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However, there is no record hitherto of its use in active open pit mine in tropical rainforest environment. In this paper we evaluate the use of the PSI technique for the detection and monitoring of mine slope deformations in the N4W iron mine and its surroundings, Par\u00e1 State, Northern Brazil. The PSI processing was performed with 18 ascending SAR scenes of the TerraSAR-X satellite acquired in the dry season of 2012. The results showed a significant number of widely distributed persistent scatterers. It was observed that most of the study area was stable during the time span. Nevertheless, high deformation rates (312 mm\/year) were mapped over the mine waste piles, but do not offer any hazard, since they are expected displacements of meters in magnitude for these manmade land structures. Additionally, it was mapped tiny deformation rates in both the east and west flanks of pits 1 and 2. The main underlying reasons can be assigned to the accommodation phenomena of very poor rock masses, to the local geometric variations of the slope cuts, to the geological contact between ironstones and the country rocks, to the exploitation activities, as well as to the major geological structures. This study showed the applicability of the PSI technique using TerraSAR-X scenes in active open pit mines in tropical moist environment. However, the PSI technique is not capable in providing real-time warnings, and faces limitations due to SAR viewing geometry. In this sense, we strongly recommend the use of radar scenes acquired in both ascending and descending orbits, which would also provide a more complete understanding of the deformation patterns.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs5094719","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,9,18]],"date-time":"2013-09-18T11:52:17Z","timestamp":1379505137000},"page":"4719-4734","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":27,"title":["Detection and Monitoring of Surface Motions in Active Open Pit Iron Mine in the Amazon Region, Using Persistent Scatterer Interferometry with TerraSAR-X Satellite Data"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"5","author":[{"given":"Marcos","family":"Hartwig","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Remote Sensing Division, National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Astronautas Avenue, 1758, Jardim da Granja District, S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 dos Campos, SP 12227-010, Brazil"}]},{"given":"Waldir","family":"Paradella","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Remote Sensing Division, National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Astronautas Avenue, 1758, Jardim da Granja District, S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 dos Campos, SP 12227-010, Brazil"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8453-2247","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jos\u00e9","family":"Mura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Image Processing Division, National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Astronautas Avenue, 1758, Jardim da Granja District, S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 dos Campos, SP 12227-010, Brazil"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,9,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Instituto Brasileiro de Minera\u00e7\u00e3o. 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