A new algorithm for the phase unwrapping of interferogram stacks

Abstract

Phase unwrapping is a key step in DInSAR stack analysis: it allows restoring the phase values starting from the restricted ones to extract the deformation time series of the observed area. Most of the available interferogram stack phase unwrapping techniques unwrap each interferogram separately. Based on a strategy proposed in the literature, in this work we discuss an unwrapping procedure that exploits both the temporal and spatial characteristics of the interferogram stack. In particular we propose a technique that allows carrying out a temporal unwrapping step with a generic set of interferograms. The validation of our method is carried out by processing simulated data.