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In this paper, the interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) technology was introduced to monitor potential geological hazards, taking parts of Dujiangyan City, Wenchuan County, and Mao County in Sichuan Province, China as examples. Firstly, the data such as Sentinel-1A Terrain Observation with Progressive Scans (TOPS) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images and Precision Orbit Determination (POD) precise orbit ephemerides from 2018 to 2020, high-resolution optical satellite images and Digital Elevation Model (DEM) were collected. Secondly, the Differential InSAR (D-InSAR), Persistent Scatterer InSAR (PS-InSAR), Small Baseline Subset InSAR (SBAS-InSAR), Offset-Tracking, and Distributed Scatterer InSAR (DS-InSAR) algorithms were used to invert the surface deformation of the study area. Thirdly, according to the deformation results obtained by experiments, we used GF-1 and GF-2 optical images as a reference and combine the experimental results of InSAR algorithms to delineate the areas affected by geological disasters. A total of 49 geological disaster areas were obtained, mainly including landslides, collapses, and debris flow. Through field verification, the overall accuracy rate of InSAR deformation monitoring achieved 69.23%, and the accuracy rate of new potential hazards monitoring reached 63.64%. Among all InSAR methods, the DS-InSAR method outperformed and monitored the geological disaster areas well. Finally, the study area was divided into three elevation intervals and the applicability of different InSAR algorithms in different elevation intervals was discussed.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14092049","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,26]],"date-time":"2022-04-26T02:14:39Z","timestamp":1650939279000},"page":"2049","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":31,"title":["Monitoring Potential Geological Hazards with Different InSAR Algorithms: The Case of Western Sichuan"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Zezhong","family":"Zheng","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Resources and Environment, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chuhang","family":"Xie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Resources and Environment, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yong","family":"He","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sichuan Research Institute for Ecosystem Restoration & Geohazard Prevention, Chengdu 610084, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mingcang","family":"Zhu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Natural Resources of Sichuan Province, Chengdu 610015, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Weifeng","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Resources and Environment, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tianming","family":"Shao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Resources and Environment, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"133","DOI":"10.1016\/S0013-7952(99)00122-2","article-title":"A critical review of landslide monitoring experiences","volume":"55","author":"Angeli","year":"2000","journal-title":"Eng. 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