Studying Seismic Events via Satellite Interferometry for the Territory of the Balkan Peninsula

Mila Atanasova-Zlatareva, Hristo Nikolov

2024

Abstract

The prime focus of the current article is to present a pilot study in the project "Study of co-seismic deformations of the Earth’s crust for the territory of the Balkan Peninsula based on satellite data" that started in December 2023. The purpose of the project is the regular monitoring of co-seismic deformations of the Earth’s crust using innovative methods for processing remotely sensed data. The main task is to demonstrate the operational readiness to determine the magnitude of the deformations of the earth’s surface, the size of the affected areas and to prepare maps of the displacements that have occurred. This goal will be achieved through the creation and realization of a methodology for extracting high-quality information from SAR products aimed at continuous monitoring of areas that could be considered as potential foci of strong earthquakes, integrating information from interferometric images and GNSS observations. As a result, a working prototype of an information system for monitoring and prevention of the consequences of co-seismic deformation of the earth’s crust (landslides, collapses, etc.) based on freely available data provided by ESA and national agencies will be created. The core of this system is an archive that will be created with data from satellite SAR instruments for regions of the Balkans overlap in area and time registered earthquakes with a magnitude above 5.0 for the period 2015-2025. The expected results are the created deformation maps that, comparable to the position of the faults in the area and analysed with the tectonic setting.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Atanasova-Zlatareva M. and Nikolov H. (2024). Studying Seismic Events via Satellite Interferometry for the Territory of the Balkan Peninsula. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management - Volume 1: GISTAM; ISBN 978-989-758-694-1, SciTePress, pages 152-159. DOI: 10.5220/0012689900003696

in Bibtex Style

@conference{gistam24,
author={Mila Atanasova-Zlatareva and Hristo Nikolov},
title={Studying Seismic Events via Satellite Interferometry for the Territory of the Balkan Peninsula},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management - Volume 1: GISTAM},
year={2024},
pages={152-159},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012689900003696},
isbn={978-989-758-694-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management - Volume 1: GISTAM
TI - Studying Seismic Events via Satellite Interferometry for the Territory of the Balkan Peninsula
SN - 978-989-758-694-1
AU - Atanasova-Zlatareva M.
AU - Nikolov H.
PY - 2024
SP - 152
EP - 159
DO - 10.5220/0012689900003696
PB - SciTePress