Ground deformation of Long Valley caldera and Mono Basin, eastern California, mapped by satellite radar interferometry

We have illustrated the key results of the Differential SAR Interferometry
(DInSAR) analysis focused on the ground deformation of Long Valley caldera
and Mono Basin, eastern California. In particular, we have applied the DInSAR
algorithm referred to as Small BAseline Subset (SBAS) approach and processed
21 SAR images, spanning the time interval from 1992 to 2000, acquired from
descending arbits by the ERS-1 and ERS-2 sensors of the European Space
Agency (ESA). The deformation affecting the resurgent dome of Long Valley
caldera has been highlighted as well as the previously unreported subsidence of
the Pahoa island, located in Mono Lake.

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