Surface displacement time series retrieved by fully exploiting space-borne SAR data

We present two applications of a novel approach to analyze surface deformation in areas experiencing large and/or rapid surface displacements. We show how the joint consideration of the phase and amplitude information of a space-borne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) dataset can be used to better describe the near-field and the far-field characteristics of the surface deformation. This methodology has potential applications in the analysis of surface deformation phenomena relevant to natural hazards and/or anthropic activities. The consideration of this approach on SAR data acquired by high resolution and short revisit time satellites opens new scenarios in the use of SAR data to monitor the Earth's crust.