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AN: G32A-04    [Abstracts]
TI: Satellite radar interferometry time series analysis of surface deformation for the metropolitan Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, areas
AU: * Lanari, R
EM: lanari.r@irea.cnr.it
AF: Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell'Ambiente, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Diocleziano, 328, Napoli, 80124 Italy
AU: Lundgren, P
EM: paul@weed.jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Manzo, M
EM: manzo.mr@irea.cnr.it
AF: Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell'Ambiente, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Diocleziano, 328, Napoli, 80124 Italy
AU: Casu, F
EM: casu.f@irea.cnr.it
AF: Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell'Ambiente, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Diocleziano, 328, Napoli, 80124 Italy
AB: The Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, metropolitan areas are tectonically active regions with surface deformations that are a combination of fault related tectonics plus a variety of natural and anthropogenic signals, most notably aquifer changes and oil extraction. We produce interferometric SAR (InSAR) time series analyses for these areas for 1993 into 2002 and determine space-time maps of surface deformation at each ERS epoch for which we have data. The results are space-time deformation products that can be exploited to view not only the mean or smoothly varying long-term surface motion, but also its time varying patterns. Large seasonal oscillations of the Santa Ana aquifer observed in Southern California Integrated GPS Network (SCIGN) data are accurately matched in the InSAR time series, moreover, correlations of the InSAR time series with an annual sinusoid reveals amplitude and delay-time patterns that reflect the dynamics of the hydrologic system. Similar patterns can be found for the San Francisco area. We will explore these features and their implications for detecting earthquake related transient deformation.
DE: 8150 Plate boundary--general (3040)
DE: 1243 Space geodetic surveys
DE: 1294 Instruments and techniques
SC: Geodesy [G]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting