KECK INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES

       

Monitoring Earth Surface Changes from Space - Part II

March 29-31, 2010
California Institute of Technology - Pasadena, CA 91125

Final Report

Workshop Overview:

Since the last meeting, many of us have engaged in exploring the ideas generated at the October workshop in more detail, and we look forward to coming together again to share these results and perhaps choose the most promising areas for future collaboration. In particular, we are planning to discuss perspectives regarding the use or improvement of remote sensing techniques to image and measure:

  • seismic waves from optical and SAR systems
  • the time evolution of surface deformation due to tectonic,volcanic processes or ice flow
  • the time evolution of the topography (in relation to geomorphic processes on land, or to the changing mass balance of glacier and ice-sheet)
  • ice thickness from electromagnetic tomography
  • the shallow sub-surface properties (from VLF imaging in particular)
  • surface water velocity
  • shallow water depth

Presentations of recent results, free-form discussions, and brainstorming on these topics should lead to a fruitful three days of deliberation and refinement of our ideas.

To highlight one of our topics, we are planning to have a public lecture on the Haiti and Chile earthquakes on March 30 in the evening, in which some of the speakers will discuss the recent results that have been learned from remote sensing and ground based observations of that earthquake.

Workshop Participants:

  • Piyush S. Agram - Stanford University
  • Jean-Paul Ampuero - Caltech
  • Jean-Philippe Avouac - Caltech
  • Francois Ayoub - Caltech
  • Sylvain Barbot - Caltech
  • Bodo Bookhagen - UC Santa Barbara
  • Rich Briggs - USGS
  • Bob E. Crippen - JPL
  • Jennifer A. Dooley - JPL
  • Tom G Farr - JPL
  • Eric J. Fielding - JPL
  • Essam Heggy - JPL
  • Don Helmberger - Caltech
  • James C. Hollingsworth - Caltech
  • Steven Hosford - CNES
  • Ken W. Hudnut - Caltech
  • Lionel Keene - Caltech
  • Michael Lamb - Caltech
  • Nadia Lapusta - Caltech
  • Sebastien Leprince - Caltech
  • Ajay Limaye - Caltech
  • Nina Lin - Caltech
  • Zhen Liu - JPL/Caltech
  • Paul Lundgren - JPL
  • Lingsen Ming - Caltech
  • Remi Michel - French Atomic Commission
  • Susan Owen - JPL
  • Sergio Pellegrino - Caltech
  • Gilles Peltzer - UCLA
  • Josh Roering - University of Oregon
  • Ares Rosakis - Caltech
  • Paul Rosen - JPL
  • Neus Sabater - ENS Cachan
  • Mark Simons - Caltech
  • Surendra Nadh Somala - Caltech
  • Kathryn Stack - Caltech
  • Slawek Tulaczyk - UC Santa Cruz
  • Pieter Vermeesch - Birkbeck College, University of London
  • Sang-Ho Yun - JPL
  • Howard Zebker - Stanford University

Workshop Presentations

Far reaching active microwave technologies
Moderator Paul Rosen

Paul Rosen

The GESS Geosynch Radar Study Conclusions
(GESS Report)

InSAR and GPS time series
Moderator Paul Rosen

Nina Lin
Caltech

Joint Analysis of InSAR and Geodetic Time Series from a Principal Component Analysis-Based Inversion Method
(.pdf)

Agram Piyush
Stanford University

Analysis of Creep Across Central San Andreas Fault using InSAR
(.pdf)

Mark Simons
Caltech

A Multiscale Approach to InSAR Time Series Analysis
(.pdf)

Howard Zebker
Stanford University

Theory and Design of PS InSAR Systems
(.pdf)

Distributed Optical Telescope
Moderator Jean-Philippe Avouac

James Hollingsworth
Caltech

Proof of Concept: Measuring Rifting Processes in Iceland between 1957-2002, from the Combination of Different Optical Datasets
(.pdf)

Sébastien Leprince
Caltech

A Distributed Optical Telescope: Principles and Expected Performance
(.pdf)

Neus Sabater
ENS Cachan

Error-Free Stereo Reaches Optimal Theoretical Accuracy - Application to High Resolution Topography
(.pdf)

Geostationary Optical Seismometer
Moderator Jean-Philippe Avouac

Remi Michel
CEA Laboratoire de Detection et de Geophysique

Geostationary Optical Seismometer: Principles and Expected Performance
(.pdf)

Surendra Nadh Somala
Pablo Ampuero
Nadia Lapusta

Caltech

Proof of Concept for Seismic Wave Imaging
(.pdf)

Ares Rosakis
Caltech

Insights from Lab Experiments
(.pdf)

Thematic Applications and Feedback

Bodo Bookhagen
UC Santa Barbara

Changes in the Hydrologic and Glacial Regime in High Asia
(.pdf)

Josh Roering
University of Oregon

Geodetic Tools for Characterizing Hillslope Processes and Landslides
(.pdf)

Katie Stack

The Evolution and Grain Size Distribution of Bahamian Ooid Shoals From Remote Imaging Spectroscopy
(.pdf)

Slawek Tulaczyk
UC Santa Cruz

Applications to Ice Cap Monitoring
(.pdf)

Pieter Vermeesch
Birkbeck College, University of London

Monitoring Dune Celerities and Sand Flux with Optical Image Cross-Correlation
(.pdf)