| Title | RADARSAT-2 InSAR for monitoring permafrost environments: Pangnirtung and Iqaluit |
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| Author | Short, N ;
LeBlanc, A -M; Sladen, W; Brisco, B |
| Source | Proceedings of IEEE RADAR Conference; 2013 p. 1-4, https://doi.org/10.1109/RADAR.2013.6586149 |
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| Year | 2013 |
| Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 20120405 |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Meeting | IEEE RADAR Conference; Ottawa; CA; April 29 - May 3, 2013 |
| Document | book |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Nunavut |
| NTS | 25N/10; 26I/04 |
| Area | Baffin Island; Pangnirtung; Iqaluit |
| Lat/Long WENS | -69.0000 -68.5000 63.7500 63.5000 |
| Lat/Long WENS | -65.5000 -65.5000 66.2500 66.0000 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; geophysics; Nature and Environment; permafrost; freezing ground; ground ice; ground temperatures; remote sensing; satellite imagery; RADARSAT-2; InSAR; Cenozoic;
Quaternary |
| Illustrations | location maps; photographs; tables; satellite imagery |
| Program | Climate Change Geoscience |
| Released | 2013 04 01 |
| Abstract | RADARSAT-2 InSAR data sets were used to create maps of seasonal surface displacement at two Canadian permafrost sites: Pangnirtung and Iqaluit. Patterns of InSAR displacement reproduced well the
relative movement associated with different surficial geology units and identified unstable areas. InSAR results did not produce an exact quantitative match with thaw tube measurements of settlement, spatial and temporal averaging in the InSAR
processing may account for this. The role of soil moisture and potential ground penetration
by the radar was examined but considered unlikely to be a significant source of error. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 292233 |
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