Open AccessAn Innovative GB-INSAR System for Deformation Monitoring and Disaster Management
Author(s) -
Matthias Twardzik,
Matteo Cecchetti,
Francesco Coppi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/906/1/012079
Subject(s) - displacement (psychology) , warning system , radar , emergency management , remote sensing , safety monitoring , deformation monitoring , interferometric synthetic aperture radar , computer science , risk analysis (engineering) , real time computing , computer security , systems engineering , synthetic aperture radar , engineering , deformation (meteorology) , telecommunications , geology , business , geography , meteorology , psychology , psychotherapist , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , political science , law
Disaster management is a critical issue, needs timely reaction to mitigate the risks and to re-establish a safety condition. For that reason, remote monitoring solution play a crucial role to measure structure healthy and slope stability keeping operators and equipment in the safe zones. A clear understanding of displacement and stability of the target is vital to define proper remediation actions, prioritizing the most critical ones. IDS GeoRadar is a provider of radar remote monitoring technology for complex structures and natural hazards, that recently developed an ArcSAR interferometric radar system for deformation monitoring and disaster management. The innovative solution has been designed to have a portable, easy-to-use solution able to monitor the structures and area after few minutes of its deployment. The radar system detects structure displacement and slope fall precursors, triggering early warning to increase safety for emergency operations and to evacuate people and machinery at risk. The new radar system provides sub-millimeter displacement accuracy at a spatial resolution of tens of centimetres, with updated displacement information every 30 seconds. In this paper, the system is described, along with emergency monitoring experiences.