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Automated Landslide Identification from Time-Series InSAR Using Improved Hot Spot Analysis.

Xiaoxiao Yang¹, Jinmin Zhang¹, Wu Zhu²

¹Aerial Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Group Co., Ltd., Xi'an 710199, China.

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Summary

This study introduces an Improved Hot Spot Analysis (IHSA) method for automated landslide detection using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) data. The novel approach significantly enhances detection accuracy and reduces false positives without needing large training datasets.

Keywords:

IPTA-SBAS InSAR Sentinel-1A automated identification improved hot spot analysis landslide

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Area of Science:

Geosciences
Remote Sensing
Geohazards

Background:

Traditional automated landslide detection methods struggle with large training data requirements, low accuracy, and high false positive rates.
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) offers potential for surface deformation monitoring but requires refined detection techniques.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate an efficient, training-free automated landslide detection method using InSAR data.
To improve the accuracy and reliability of landslide detection and boundary delineation.

Main Methods:

An Improved Hot Spot Analysis (IHSA) method was developed, integrating multi-weight factor coupling with InSAR-derived surface deformation data.
A spatial weighting matrix incorporating multi-feature fusion was used to optimize the hotspot detection model.
Morphological processing was applied for refining landslide boundaries.

Main Results:

The IHSA method achieved a precision of 90.20% and a recall rate of 92.00%, significantly outperforming conventional hotspot analysis.
The method demonstrated a substantial improvement of 53.61 percentage points in precision compared to traditional approaches.
Extracted landslide boundaries showed high consistency with manual interpretations, overcoming issues like fragmentation and internal voids.

Conclusions:

The proposed IHSA method offers an efficient, training-free solution for large-scale, early landslide identification.
This approach provides crucial methodological support and data for regional landslide detection and hazard mitigation efforts.
The study effectively addresses key limitations of existing automated landslide detection techniques.