Monitoring subsidence of waste piles and infrastructures of active open PIT iron mine in the Brazilian Amazon Region using SBAS interferometric technique and TerraSAR-X data

Autor: Guilherme G. Silva, Athos Ribeiro dos Santos, José Claudio Mura, Paolo Pasquali, Alessio Cantone, Fábio Furlan Gama, Waldir Renato Paradella
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: IGARSS
Popis: This paper presents the results of applying SBAS (Small Baseline Subset) differential interferometric technique using 33 Stripmap mode images from the TerraSAR-X satellite, over a 1-year monitoring, Stripmap mode, for detection of ground deformation processes in five Carajas open pit iron mines in the state of Para/Brazil in Amazon region, characterized by torrential rains. The SBAS algorithm was used for the interferometric processing, with coherence threshold of 45%, 4 looks, Delaunay Minimum Cost Flow (MCF), with a reference GeoEye-1 DEM, which allowed obtaining a synoptic view of the mine complex, covering the infrastructure and benches, as well as detecting the deformation in one mine (N5W). In order to monitor the waste piles, a lower coherence value (30%) was necessary. The results obtained were consistent with field work data, including topographic surveying, showing that this technique can be very useful for ground movement alert, planning, and risk assessment.
Databáze: OpenAIRE