On the use of persistent scatterers interferometry (PSI) in highly vegetated/agricultural areas for long term CO2 storage monitoring
Abstract
CO2 injection for storage activity results in ground surface deformation on long periods (several tens on years). Monitoring the evolution of the phenomenon is then required for risk management purposes. Space-borne InSAR can be regarded as an interesting alternative to ground based geodetic techniques (levelling). However, implementing interferometric analysis for the monitoring of surface deformation induced by deep CO 2 injection is highly hindered by the surface conditions i.e. natural terrains, either agricultural or vegetated areas. Such surface conditions are expected for the future large-scale industrial storage sites. In this presentation we will address the difficulties to adapt the PSI techniques to the specificities of CO 2 storage activities. We will investigate the characteristics of the monitored deformation and the possibility of improving the PSI method by densifying the PS network with DS and corner reflectors.
Keywords
Monitoring
Geologic measurements
Estimation
Interferometry
Density measurement
Deformable models
Geophysical measurements
carbon capture and storage
radar interferometry
remote sensing by radar
synthetic aperture radar
carbon dioxide storage activities
ground based geodetic techniques
space-borne InSAR
risk management purposes
phenomenon evolution
surface deformation
storage activity
carbon dioxide injection
carbon dioxide storage monitoring
agricultural area
highly vegetated area
persistent scatterers interferometry
InSAR
CO2 storage
ground surface deformation