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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2194-9034</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B3-2021-155-2021</article-id>
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<article-title>LAND SUBSIDENCE HAZARD IN IRAN REVEALED BY COUNTRY-SCALE ANALYSIS OF SENTINEL-1 INSAR</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Haghshenas Haghighi</surname>
<given-names>M.</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2512-3934</ext-link>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Motagh</surname>
<given-names>M.</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7434-3696</ext-link>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Institute of Photogrammetry and GeoInformation, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>28</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2021</year>
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<volume>XLIII-B3-2021</volume>
<fpage>155</fpage>
<lpage>161</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2021 M. Haghshenas Haghighi</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2021</copyright-year>
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<license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit <ext-link ext-link-type="uri"  xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</ext-link></license-p>
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<p>Many areas across Iran are subject to land subsidence, a sign of exceeding stress due to the over-extraction of groundwater during the past decades. This paper uses a huge dataset of Sentinel-1, acquired since 2014 in 66 image frames of 250&amp;thinsp;&amp;times;&amp;thinsp;250&amp;thinsp;km, to identify and monitor land subsidence across Iran. Using a two-step time series analysis, we first identify subsidence zones at a medium scale of 100&amp;thinsp;m across the country. For the first time, our results provide a comprehensive nationwide map of subsidence in Iran and recognize its spatial distribution and magnitude. Then, in the second step of analysis, we quantify the deformation time series at the highest possible resolution to study its impact on civil infrastructure. The results spots the hazard posed by land subsidence to different infrastructure. Examples of road and railways affected by land subsidence hazard in Tehran and Mashhad, two of the most populated cities in Iran, are presented in this study.</p>
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