SqueeSAR™ is used to identify, characterize and monitor landslides.

Landslides and slope instabilities, characterized by mass surface displacement, can be detected and monitored to millimeter accuracy using SqueeSAR™. Ground displacement data are complimentary to traditional survey methods (GPS, tiltmeters, etc.) and provide a long-term solution to slope instability monitoring.

Landslide Characterization
Slope instability maps provide an accurate overview of differential movement occurring across landslide features. Displacement maps are used to delineate boundaries, classify morphology and detect changes in rate of movement.

By detecting naturally existing ground measurement points (no in-situ instrumentation required) satellite slope monitoring provides quantitative and qualitative deformation information for mapping instabilities.

Temporal Evolution
SqueeSAR™ can detect millimeter-scale displacements that often precede major slope failure, providing a wide-area monitoring tool for assessing areas at elevated landslide risk.

An extensive archive of radar satellite imagery allows the temporal evolution of landslides to be reconstructed, providing valuable insight into understanding and forecasting future slope behavior.

Landslide Inventory
Given the wide-area coverage of radar satellite images, SqueeSAR™ can be used to create landslide inventories. Slope instability measurements are also used in conjunction with traditional datasets to verify, and update, existing landslide inventories. 

Stabilization Program Monitoring
Satellite imagery acquired before and after the implementation of stabilization programs can be analyzed using SqueeSAR™ to monitor their effectiveness.