformation in the study area by using time-series InSAR technology. Combining the disaster-prone background of the study area, four indicators of the susceptibility level, slope, engineering rock group and distance from the disaster catalogue point are used as indicators for the identification of hidden dangers of geological disasters. As a result, 19 suspected hidden disaster areas were identified comprehensively, and then the suspected hidden geological disaster areas were verified in the field one by one. The success rate of verification and identification was 78.9%, proving that the method combining the disaster pregnancy background and InSAR results is feasible and can play an important role in regional disaster identification.

Keywords

• recognition of hidden geological hazards
• insar
• alos-2
• disaster background indicators
• badong