Journal
GISCIENCE & REMOTE SENSING
Volume 58, Issue 8, Pages 1413-1433Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/15481603.2021.1991689
Keywords
InSAR; machine learning; prediction; ensemble; subsidence
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- High Performance Computing Research Centre (HPCRC), Akmirkabir University of Technology [ISI-DCE-DOD-Cloud-900808-1700]
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In this study, InSAR processing and deep learning methods were used to model and predict land subsidence near Lake Urmia, Iran. Various machine learning methods were implemented to explore the relationship between land deformations and environmental factors. By combining the strengths of different models, a weighted ensemble was constructed to improve the accuracy of land deformation predictions.
InSAR processing is vastly used for land deformation monitoring from the space. Machine learning methods are known as strong tools for data modeling as well as predicting. In this study, we are going to model and predict the future behavior of land subsidence by InSAR processing and leveraging deep learning methods over the lands in the vicinity of Lake Urmia (located in the northwest of Iran). Accordingly, Sentinel-1 data over 56 months from November 2014 to June 2019 and small baseline subsets (SBAS) InSAR methods were utilized. Several regions with a high rate of subsidence were identified (maximum monthly subsidence of 13.3 mm). Furthermore, environmental factors affecting subsidence were considered. Therefore, parameters such as rainfall, groundwater, and lake area variations were measured using TRMM, GRACE, and MODIS satellite data, respectively. In order to determine and assess the relation between land deformations and environmental variations, several machine learning methods were implemented. The environmental parameters were used as the input of models and ground deformations as the target to be predicted. Eventually, ground deformations were estimated using multi-layer perceptron (MLP), convolutional neural network (CNN), and long short-term memory (LSTM) networks, in which each network had strengths and weaknesses on different occasions. Thus, by blending the forecast of the three models, a weighted ensemble was constructed, which outperformed the single models and reached the root mean square error (RMSE), mean absolute error (MAE), and standard deviation (SD) of 8.2 mm, 6.4 mm, and +/- 5.2 mm, respectively. The result indicated that although each single model had proper accuracy, an ensemble model can improve land deformation anticipation using the strength of networks in various conditions.
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