| Titre | Monitoring of land surface subsidence using persistent scatterer interferometry techniques and ground truth data in arid and semi-arid regions, the case of Remah, UAE |
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| Auteur | El Kamali, M; Papoutsis, I; Loupasakis, C; Abuelgasim, A; Omari, K; Kontoes, C |
| Source | Science of the Total Environment vol. 776, 145946, 2021 p. 1-11, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145946  Accès ouvert |
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| Année | 2021 |
| Séries alt. | Ressources naturelles Canada, Contribution externe 20200773 |
| Éditeur | Elsevier |
| Document | publication en série |
| Lang. | anglais |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145946 |
| Media | papier; en ligne; numérique |
| Formats | pdf |
| Région | Remah |
| Lat/Long OENS | 55.2000 55.5000 24.2000 24.0000 |
| Sujets | affaissement; débit d'affaissement; déformation; ressources en eau souterraine; régimes des eaux souterraines; utilisation de l'eau; climat; télédétection; imagerie par satellite; nappe phréatique;
niveaux d'eau; gestion des ressources; géophysique; hydrogéologie; Agriculture; Nature et environnement; Santé et sécurité |
| Illustrations | cartes de localisation; échelles stratigraphiques; diagrammes stratigraphiques; photographies; graphiques; graphiques |
| Diffusé | 2021 02 18 |
| Résumé | (disponible en anglais seulement)
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is located in an arid desert climate with very limitedwater resources and scarce rainfall. Along with the fast development of the
country, thewater demand for agriculture, industrial, and domestic purposes increased and led to diminishing groundwater resources. In this study, we explore the land surface deformations due to groundwater overexploitation in the agricultural area
of Remah by analyzing Sentinel-1 data between 2015 and 2019 with the novel Parallelized-Persistent Scatterer Interferometry (P-PSI) technique. The detected land surface deformations have been correlated to the recorded groundwater levels at nearby
water wells. This study detected land surface deformations in a form of an extensive subsidence bowl (with 28.5 km in diameter) with a maximum subsidence rate of 40 mm/year and a standard deviation within the bowl of less than 2 mm/year. The detected
subsidence was associated with a 12 m drop in the water table level within the study area. The Persistent Scatterers with the highest deformations rate were spatially correlated with the depression cone of the groundwater level. These findings
provide useful insights in understanding the groundwater regime of the area and have an important role in assessing regional hazards and driving mitigation measures towards managing uncontrolled groundwater overexploitation for sustainable management
of groundwater resources. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 328155 |
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