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From mapping the areal coverage and magnitude of ground motions following cataclysmic earthquakes, to measuring discrete subsidence displacements over several years, satellite Radar Interferometry (InSAR) has a wide variety of uses in ground movement surveying applications.

For several years now, NPA have been routinely detecting and mapping to sub-centimetric levels many types of large-area ground motions using InSAR techniques. As well as heading major research projects in this field for the European Space Agency and the European Commission, NPA is contracted to undertake this work, not only in the UK but throughout the world, on behalf of local government agencies, risk management companies, commercial organisations such as mining companies, and geological survey institutions.


ERS-2 Satellite InSAR Basics
InSAR uses data from spaceborne radar satellites such as ERS1/2, Radarsat and Envisat, and is reliant in measuring the difference in phase between two satellite passes.
Artificial corner reflector Persistent Scatterer InSAR (PSI) and Corner Reflector InSAR(CRInSAR)
PSI and CRInSAR are high precision InSAR techniques that utilise natural and artificial points of high coherence to measure ground motion to within millimetres.


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