Retrospective of InSAR/DInSAR contributions to hydrogeology by way of bibliographic search

InSAR and DInSAR have contributed significantly to improved hydrogeologic information and advances in hydrogeology since the late 1990s. Most of the hydrogeologic applications were in the topic areas of land subsidence, hydrogeologic framework, landslides and soil moisture. The annual numbers of relevant citations from refined bibliographic searches show significant and episodic growth during 1998-2013, with generally twice as many annual citations during 2008-13 than during 2003-07. Applications in land subsidence research were predominant each year. The searches revealed a) articles and conference papers constituted 98% of citations; b) country affiliations for authors were broadly distributed but most of the citations were from authors in Europe (~30%), North America (~29%), and Asia (~18%); and c) the principal subject areas were in the Earth and Planetary Sciences, Engineering, and Environmental Science which constituted 69% of the citations, with Computer Science contributing 13%.

[1]  Howard A. Zebker,et al.  High quality InSAR data linked to seasonal change in hydraulic head for an agricultural area in the San Luis Valley, Colorado , 2011 .

[2]  Gerald W. Bawden,et al.  Tectonic contraction across Los Angeles after removal of groundwater pumping effects , 2001, Nature.

[3]  U. Wegmuller,et al.  Land subsidence in Mexico City mapped by ERS differential SAR interferometry , 1999, IEEE 1999 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IGARSS'99 (Cat. No.99CH36293).

[4]  D. Schmidt.  Time-dependent land uplift and subsidence in the Santa Clara Valley , 2003 .

[5]  H. Zebker,et al.  Sensing the ups and downs of Las Vegas: InSAR reveals structural control of land subsidence and aquifer-system deformation , 1999 .

[6]  Urs Wegmüller,et al.  Mapping regional land displacements in the Venice coastland by an integrated monitoring system , 2005 .

[7]  Dennis R. Fatland,et al.  DInSAR measurement of soil moisture , 2003, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens..

[8]  Zhong Lu,et al.  InSAR analysis of natural recharge to define structure of a ground‐water basin, San Bernardino, California , 2001 .

[9]  D. Galloway,et al.  The application of satellite differential SAR interferometry-derived ground displacements in hydrogeology , 2007 .

[10]  Yehuda Bock,et al.  Satellite interferometric observations of displacements associated with seasonal groundwater in the Los Angeles basin , 2002 .

[11]  Land subsidence of the northern Kanto plains caused by ground water extraction detected by JERS-1 SAR interferometry , 2000, IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. Taking the Pulse of the Planet: The Role of Remote Sensing in Managing the Environment. Proceedings (Cat. No.00CH37120).

[12]  Falk Amelung,et al.  Land Subsidence in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1935–2000: New Geodetic Data Show Evolution, Revised Spatial Patterns, and Reduced Rates , 2002 .

[13]  A. Ferretti,et al.  InSAR permanent scatterer analysis reveals ups and downs in San Francisco Bay Area , 2004 .

[14]  Howard A. Zebker,et al.  Inverse modeling of interbed storage parameters using land subsidence observations, Antelope Valley, California , 2003 .

[15]  B. Tapley,et al.  Land subsidence in Houston, Texas, measured by radar interferometry and constrained by extensometers , 2003 .

[16]  Didier Massonnet,et al.  Land subsidence caused by the East Mesa Geothermal Field, California, observed using SAR interferometry , 1997 .

[17]  Howard A. Zebker,et al.  Seasonal subsidence and rebound in Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, observed by Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry , 2001 .

[18]  Kenneth W. Hudnut,et al.  Detection of aquifer system compaction and land subsidence using interferometric synthetic aperture radar, Antelope Valley, Mojave Desert, California , 1998 .