
Overview
overview
- Dr. Shimon Wdowinski received a BSc in Earth Sciences (1983) and MSc in Geology (1985) from the Hebrew University (Jerusalem, Israel) and a MS in Engineering Sciences (1987) and a PhD in Geophysics (1990) from Harvard University. He conducted postdoctorate studies at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (1990-1993); worked for a year at the Geological Survey of Israel (1993-1994); served for a decade as faculty at the Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Tel Aviv University, first as a lecturer (assistant professor, 1994-1998) and then as a tenured senior lecturer (associate professor, 1998-2004); and served for another decade at the Department of Marine Geosciences, University of Miami, first as an associate research professor (2005-2016) and then as research professor (2015-2016). He joined the Department of Earth and Environment, Florida International University, in 2016 as tenured associate professor.
research interests
- Dr. Shimon Wdowinski's research has focused on the development and use of space geodetic techniques that can very precisely detect small movements of the Earth's surface. He has successfully applied these techniques to study tectonic plate motion, earthquakes, land subsidence, sinkhole activities, wetland hydrology, climate change and sea level rise.
Scholarly & Creative Works
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2021Coastal subsidence increases vulnerability to sea level rise over twenty first century in Cartagena, Caribbean ColombiaFull Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-98428-4 Web of Science: 000698791600006
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2021Extraction of Absolute Water Level Using TanDEM-X Bistatic Observations With a Large Perpendicular BaselineFull Text via DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2021.3086875 Web of Science: 000732091300001
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2021Detection Threshold Estimates for InSAR Time Series: A Simulation of Tropospheric Delay ApproachFull Text via DOI: 10.3390/s21041124 Web of Science: 000624647400001
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2021Land Subsidence and Its Relations with Sinkhole Activity in Karapinar Region, Turkey: A Multi-Sensor InSAR Time Series StudyFull Text via DOI: 10.3390/s21030774 Web of Science: 000615513600001
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2020Geodetic Source Modeling of the 2019 M-w 6.3 Durres, Albania, Earthquake: Partial Rupture of a Blind Reverse FaultFull Text via DOI: 10.1029/2020GL088990 Web of Science: 000595819700039
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2020Earthquake Interactions in Central Taiwan: Probing Coulomb Stress Effects Due to M-L >= 5.5 Earthquakes From 1900 to 2017Full Text via DOI: 10.1029/2019JB019010 Web of Science: 000582684200053
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2018Using TanDEM-X Pursuit Monostatic Observations with a Large Perpendicular Baseline to Extract Glacial TopographyFull Text via DOI: 10.3390/rs10111851 Web of Science: 000451733800182
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2018Geodetic evidence for interconnectivity between Aira and Kirishima magmatic systems, JapanFull Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-28026-4 Web of Science: 000436546200032
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2018Assessment of hydrologic connectivity in an ungauged wetland with InSAR observationsFull Text via DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa9d23 Web of Science: 000423452800002
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2017An Efficient Polyphase Filter-Based Resampling Method for Unifying the PRFs in SAR DataFull Text via DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2017.2713600 Web of Science: 000413653200026
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2017Estimating Mangrove Canopy Height and Above-Ground Biomass in the Everglades National Park with Airborne LiDAR and TanDEM-X DataFull Text via DOI: 10.3390/rs9070702 Web of Science: 000406676800065
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2017Absence of remote earthquake triggering within the Coso and Salton Sea geothermal production fieldsFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/2016GL071964 Web of Science: 000395652600016
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2016InSAR observations of lake loading at Yangzhuoyong Lake, Tibet: Constraints on crustal elasticityFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.05.044 Web of Science: 000380419700025
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2016Increasing flooding hazard in coastal communities due to rising sea level: Case study of Miami Beach, FloridaFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.03.002 Web of Science: 000376840300001
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2016InSAR-Based Mapping of Tidal Inundation Extent and Amplitude in Louisiana Coastal WetlandsFull Text via DOI: 10.3390/rs8050393 Web of Science: 000378406400037
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2015Application of InSAR and Gravimetry for Land Subsidence Hazard Zoning in Aguascalientes, MexicoFull Text via DOI: 10.3390/rs71215868 Web of Science: 000367534500005
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2015Evaluation of RADARSAT-2 Acquisition Modes for Wetland Monitoring ApplicationsFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/07038992.2015.1104636 Web of Science: 000370007000009
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2015Evaluation of Polarimetric SAR Decomposition for Classifying Wetland Vegetation TypesFull Text via DOI: 10.3390/rs70708563 Web of Science: 000360919900015
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2015Polarimetric Decompositions of Temperate Wetlands at C-BandFull Text via DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2015.2414714 Web of Science: 000359538700031
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2015Coseismic and postseismic deformation due to the 2007 M5.5 Ghazaband fault earthquake, Balochistan, PakistanFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063686 Web of Science: 000355878300031
