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Land subsidence near Hanford and Corcoran, California, from Cryosat-2 altimetry and Sentinel-1A SAR imagery

Wei, Shiang-Hung and Hwang, Cheinway, 2025. Land subsidence near Hanford and Corcoran, California, from Cryosat-2 altimetry and Sentinel-1A SAR imagery. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 36(1):6, doi:10.1007/s44195-025-00087-9.

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@ARTICLE{2025TAOS...36....6W,
       author = {{Wei}, Shiang-Hung and {Hwang}, Cheinway},
        title = "{Land subsidence near Hanford and Corcoran, California, from Cryosat-2 altimetry and Sentinel-1A SAR imagery}",
      journal = {Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences},
     keywords = {California high-speed rail, Corcoran, Cryosat-2, Hanford, Land subsidence, Sentinel-1A, Engineering, Geomatic Engineering},
         year = 2025,
        month = dec,
       volume = {36},
       number = {1},
          eid = {6},
        pages = {6},
     abstract = "{This study demonstrates the effectiveness of the Cryosat-2 (C2)
        altimeter as a tool for land subsidence monitoring. The study
        area is near Hanford and Corcoran, California, where land
        subsidence can affect the stability and alignment of rail
        infrastructure, potentially leading to increased maintenance
        costs and safety concerns. We analyzed vertical land
        displacements from 2010 to 2018 using C2 altimeter data
        corrected for waveform contamination, as well as two years of
        Sentinel-1A (S1A) Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
        (InSAR) imagery. Our findings show that subsidence rates from C2
        data reach up to 27 cm/year, consistent with GPS-derived rates
        within a few cm/year. The Small Baseline Subset (SBAS) technique
        applied to S1A imagery yields significant subsidence, exceeding
        18 cm/year in the southeast of Corcoran. Correlations between
        vertical displacements and environmental factors were examined
        using GRACE-derived equivalent water heights and rainfall data,
        revealing coefficients of 0.635 and 0.608, respectively, which
        indicate strong relationships between groundwater depletion and
        surface elevation changes. These results emphasize the complex
        interactions between subsidence, climatic factors, and
        groundwater management. Our study integrates distributed sensors
        such as altimetry, SAR imagery and GPS to monitor land
        subsidence, providing crucial information to mitigate subsidence
        risks and ensure the stability of vital infrastructure projects
        such as the California High-Speed Rail.}",
          doi = {10.1007/s44195-025-00087-9},
       adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025TAOS...36....6W},
      adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System}
}

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