Nature Communications (Aug 2020)

How satellite InSAR has grown from opportunistic science to routine monitoring over the last decade

  • Juliet Biggs,
  • Tim J. Wright

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17587-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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In the past decade, a new generation of radar satellites have revolutionised our ability to measure Earth’s surface deformation globally and with unprecedented resolution. InSAR is transforming our understanding of faults, volcanoes and ground stability and increasingly influencing hazard management.