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2015Relation between terrane subsidence InSAR- GPS and depression of the static level in wells of the Mexico City Metropolitan AreaFull Text via DOI: 10.18268/BSGM2015v67n2a10 Web of Science: 000374519000004
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2014Improved detection of earthquake-induced ground motion with spatial filter: case study of the 2012 M=7.6 Costa Rica earthquakeFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10291-013-0353-5 Web of Science: 000342151200008
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2014Double-Bounce Component in Cross-Polarimetric SAR From a New Scattering Target DecompositionFull Text via DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2013.2268853 Web of Science: 000332504700001
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2014Three-Dimensional Phase Unwrapping for Satellite Radar Interferometry, I: DEM GenerationFull Text via DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2013.2247043 Web of Science: 000328941300023
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2014A method for estimating ice mass loss from relative InSAR observations: Application to the Vatnajokull ice cap, IcelandFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/2013GC004936 Web of Science: 000331441500007
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2014Land subsidence in central Mexico detected by ALOS InSAR time-seriesFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.08.038 Web of Science: 000329766200008
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2013Interferometric Coherence Analysis of the Everglades Wetlands, South FloridaFull Text via DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2231418 Web of Science: 000327553600003
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2013Observing and understanding the Earth system variations from space geodesyFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2013.08.001 Web of Science: 000329482500001
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2013Remote-Sensing Monitoring of Tide Propagation Through Coastal WetlandsFull Text via DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2013.46 Web of Science: 000323808600010
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2013Annual variation of coastal uplift in Greenland as an indicator of variable and accelerating ice mass lossFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20089 Web of Science: 000324412600015
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2013Strong Ground Motion Recorded by High-Rate GPS of the 2008 M-s 8.0 Wenchuan Earthquake, ChinaFull Text via DOI: 10.1785/0220120109 Web of Science: 000315747800006
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2012Crustal deformation along the Dead Sea Transform and the Carmel Fault inferred from 12 years of GPS measurementsFull Text via DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009241 Web of Science: 000307737400002
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2012Rising of the lowest place on Earth due to Dead Sea water-level drop: Evidence from SAR interferometry and GPSFull Text via DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008961 Web of Science: 000304586000002
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2012Slow slip events in Costa Rica detected by continuous GPS observations, 2002-2011Full Text via DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004058 Web of Science: 000303122000001
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2012Recent subsidence of the Venice Lagoon from continuous GPS and interferometric synthetic aperture radarFull Text via DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003976 Web of Science: 000302243300002
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2011On the importance of path for phase unwrapping in synthetic aperture radar interferometryFull Text via DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.003205 Web of Science: 000292542800017
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2011Mexico City subsidence observed with persistent scatterer InSARFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2010.05.009 Web of Science: 000285368100001
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2010Surface subsidence induced by the Crandall Canyon Mine (Utah) collapse: InSAR observations and elasto-plastic modellingFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04803.x Web of Science: 000284274700001
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2010Accelerating uplift in the North Atlantic region as an indicator of ice lossFull Text via DOI: 10.1038/NGEO845 Web of Science: 000278134100015
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2010Measurements and predictions of subsidence induced by soil consolidation using persistent scatterer InSAR and a hyperbolic modelFull Text via DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041644 Web of Science: 000275494500001
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2010Evaluation of TerraSAR-X Observations for Wetland InSAR ApplicationFull Text via DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2009.2026895 Web of Science: 000273772100025
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2010Hydrologic Dynamics of the Ground-Water-Dependent Sian Ka'an Wetlands, Mexico, Derived from InSAR and SAR DataFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s13157-009-0016-z Web of Science: 000275642500001
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2009Deep creep as a cause for the excess seismicity along the San Jacinto faultFull Text via DOI: 10.1038/ngeo684 Web of Science: 000272239400024
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2009Strain rate patterns from dense GPS networksFull Text via DOI: 10.5194/nhess-9-1177-2009 Web of Science: 000269405800012
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2008Space-based detection of wetlands' surface water level changes from L-band SAR interferometryFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.06.008 Web of Science: 000254443700006
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2008InSAR-based mapping of surface subsidence in Mokpo City, Korea, using JERS-1 and ENVISAT SAR dataFull Text via DOI: 10.1186/BF03352812 Web of Science: 000256465900003
