NDLI: Major conclusions relating to the Katse Dam differential InSAR study

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Author	Doyle, G.S. Wilkinson, A.J. Inggs, M.R.
Copyright Year	2001
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Electr. Eng., Cape Town Univ., Rondebosch, South Africa (Doyle, G.S.)
Abstract	The Katse Dam in Lesotho, which was completed in 1997, is the deepest dam on the African continent (180 m). Lithological modelling prior to the dam's construction had indicated that the loading effect of the reservoir on the Earth's crust would be well within the imaging capabilities of ERS InSAR, both in terms of vertical surface movement and lateral extent. A study, funded by The South African Water Research Commission, was started in 1996, the aim of which was to derive the crustal deformation field by differential InSAR, and to compare this with hypothesised models of the Lesotho lithosphere, thereby improving the models used for seismic risk assessments in the Lesotho Highlands Water Scheme. The lack of independent height data and the alpine terrain made the removal of the topographic phase component from interferograms very difficult. Fortunately however, surprisingly good phase coherence as well as a short baseline between images acquired as far apart as three years, meant that a conclusion could be reached in spite of the topographic problems, albeit a negative one. In a short baseline (21m) interferogram generated from a pair of ERS images acquired before and after the first filling of the Katse reservoir, no clear evidence of differential movement was apparent. Conventional geodetic levelling conducted at the dam showed that the actual vertical deformation was an order of magnitude less than that anticipated through the modelling. The basic implication here being that the flexural thickness of the Lesotho crust is greater than previously thought.
Starting Page	2055
Ending Page	2057
File Size	988085
Page Count	3
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780370317
DOI	10.1109/IGARSS.2001.977901
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2001-07-09
Publisher Place	Australia
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Synthetic aperture radar interferometry Reservoirs Deformable models Filling Radar remote sensing Cities and towns Africa Electronic mail Continents Surface topography
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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