InSAR of Wenchuan Earthquake with ALOS Data · InSAR of Wenchuan Earthquake with ALOS Data Fanghui Deng University of South Florida GMT5SAR Course, Scripps Institution of Oceanography,

InSAR of Wenchuan Earthquake with ALOS Data

Fanghui DengUniversity of South Florida

GMT5SAR Course, Scripps Institution of Oceanography,August 10 - August 12, 2016

Background

• When? May 12, 2008• Where? Wenchuan, Sichuan, China• How big? 7.9 Mw• How deep? 19 kilometres• How long? > 2 mins

Data

Track 476

track 475

Frame 610

Frame 600

Frame 590

Frame 600

Track Date of Master Date of Slave

475 2008-02-05 2008-06-22

476 2008-04-08 2008-05-24

Ascending

4 pairs of ALOS/PALSAR data were used

Results

(cm)

Line of Sight Deformation