Open AccessLAND SUBSIDENCE ANALYSIS CAUSED BY AQUIFER OVEREXPLOITATION USING GEP TOOLS: A-DINSAR ON THE CLOUD
Author(s) -
Guadalupe Brú,
Pablo Ezquerro,
Carolina GuardiolaAlbert,
Marta BéjarPizarro,
Gerardo Herrera,
Roberto Tomás,
María I. Navarro-Hernández,
Juan M. López-Sánchez,
Ali Hakan Ören,
Barış Çaylak,
Alper Elçi,
Khaldoun Shatanawi,
Alsharifa Hind Mohammad,
Husam A. Abu Hajar,
Roberta Bonì,
Claudia Mazzuca
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.4995/cigeo2021.2021.12722
Subject(s) - overexploitation , aquifer , groundwater , geology , thematic map , terrain , resource (disambiguation) , remote sensing , hydrology (agriculture) , mining engineering , geotechnical engineering , computer science , geography , cartography , ecology , computer network , biology
Groundwater is a vitally important resource for humans. One of the main problems derived from the overexploitation ofaquifers is land subsidence, which in turn carries other associated natural risks. Advanced Differential satellite radarinterferometry (A-DInSAR) techniques provide valuable information on the surface displacements of the ground, whichserve to characterize both the deformational behaviour of the aquifer and its properties. RESERVOIR is a research projectbelonging to the European PRIMA programme, whose main objective is to design sustainable groundwater managementmodels through the study of four areas of the Mediterranean subjected to water stress. One of the main tasks of the projectis the integration of the terrain deformation data obtained with satellite remote sensing techniques in the hydrogeologicaland geomechanical models of the aquifers. In the present work, a first evaluation of the deformation of the ground in eachstudy area is carried out using the tools contained in the Geohazards Exploitation Platform (GEP). This is a service financedby the European Space Agency (ESA) that allows processing directly on its server, without need to store data orapplications locally.