InSAR-Based Urban Land Subsidence Monitoring

Study Area: Hoboken, New Jersey

Research Motivation

Urban coastal areas are vulnerable to land subsidence due to groundwater withdrawal, aging infrastructure, and subsurface conditions. This project integrates InSAR time-series analysis with geotechnical and hydrologic data to quantify deformation mechanisms in Urban coastal area of Hoboken, New Jersey..

Data & Methods

Sentinel-1 SAR (InSAR time series)
Geotechnical borehole and infrastructure data
Time-series deformation analysis

Interactive Visualization

The interactive deformation map is available below:

🔗 Open Interactive Earth Engine App

Publications

Rahimi, Z. et al. (2025). Assessing the impact of subsurface conditions and aging infrastructure on urban land subsidence. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment.

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