First assessment of the interferometric capabilities of SAOCOM-1A: New results over the Domuyo Volcano, Neuquén Argentina

Differential Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (DInSAR) has been used for measuring ground deformations with high both spatial and temporal resolutions. The effectiveness of this technique extensively proved using mainly C X band because the availability SAR platforms operating in these frequencies. In vegetated areas, L-band is more adequate their less sensitivity to decorrelation. This work presents a review characteristics Argentinian satellite SAOCOM-1A its potential deformation monitoring. order show it, we processed dataset acquired over Domuyo Volcano (Neuquén, Argentina). Time series mean maps are validated against those computed Sentinel-1 spanning same time period. Results an inflation pattern 6 cm between August 2019 May 2020. As expected despising scarce SAOCOM scenes, velocity map admittedly coherent comparison Sentinel-1. Thus, demonstrate, first time, computation data.