Meta Combination

Purpose

Meta Combination tool allow users to compute the displacement decomposition of time series or compute the merging of time series in raster format.

The Displacement Decomposition option calculates the vertical, east-west and optionally north-south components for both the displacement time series and average velocity. For 2D decomposition, more than one stacking displacement series are needed over the same area of interest. For 3D decomposition (2D+1D, 1D+2D) more than two stacking displacement series are needed over the same area of interest.

The Merging option calculates both the merged time series and the merged average velocity. At least two stacking displacement series are needed over the same area of interest with at least the same LOS angle.

Technical Note

Displacement Decomposition option

The Displacement Decomposition option exploits displacement measurements obtained from different acquisition geometries to retrieve the displacement components along east-west, vertical and optionally north-south. This tool can deal with geocoded DInSAR displacement series only (in raster format). The resulting decomposed series cover the common time span of the ingested series, without any bias (starts from 0).

Minimum input data requirements for 2D decomposition options are:

- 1 Ascending and 1 Descending geometry measurements (best option);

- 2 Ascending or 2 Descending (the Line of Sight incidence angle of the input geometries have to differ at least 10°, as for example, near-range and far-range over the same area of interest).

Minimum input data requirements for 3D (2D+1D) decomposition options are:

- 1 Ascending and 2 Descending geometry measurements (best option);

- 2 Ascending and 1 Descending geometry measurements (best option);

- 3 Ascending or 3 Descending (the Line of Sight incidence angle of the input geometries have to differ at least 10°, as for example, near-range, medium-range and far-range over the same area of interest).

In order to obtain a more reliable decomposition result, a higher number of input are suggested, since the decomposition kernel applies a weighted least-square inversion. The weights are derived from the LOS displacement precision.

Please note: _ALOS, _ILOS, _precision, _dem ancillary files are mandatory. These files have to be kept in the original folder where they are created during the stacking processing (SBAS), since the meta files describes their full path.

Sign convention:

•vertical direction: positive values upward, negative values downward;

•east-west direction: positive values eastward, negative values westward;

•north-south direction: positive value northward, negative value southward.

Please note: the north-south component accuracy is limited due to the geometrical acquisition of SAR data, with respect to east-west and vertical direction.

Basic input DInSAR measurement configuration for 2D decomposition (figure 1 below).

Optional higher redundancy input DInSAR measurement configuration for 2D and 3D decomposition (figure 2 below).

Each displacement measure is fully described by the magnitude and the angles (azimuth and inclination) of the satellite Line Of Sight.

Figure 1 Basic input DInSAR measurement configuration for 2D decomposition Figure 2: Optional higher redundancy input DInSAR measurement configuration for 2D and 3D decomposition.

Merging option

The Merging option exploits displacement measurements obtained from the same acquisition geometries to retrieve the displacement merged time-series. This tool can deal with geocoded DInSAR displacement series only (in raster format). The resulting merged series cover the total time span of the ingested series (from the start time of the first time series till the end time of the last time series), without any bias (starts from 0).

Minimum input data requirement for the Merging option is 2 Ascending or 2 Descending (the Line of Sight incidence angles of the input geometries have to be the same geometry).

Please consider that to obtain a reliable result, a similar incidence angle has to be considered.

Please note: _ALOS, _ILOS, _dem ancillary files have to be in the same folder specified for the requested input _disp file (displacement meta generated by the stacking processing).

The average velocity estimation is computed as a linear regression of the merged time series.

Results from different sensor are supported.

Input Files

Input Meta Files

File name of the meta series of displacements (SI_geo_disp_meta). These files is mandatory.

Principal Parameters

Combination Type:

DECOMPOSITION_2D: decomposition time series in vertical and east-west directions.

DECOMPOSITION_2D_1D: decomposition time series in vertical and east-west directions (2D), and north-south direction (1D).

MERGE: merging of time series.

Output Files

Output Root Name

Name of the output root. This file is mandatory.

Displacement Decomposition option

_decomposed_east_meta

Time series of displacements component, average velocity and ancillary info along the East-West direction.

_decomposed_vertical_meta

Time series of displacements component, average velocity and ancillary info along the vertical direction.

_decomposed_north_meta

Time series of displacements component, average velocity and ancillary info along the vertical direction, in case the 3D (2D+1D) is used.

Merging option

_merge_meta

Time series of merged displacements component along common LOS.

Details specific to the Units of Measure and Nomenclature of the output products can be found in the Data Format section.

Please, consider that the output time series sampling rate includes the time sampling of the all input in the selected time span. In case of multi acquisition per day, one time sampling is selected as output.

General Functions

Exec

The processing step is executed.

Store Batch

The processing step is stored in the batch list. The Batch Browser button allows to load the batch processing list.

The window will be closed.

Help

Specific help document section.

Specific Function(s)

None.

References

Fialko Y., Simons M., 2001. The complete (3-D) surface displacement in the epicentral area of the 1999 Mw 7.1 Hector Mine earthquake, California, from space geodetic observations. Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 28, no 16, pp 3063-3066.

Ng, Alex Hay-Man, et al. "Deformation mapping in three dimensions for underground mining using InSAR–Southern highland coalfield in New South Wales, Australia." International Journal of Remote Sensing 32.22 (2011): 7227-7256.