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The enhancedmethods mitigate phase bias induced by atmospheric effects, as well as topographic phase errorsin coherent regions of layover, and due to inaccurate blending of high resolution discontinuouswith lower resolution background Digital Surface Models (DSM). We demonstrate the proposedmethods using TerraSAR-X (TSX) Staring Spotlight InSAR data for three test sites reflecting diversechallenging landslide-prone mountain terrains in British Columbia, Canada. Comparisons withcorresponding standard processing methods show significant improvements with resultingdisplacement residuals that reveal additional movement hotspots and unprecedented spatial detailfor active landslides\/rockfalls at the investigated sites. <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs10060844","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,5,29]],"date-time":"2018-05-29T02:58:18Z","timestamp":1527562698000},"page":"844","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Staring Spotlight TerraSAR-X SAR Interferometry\r\nfor Identification and Monitoring of Small-Scale\r\nLandslide Deformation"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Farnoush","family":"Hosseini","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Engineering Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada"}]},{"given":"Manuele","family":"Pichierri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Engineering Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada"}]},{"given":"Jayson","family":"Eppler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Engineering Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada"}]},{"given":"Bernhard","family":"Rabus","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Engineering Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,5,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"275","DOI":"10.1016\/j.geomorph.2008.12.009","article-title":"Climate change effects on landslides along the southwest coast of British Columbia","volume":"107","author":"Jakob","year":"2009","journal-title":"Geomorphology"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"141","DOI":"10.1016\/S0341-8162(03)00113-9","article-title":"Landslides and climate change in the Italian Dolomites since the late glacial","volume":"55","author":"Soldati","year":"2004","journal-title":"Catena"},{"key":"ref_3","unstructured":"Curlander, J.C., and McDonough, R.N. 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