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2007Diffuse interseismic deformation across the Pacific-North America plate boundaryFull Text via DOI: 10.1130/G22938A.1 Web of Science: 000247627900006
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2006Subsidence and flooding in New OrleansFull Text via DOI: 10.1038/441587a Web of Science: 000237920800033
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2006Quaternary rise of the Sedom diapir, Dead Sea basinFull Text via DOI: 10.1130/2006.2401(03) Web of Science: 000271639300004
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2006Seismotectonics of the Cyprian ArcFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02737.X Web of Science: 000235520200016
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2004Space-based measurements of sheet-flow characteristics in the Everglades wetland, FloridaFull Text via DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020383 Web of Science: 000223335600008
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2004GPS measurements of current crustal movements along the Dead Sea FaultFull Text via DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002640 Web of Science: 000221474900003
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2003Morphological and structural relations in the Galilee extensional domain, northern IsraelFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00237-3 Web of Science: 000184855600011
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2002Current plate motion across the Dead Sea Fault from three years of continuous GPS monitoringFull Text via DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013879 Web of Science: 000178964600009
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2002The lowest place on Earth is subsiding - An InSAR (interferometric synthetic aperture radar) perspectiveFull Text via DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0012:TLPOEI>2.0.CO;2 Web of Science: 000173497000002
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2001Geodetic detection of active faults in S. CaliforniaFull Text via DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012637 Web of Science: 000171008500007
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2001Holocene sea-level changes along the Mediterranean coast of Israel, based on archaeological observations and numerical modelFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00234-0 Web of Science: 000167124100005
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2000Distribution of slip at the northern Sumatran fault systemFull Text via DOI: 10.1029/2000JB900158 Web of Science: 000166117500030
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1998Plate tectonic framework for the October 9, 1996, Cyprus earthquakeFull Text via DOI: 10.1029/98GL01547 Web of Science: 000074280800059
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1998A theory of intraplate tectonicsFull Text via DOI: 10.1029/97JB03390 Web of Science: 000072466700011
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1997Southern California Permanent GPS Geodetic Array: Error analysis of daily position estimates and site velocitiesFull Text via DOI: 10.1029/97JB01380 Web of Science: A1997XQ83000028
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1997Systematic analyses of the large-scale topography and structure across the Dead Sea RiftFull Text via DOI: 10.1029/97TC00814 Web of Science: A1997XF29600003
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1996Kinematic modelling of large-scale structural asymmetry across the Dead Sea RiftFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00238-7 Web of Science: A1996WG67700013
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1994GPS MEASUREMENTS OF CRUSTAL DEFORMATION WITHIN THE PACIFIC-AUSTRALIA PLATE BOUNDARY ZONE IN IRIAN-JAYA, INDONESIAFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(94)90251-8 Web of Science: A1994PQ67300002
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1994THE EVOLUTION OF DEFORMATION AND TOPOGRAPHY OF HIGH ELEVATED PLATEAUS .1. MODEL, NUMERICAL-ANALYSIS, AND GENERAL RESULTSFull Text via DOI: 10.1029/93JB02381 Web of Science: A1994NF97000024
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1994THE EVOLUTION OF DEFORMATION AND TOPOGRAPHY OF HIGH ELEVATED PLATEAUS .2. APPLICATION TO THE CENTRAL ANDESFull Text via DOI: 10.1029/93JB02396 Web of Science: A1994NF97000025
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1993DETECTION OF CRUSTAL DEFORMATION FROM THE LANDERS EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCE USING CONTINUOUS GEODETIC MEASUREMENTSFull Text via DOI: 10.1038/361337a0 Web of Science: A1993KJ59000051
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1992DYNAMICALLY SUPPORTED TRENCH TOPOGRAPHYFull Text via DOI: 10.1029/92JB01337 Web of Science: A1992JY18900029
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1992ISOSTATIC REBOUND DUE TO TECTONIC DENUDATION - A VISCOUS-FLOW MODEL OF A LAYERED LITHOSPHEREFull Text via DOI: 10.1029/91TC02341 Web of Science: A1992HN28300009
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1991DEFORMATION OF THE CENTRAL ANDES (15-DEGREES-S-27-DEGREES-S) DERIVED FROM A FLOW MODEL OF SUBDUCTION ZONESFull Text via DOI: 10.1029/91JB01196 Web of Science: A1991FW81900038
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1990ON THE CHOICE OF BOUNDARY-CONDITIONS IN CONTINUUM MODELS OF CONTINENTAL DEFORMATIONFull Text via DOI: 10.1029/GL017i013p02413 Web of Science: A1990EN70100034
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1989A CONTINUUM MODEL OF CONTINENTAL DEFORMATION ABOVE SUBDUCTION ZONES - APPLICATION TO THE ANDES AND THE AEGEANFull Text via DOI: 10.1029/JB094iB08p10331 Web of Science: A1989AJ45200014
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Book Chapter
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2020GNSS Geodesy in Geophysics, Natural Hazards, Climate, and the Environment. 741-820.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/9781119458449.ch28
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2020Can Vertical GPS Displacements Serve As Proxies for Climate Variability in North America?. 1-10.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/1345_2020_104
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2015Wetland InSAR: A Review of the Technique and Applications. 137-154.Full Text via DOI: 10.1201/b18210-10
