Journal
REMOTE SENSING
Volume 13, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/rs13030349
Keywords
displacement on Brady geothermal; PSI; SOM for displacement analysis; time-series analysis for displacement
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- U.S. Department of Energy [DE-EE0008760]
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The combination of PSInSAR and SOM algorithms proved to be effective in analyzing the direction and pattern of displacements observed in the Brady geothermal field in Nevada. This method helps identify subsidence and uplift areas, and understand the temporal trends of hydrogeological activity.
The availability of free and high temporal resolution satellite data and advanced SAR techniques allows us to analyze ground displacement cost-effectively. Our aim was to properly define subsidence and uplift areas to delineate a geothermal field and perform time-series analysis to identify temporal trends. A Persistent Scatterer Interferometry (PSI) algorithm was used to estimate vertical displacement in the Brady geothermal field located in Nevada by analyzing 70 Sentinel-1A Synthetic-Aperture Radar (SAR) images, between January 2017 and December 2019. To classify zones affected by displacement, an unsupervised Self-Organizing Map (SOM) algorithm was applied to classify points based on their behavior in time, and those clusters were used to determine subsidence, uplift, and stable regions automatically. Finally, time-series analysis was applied to the clustered data to understand the inflection dates. The maximum subsidence is -19 mm/yr with an average value of -6 mm/yr within the geothermal field. The maximum uplift is 14 mm/yr with an average value of 4 mm/yr within the geothermal field. The uplift occurred on the NE of the field, where the injection wells are located. On the other hand, subsidence is concentrated on the SW of the field where the production wells are located. The coupling of the PSInSAR and the SOM algorithms was shown to be effective in analyzing the direction and pattern of the displacements observed in the field.
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