Exploitation of ARIMA and Annual Variations Model for SAR Interferometry Over Permafrost Scenarios

The temperature change is expected to induce nonlinear characteristics in the annual fluctuation of permafrost. The interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) technique has demonstrated its efficacy in capturing such variations by monitoring surface deformation over time. However, turbulent at...

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Main Authors: Wenyan Yu, Xiao Cheng, Mi Jiang
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Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
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description The temperature change is expected to induce nonlinear characteristics in the annual fluctuation of permafrost. The interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) technique has demonstrated its efficacy in capturing such variations by monitoring surface deformation over time. However, turbulent atmospheric phase noise often requires spatiotemporal filtering, resulting in a loss of temporal resolution for nonlinear signals. Furthermore, the influence of interannual temperature variations on annual freeze–thaw cycles has not been fully integrated into InSAR modeling thus far. In this study, we propose a methodology to enhance the effectiveness of InSAR time-series analysis in permafrost environments. Diverging from conventional filtering methods where the temporal resolution loss depends on the size of the convolution kernel, we introduce the autoregressive integrated moving average model to extract the nonlinear deformation signal component. Additionally, we derive parameters associated with annual variations from the time-series deformation data during InSAR permafrost modeling. Through synthetic data experiments incorporating various noise delays, we observe a considerable improvement in accuracy, ranging from 27.8% to 55.3% in nonlinear time-series deformation analysis. Leveraging Sentinel-1 datasets from 2017 to 2021 alongside ground truth data from northern Alaska, we ascertain an enhancement of over 22% in the accuracy of time-series deformation estimation. Furthermore, incorporating annual variations enhances the accuracy of active layer thickness estimation. Our methodology reveals a strong correlation between residual deformations and soil moisture content, shedding light on the pivotal role of soil moisture in permafrost thawing processes.
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spelling doaj-art-0bc18f40bf3643aa9f181b442f03e19c2025-08-20T03:06:20ZengIEEEIEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing1939-14042151-15352025-01-01188938895210.1109/JSTARS.2025.355074810923631Exploitation of ARIMA and Annual Variations Model for SAR Interferometry Over Permafrost ScenariosWenyan Yu0https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7164-5671Xiao Cheng1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6910-6565Mi Jiang2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2459-4619School of Geospatial Engineering and Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Geospatial Engineering and Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Geospatial Engineering and Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, ChinaThe temperature change is expected to induce nonlinear characteristics in the annual fluctuation of permafrost. The interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) technique has demonstrated its efficacy in capturing such variations by monitoring surface deformation over time. However, turbulent atmospheric phase noise often requires spatiotemporal filtering, resulting in a loss of temporal resolution for nonlinear signals. Furthermore, the influence of interannual temperature variations on annual freeze–thaw cycles has not been fully integrated into InSAR modeling thus far. In this study, we propose a methodology to enhance the effectiveness of InSAR time-series analysis in permafrost environments. Diverging from conventional filtering methods where the temporal resolution loss depends on the size of the convolution kernel, we introduce the autoregressive integrated moving average model to extract the nonlinear deformation signal component. Additionally, we derive parameters associated with annual variations from the time-series deformation data during InSAR permafrost modeling. Through synthetic data experiments incorporating various noise delays, we observe a considerable improvement in accuracy, ranging from 27.8% to 55.3% in nonlinear time-series deformation analysis. Leveraging Sentinel-1 datasets from 2017 to 2021 alongside ground truth data from northern Alaska, we ascertain an enhancement of over 22% in the accuracy of time-series deformation estimation. Furthermore, incorporating annual variations enhances the accuracy of active layer thickness estimation. Our methodology reveals a strong correlation between residual deformations and soil moisture content, shedding light on the pivotal role of soil moisture in permafrost thawing processes.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10923631/Autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA)freeze–thaw processinterferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR)permafrostsoil moisture content
spellingShingle Wenyan Yu
Xiao Cheng
Mi Jiang
Exploitation of ARIMA and Annual Variations Model for SAR Interferometry Over Permafrost Scenarios
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
Autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA)
freeze–thaw process
interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR)
permafrost
soil moisture content
title Exploitation of ARIMA and Annual Variations Model for SAR Interferometry Over Permafrost Scenarios
title_full Exploitation of ARIMA and Annual Variations Model for SAR Interferometry Over Permafrost Scenarios
title_fullStr Exploitation of ARIMA and Annual Variations Model for SAR Interferometry Over Permafrost Scenarios
title_full_unstemmed Exploitation of ARIMA and Annual Variations Model for SAR Interferometry Over Permafrost Scenarios
title_short Exploitation of ARIMA and Annual Variations Model for SAR Interferometry Over Permafrost Scenarios
title_sort exploitation of arima and annual variations model for sar interferometry over permafrost scenarios
topic Autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA)
freeze–thaw process
interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR)
permafrost
soil moisture content
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10923631/
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