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2015Wetland inSAR: A review of the technique and applications. 137-154.Full Text via DOI: 10.1201/b18210
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1993One Year of Daily Satellite Orbit and Polar Motion Estimation for Near Real Time Crustal Deformation Monitoring. 279-284.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-1711-1_50
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Conference
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2020A multiscale approach for detection and mapping differential subsidence using multi-platform InSAR products. 173-177.Full Text via DOI: 10.5194/piahs-382-173-2020
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2020InSAR detection of localized subsidence induced by sinkhole activity in suburban west-central Florida. 155-159.Full Text via DOI: 10.5194/piahs-382-155-2020
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2020Land subsidence contribution to coastal flooding hazard in southeast Florida. 207-211.Full Text via DOI: 10.5194/piahs-382-207-2020
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2018GPS time series as proxies for regional climate change. 3720-3745.Full Text via DOI: 10.33012/2018.16088 Web of Science: 000545000103064
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2018Flood extent mapping using dual-polarimetric sentinel-1 synthetic aperture Radar imagery. 711-713.Full Text via DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3-711-2018
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2015Satellite geodesy tools for ground subsidence and associated shallow faulting hazard assessment in central Mexico. 255-260.Full Text via DOI: 10.5194/piahs-372-255-2015 Web of Science: 000380550200047
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2014POLSAR IMAGING OF WETLANDS: NEW INSIGHTS INTO BACKSCATTER PHYSICS. 1171-1174.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946639 Web of Science: 000349688101158
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20133-D SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR INTERFEROMETRY PHASE UNWRAPPING USING EXTENDED KALMAN FILTERS. 185-187.Full Text via DOI: 10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-7-W2-185-2013 Web of Science: 000358223000034
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2010
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2010ROTATED DIHEDRAL AND VOLUME SCATTERING BEHAVIOR IN CROSS-POLARIMETRIC SAR. 3138-3141.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5654326 Web of Science: 000287933803072
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2009InSAR Phase Unwrapping based on Extended Kalman Filtering. 906-909.Web of Science: 000268721800183
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2008Evaluation of terrasar-x observations for wetland insar applicationFull Text via DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779952
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2008X-band insar observations in new orleans, louisianaFull Text via DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779771
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2005
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2004InSAR-based hydrology of the Everglades, South Florida. 1870-1873.Web of Science: 000227006900488
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Other Scholarly Work
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Preprint
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2021Accelerating Sea Level Rise and the Fate of South Florida Coastal WetlandsFull Text via DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3967429
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Review
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2017A Review on Monitoring the Everglades Wetlands in the Southern Florida Using Space-based Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Observations. 377-390.Full Text via DOI: 10.7780/kjrs.2017.33.4.4 Web of Science: 000422820100004
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2016Time series analysis of InSAR data: Methods and trends. 90-102.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2015.10.003 Web of Science: 000374609600008
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1997Southern California Permanent GPS Geodetic Array: Continuous measurements of regional crustal deformation between the 1992 Landers and 1994 Northridge earthquakes. 18013-18033.Full Text via DOI: 10.1029/97JB01379 Web of Science: A1997XQ83000027
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Research
principal investigator on
- Coastal vertical land motion and its implication to coastal flooding hazard assessments awarded by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 2022 - 2025
- A multi-sensor monitoring system of 3-D surface water changes in wetlands awarded by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 2021 - 2024
- Coastal flooding hazard in Florida: Evaluating the contribution of local subsidence awarded by Florida Office of Insurance Regulation 2018 - 2022
- Cascading hazards: Understanding triggering relations between wet tropical cyclones, landslides and earthquakes awarded by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 2017 - 2022
- Collaborative Research: Detection and mechanics of sinkhole activity in Central Florida awarded by National Science Foundation 2016 - 2020
- Flood Regimes and Carbon Cycling in Anthropogenic Landscapes of the Bolivian Amazon awarded by National Aeronautics & Space Administrat 2017
- Collaborative research: Space-based detection of sinkhole activities in central Florida awarded by National Science Foundation 2016 - 2017
co-principal investigator on
subproject principal investigator on
- FIU ForEverglades Student Research Fund awarded by Everglades Foundation 2017 - 2026
- LTER: FCE LTER III - Coastal Oligotrophic Ecosystems Research awarded by National Science Foundation 2012 - 2019
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- Shimon Wdowinski
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- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4969-0642 (confirmed)
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9414-996X (confirmed)
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