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dc.contributor.authorParker, Amy
dc.contributor.authorFeatherstone, Will
dc.contributor.authorPenna, N.
dc.contributor.authorFilmer, Mick
dc.contributor.authorGarthwaite, M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-24T02:17:28Z
dc.date.available2017-08-24T02:17:28Z
dc.date.created2017-08-23T07:21:43Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationParker, A. and Featherstone, W. and Penna, N. and Filmer, M. and Garthwaite, M. 2017. Practical Considerations before Installing Ground-Based Geodetic Infrastructure for Integrated InSAR and cGNSS Monitoring of Vertical Land Motion. Sensors. 17 (8): pp. 1-20.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55213
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/s17081753
dc.description.abstract

Continuously operating Global Navigation Satellite Systems (cGNSS) can be used to convert relative values of vertical land motion (VLM) derived from Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) to absolute values in a global or regional reference frame. Artificial trihedral corner reflectors (CRs) provide high-intensity and temporally stable reflections in SAR time series imagery, more so than naturally occurring permanent scatterers. Therefore, it is logical to co-locate CRs with cGNSS as ground-based geodetic infrastructure for the integrated monitoring of VLM. We describe the practical considerations for such co-locations using four case-study examples from Perth, Australia. After basic initial considerations such as land access, sky visibility and security, temporary test deployments of co-located CRs with cGNSS should be analysed together to determine site suitability. Signal to clutter ratios from SAR imagery are used to determine potential sites for placement of the CR. A significant concern is whether the co-location of a deliberately designed reflecting object generates unwanted multipath (reflected signals) in the cGNSS data. To mitigate against this, we located CRs >30 m from the cGNSS with no inter-visibility. Daily RMS values of the zero-difference ionosphere-free carrier-phase residuals, and ellipsoidal heights from static precise point positioning GNSS processing at each co-located site were then used to ascertain that the CR did not generate unwanted cGNSS multipath. These steps form a set of recommendations for the installation of such geodetic ground-infrastructure, which may be of use to others wishing to establish integrated InSAR-cGNSS monitoring of VLM elsewhere.

dc.publisherMDPI Publishing
dc.relation.sponsoredbyhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP140100155
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titlePractical Considerations before Installing Ground-Based Geodetic Infrastructure for Integrated InSAR and cGNSS Monitoring of Vertical Land Motion
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume17
dcterms.source.number8
dcterms.source.startPage1
dcterms.source.endPage20
dcterms.source.titleSensors
curtin.departmentDepartment of Spatial Sciences
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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