Articles | Volume 12, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-12-1121-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-12-1121-2024
Research article
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01 Oct 2024
Research article |  | 01 Oct 2024

Tracking slow-moving landslides with PlanetScope data: new perspectives on the satellite's perspective

Ariane Mueting and Bodo Bookhagen

Model code and software

UP-RS-ESP/PlanetScope_landslide_tracking: Initial Release (v0.1.0) A. Mueting and B. Bookhagen https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13826198

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Short summary
This study investigates the use of optical PlanetScope data for offset tracking of the Earth's surface movement. We found that co-registration accuracy is locally degraded when outdated elevation models are used for orthorectification. To mitigate this bias, we propose to only correlate scenes acquired from common perspectives or base orthorectification on more up-to-date elevation models generated from PlanetScope data alone. This enables a more detailed analysis of landslide dynamics.