Monitoring Subsidence Associated with Groundwater Dynamics in the Central Valley of California Using Interferometric Radar
Monitoring Subsidence Associated with Groundwater Dynamics in the Central Valley of California Using Interferometric Radar
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使用干涉雷达监测与加利福尼亚州中央山谷地下水动态相关的沉降
DOI:
10.1002/9781118872086.ch24
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发表时间:
2014
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通讯作者:
Zhen Liu
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作者:
T. Farr;Zhen Liu
California's Central Valley produces one quarter of the nation's food, much of it irrigated with groundwater. This chapter presents results of a continuing study of the application of Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) to monitoring of land subsidence as a function of groundwater dynamics. It defines the full extent as well as the evolution from 2007 to 2011 of a large subsidence bowl in the southern San Joaquin Valley and presents the results in several different formats geared to different audiences. Further development, including subsurface geologic information, may allow more quantitative estimates of groundwater change based on InSAR subsidence histories. The aquifer system of the southern Central Valley has both unconfined and confined parts caused by alternating layers of coarse and fine‐grained sediments. Snow and surface water are of primary importance in the hydrologic cycle of California, and new techniques are today being applied to their mapping and monitoring.