SAR coherent change detection

2021 ◽  
pp. 151-196
Author(s):  
David Blacknell ◽  
Daniel Andre ◽  
Andrew Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Change Detection ◽  
Coherent Change Detection

scholarly journals POST-DISASTER DAMAGE ASSESSMENT THROUGH COHERENT CHANGE DETECTION ON SAR IMAGERY

2018 ◽  
Vol XLII-3 ◽  
pp. 431-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Guida ◽  
P. Boccardo ◽  
I. Donevski ◽  
L. Lo Schiavo ◽  
M. E. Molinari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Change Detection ◽  
Damage Assessment ◽  
Central Italy ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Earthquake Scenario ◽  
Central Italy Earthquake ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Coherent Change Detection ◽  
Sar Imagery ◽  
Bad Weather

Damage assessment is a fundamental step to support emergency response and recovery activities in a post-earthquake scenario. In recent years, UAVs and satellite optical imagery was applied to assess major structural damages before technicians could reach the areas affected by the earthquake. However, bad weather conditions may harm the quality of these optical assessments, thus limiting the practical applicability of these techniques. In this paper, the application of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery is investigated and a novel approach to SAR-based damage assessment is presented. Coherent Change Detection (CCD) algorithms on multiple interferometrically pre-processed SAR images of the area affected by the seismic event are exploited to automatically detect potential damages to buildings and other physical structures. As a case study, the 2016 Central Italy earthquake involving the cities of Amatrice and Accumoli was selected. The main contribution of the research outlined above is the integration of a complex process, requiring the coordination of a variety of methods and tools, into a unitary framework, which allows end-to-end application of the approach from SAR data pre-processing to result visualization in a Geographic Information System (GIS). A prototype of this pipeline was implemented, and the outcomes of this methodology were validated through an extended comparison with traditional damage assessment maps, created through photo-interpretation of high resolution aerial imagery. The results indicate that the proposed methodology is able to perform damage detection with a good level of accuracy, as most of the detected points of change are concentrated around highly damaged buildings.

scholarly journals COHERENT CHANGE DETECTION FOR REPEATED-PASS INTERFEROMETRIC SAR IMAGES: AN APPLICATION TO EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT ON BUILDINGS

2018 ◽  
Vol XLII-3/W4 ◽  
pp. 383-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Oxoli ◽  
P. Boccardo ◽  
M. A. Brovelli ◽  
M. E. Molinari ◽  
A. Monti Guarnieri
Keyword(s):  
Change Detection ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Performance Assessment ◽  
Damage Assessment ◽  
Earthquake Damage ◽  
Detection Sensitivity ◽  
Management Service ◽  
Sar Images ◽  
Coherent Change Detection ◽  
Interferometric Sar

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> During disaster response, the availability of relevant information, delivered in a proper format enabling its use among the different actors involved in response efforts, is key to lessen the impact of the disaster itself. Focusing on the contribution of geospatial information, meaningful advances have been achieved through the adoption of satellite earth observations within emergency management practices. Among these technologies, the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging has been extensively employed for large-scale applications such as flood areas delineation and terrain deformation analysis after earthquakes. However, the emerging availability of higher spatial and temporal resolution data has uncovered the potential contribution of SAR to applications at a finer scale. This paper proposes an approach to enable pixel-wise earthquake damage assessments based on Coherent Change Detection methods applied to a stack of repeated-pass interferometric SAR images. A preliminary performance assessment of the procedure is provided by processing Sentinel-1 data stack related to the 2016 central Italy earthquake for the towns of Ametrine and Accumoli. Damage assessment maps from photo-interpretation of high-resolution airborne imagery, produced in the framework of Copernicus EMS (Emergency Management Service &amp;ndash; European Commission) and cross-checked with field survey, is used as ground truth for the performance assessment. Results show the ability of the proposed approach to automatically identify changes at an almost individual building level, thus enabling the possibility to empower traditional damage assessment procedures from optical imagery with the centimetric change detection sensitivity characterizing SAR. The possibility of disseminating outputs in a GIS-like format represents an asset for an effective and cross-cutting information sharing among decision makers and analysts.</p>

Coherent Change Detection for Multipass SAR

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (11) ◽  
pp. 6811-6822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Virgilio Monti-Guarnieri ◽  
Maria Antonia Brovelli ◽  
Marco Manzoni ◽  
Mauro Mariotti d'Alessandro ◽  
Monia Elisa Molinari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Change Detection ◽  
Coherent Change Detection
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