ISSN 2070-7401 (Print), ISSN 2411-0280 (Online)
Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2024, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 73-83

Analysis of displacements of landslides in the Big Sochi region based on InSAR data: Case study of Sergei Pol’e (Gornaya Polyana settlement)

E.I. Smolyaninova 1 , V.O. Mikhailov 1 
1 Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth RAS, Moscow, Russia
Accepted: 17.04.2024
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2024-21-3-73-83
Urgency of the research is determined by landslide hazard in the Big Sochi region due to growing anthropogenic effect. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate possibilities of InSAR to study landslide hazard in this region. We present an updated interactive map of surface deformations for the Central and Adler regions of the Big Sochi based on the InSAR Sentinel 1A data from ascending 43A (190 images) and descending 123D (173 images) acquisitions for the period 2015–2023. The map is available at: https://adler.nextgis.com/resource/879/display?panel=info. SBAS (Small Baseline Subset) ENVI SARScape v. 5.3 software was used for processing. Mean displacement rates in the satellite line-of-sight direction are shown as layers. Significant active deformation areas are marked off with numbers and time series graphs are displayed. The novelty of the work is calculation of displacement rates down the slope shown as layers on the updated map. Moreover, for case study of Sergei Pol`e landslide (Gornaya Polyana) where landslide failure took place in October 2021 we demonstrate possibilities of InSAR for landslide susceptibility evaluation. Time series graphs in different points of the slope were analyzed together with precipitation data summarized for 1, 3, 5, 15 and 30 days. It was found that in the upper part of the landslide constant displacements up to 200 mm in the satellite line of sight direction with comparatively short deceleration took place prior to the landslide failure. Constant displacements were also revealed on the western slope above the settlement. All those were evidences of landslide susceptibility. It was realized that long stable periods during accumulation of precipitates (incessant rains) in the lower part of the landslide appeared to be the most dangerous. Anomalous accumulated precipitation for the whole 2021 outweighed that for the previous years; it continued to go up since July 2021 and triggered the huge landslide failure on October 5, 2021.
Keywords: SAR, InSAR, satellite monitoring, landslides, interactive map, Sentinel 1A, Big Sochi, s. Sergei-Pol’e
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