Use of advanced SAR monitoring techniques for the assessment of the behaviour of old embankment dams

Luigi Mascolo; Giovanni Nico; Andrea Di Pasquale; Alfredo Pitullo

doi:10.1117/12.2067363

4 November 2014 Use of advanced SAR monitoring techniques for the assessment of the behaviour of old embankment dams

Luigi Mascolo, Giovanni Nico, Andrea Di Pasquale, Alfredo Pitullo

Proceedings Volume 9245, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications V; 92450N (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2067363
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2014, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

The need of reliable monitoring of old embankment dams is rapidly increasing since a large number of these structures are still equipped with old monitoring devices, usually installed some decades ago, which are generally capable to provide only localized information on specific areas of the embankment. This work discusses the use of Ground-Based Synthetic Aperture Radar (GBSAR) interferometry technique to observe and control the structural behavior of earthfill or rockfill embankments for dam impoundments. This non-invasive technique provides displacements patterns measured with sub-millimeter precision. Monitoring strategies of earthfill dam embankment in Southern Italy are presented.

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Luigi Mascolo, Giovanni Nico, Andrea Di Pasquale, and Alfredo Pitullo "Use of advanced SAR monitoring techniques for the assessment of the behaviour of old embankment dams", Proc. SPIE 9245, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications V, 92450N (4 November 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2067363

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