Yuta Izumi, Wataru Takeuchi, Joko Widodo, Albertus Sulaiman, Awaluddin Awaluddin, Arif Aditiya, Pakhrur Razi, Titi Anggono, Josaphat Tetuko Sri Sumantyo
In Indonesia, extensive tropical peatland has been facing land degradation due to deforestation and drainage canal construction. Such activities lead to the decrease of groundwater level (GWL), accelerating the peat decomposition, followed by peatland subsidence. This study addresses to estimate a three-year (from Jan. 2018 to Jan. 2020) tropical peatland subsidence over Kalimantan, Indonesia, using the time-series interferometric synthetic aperture radar (TlnSAR) technique by Sentinel-IA. TlnSAR analysis revealed the apparent large displacement found in 2019 due to a significant decline of GWL caused by positive Indian-Ocean dipole mode (IOD) event compared to other years. Furthermore, we employed GWL derived from satellite-based remote sensing data to investigate the relationship between subsidence and GWL and showed a mutual relationship. © 2022 IEEE.
The University of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial Science, Tokyo, Japan; Badan Riset Dan Inovasi Nasional, Indonesia; Geospatial Information Agency (BIG), Bogor, Indonesia; Center of Disaster Monitoring and Earth Observation, Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang, Indonesia; Chiba University, Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba, Japan
