Deep Learning for Rapid Landslide Detection using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Datacubes

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2211.02869v1
• Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2022 10:31:57 GMT
• Title: Deep Learning for Rapid Landslide Detection using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Datacubes
• Authors: Vanessa Boehm, Wei Ji Leong, Ragini Bal Mahesh, Ioannis Prapas, Edoardo Nemni, Freddie Kalaitzis, Siddha Ganju, Raul Ramos-Pollan
• Abstract summary: We provide pre-processed, machine-learning ready SAR datacubes for four globally located landslide events. We study the feasibility of SAR-based landslide detection with supervised deep learning (DL) DL models can be used to detect landslides from SAR data, achieving an Area under the Precision-Recall curve exceeding 0.7.
• Score: 0.8208704543835964
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: With climate change predicted to increase the likelihood of landslide events, there is a growing need for rapid landslide detection technologies that help inform emergency responses. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is a remote sensing technique that can provide measurements of affected areas independent of weather or lighting conditions. Usage of SAR, however, is hindered by domain knowledge that is necessary for the pre-processing steps and its interpretation requires expert knowledge. We provide simplified, pre-processed, machine-learning ready SAR datacubes for four globally located landslide events obtained from several Sentinel-1 satellite passes before and after a landslide triggering event together with segmentation maps of the landslides. From this dataset, using the Hokkaido, Japan datacube, we study the feasibility of SAR-based landslide detection with supervised deep learning (DL). Our results demonstrate that DL models can be used to detect landslides from SAR data, achieving an Area under the Precision-Recall curve exceeding 0.7. We find that additional satellite visits enhance detection performance, but that early detection is possible when SAR data is combined with terrain information from a digital elevation model. This can be especially useful for time-critical emergency interventions. Code is made publicly available at https://github.com/iprapas/landslide-sar-unet.

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