Publications

Aziz Zanjani, F., Amelung, F., Piter, A., Sobhan, K., Tavakkoliestahbanati, A., Eberli, G. P., Haghshenas Haghighi, M., Motagh, M., Milillo, P., Mirzaee, S., Nanni, A., Andiroglu, E. (2024): InSAR Observations of Construction‐Induced Coastal Subsidence on Miami's Barrier Islands, Florida. - Earth and Space Science, 11, 12, e2024EA003852.
DOI: 10.1029/2024EA003852

Bockstiegel, M., Richard-Cerda, J. C., Muñoz-Vega, E., Haghighi, M. H., Motagh, M., Lalehzari, R., Schulz, S. (2024): Simulation of present and future land subsidence in the Rafsanjan plain, Iran, due to groundwater overexploitation using numerical modeling and InSAR data analysis. - Hydrogeology Journal, 32, 289-305.
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-023-02657-y

Garg, S., Dasgupta, A., Motagh, M., Martinis, S., Selvakumaran, S. (2024): Unlocking the full potential of Sentinel-1 for flood detection in arid regions. - Remote Sensing of Environment, 315, 114417.
DOI: j.rse.2024.114417

GHOSH, B., Garg, S., Motagh, M., Martinis, S. (2024): Automatic Flood Detection from Sentinel-1 Data Using a Nested UNet Model and a NASA Benchmark Dataset. - PFG – Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science, 92, 1-18.
DOI: s41064-024-00275-1

Guo, Z., Baes, M., Motagh, M. (2024): Ramp-Flat and Splay Faulting Illuminated by Frictional Afterslip Following the 2017 Mw 7.3 Sarpol-e Zahab Earthquake. - Seismological Research Letters.
DOI: 10.1785/0220230425

Haghshenas Haghighi, M., Motagh, M. (2024): Uncovering the impacts of depleting aquifers: A remote sensing analysis of land subsidence in Iran. - Science Advances, 10, 19. | File |
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adk3039

Haghshenas Haghighi, M., Motagh, M. (2024): Treating Tropospheric Phase Delay in Large-scale Sentinel-1 Stacks to Analyze Land Subsidence. - PFG – Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science, 92, 593-607.
DOI: 10.1007/s41064-024-00304-z

He, Y., Motagh, M., WANG, X., Liu, X., Kaufmann, H., Xu, G., Chen, B. (2024): Detailed hazard identification of urban subsidence in Guangzhou and Foshan by combining InSAR and optical imagery. - International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 135, 104291.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2024.104291

Heipke C., Haghighi M.H., Mehltretter M., Motagh M., Rottensteiner F. (2024): Special Issue: 75 Years IPI—an Overview of Current Research Activities in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (Editorial), PFG (2024), 457-459.
DOI: 10.1007/s41064-024-00317-8

Huning, L. S., Bateni, S. M., Hayes, M., Ho, S.-Q.-G., Jayasinghe, S., Kumar, R., Lima, C., Love, C. A., Madani, K., Markonis, Y., Matin, M. A., Miao, C., Motagh, M., Naeger, A., de Oliveira, D. Y., Read, L. K., Samaniego, L., Shokri, N., Shukla, S., Soltanian, R., Stefanski, R., Trabelsi, F., Tsegai, D., Vo, L. U. C., Wanders, N., Wens, M., Zarei, A., AghaKouchak, A. (2024): Sustainability nexus analytics, informatics, and data (AID): Drought. - Sustainability Nexus Forum, 32, 18.
DOI: 10.1007/s00550-024-00546-w

Ma, J., Li, Z., Wang, M., Zhou, B., Ha, G., Motagh, M. (2024): Cascading rupture of large strike-slip fault bends: Evidence from paleoearthquakes in the Xianshuihe fault zone, Eastern Tibetan Plateau. - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 273, 106255.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2024.106255

Ma, S., Li, T., Motagh, M., Auer, S., Liu, Y., Liu, J. (2024): Complex Scattering Mechanisms at Power Lines in X-Band SAR Imagery. - IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 21, 4015805.
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2024.3452709

Motagh, M., Garg, S., Cigna, F., Teatini, P., Bhardwaj, A., Matin, M. A., Zarei, A., Madani, K. (2024): Sustainability nexus AID: landslides and land subsidence. - Sustainability Nexus Forum, 32, 12.
DOI: 10.1007/s00550-024-00549-7

Motagh, M., Riedel, B. (2024): Editorial for Special Issue: RADAR REMOTE SENSING. - PFG – Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science, 92, 211.
DOI: 10.1007/s41064-024-00293-z

Peng, M., Motagh, M., Lu, Z., Xia, Z., Guo, Z., Zhao, C. and Liu, Q. (2024): Characterization and prediction of InSAR-derived ground motion with ICA-assisted LSTM model. - Remote Sensing of Environment, 301, 113923.
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2023.113923

Piter, A., Haghshenas Haghighi, M., Motagh, M. (2024): Challenges and Opportunities of Sentinel-1 InSAR for Transport Infrastructure Monitoring. - PFG – Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science, 92, 609-627.
DOI: 10.1007/s41064-024-00314-x

Shevchenko, A. V., Walter, T., Gudmundsson, M. T., Belart, J. M. C., Marzban, P., Zorn, E. U., Sæmundsson, Þ., Helgason, J. K., Turowski, J., Stefanova Vassileva, M., Motagh, M., Müller, D. (2024): Morphological changes of the south-eastern wall of Askja caldera, Iceland over the past 80 years. - Communications Earth and Environment, 5, 441.
DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01616-z

Tang, W., Gong, Z., Sun, X., Liu, Y., Motagh, M., Li, Z., Li, J., Malinowska, A., Jiang, J., Wei, L., Zhang, X., Wei, X., Li, H., Geng, X. (2024): Three-dimensional surface deformation from multi-track InSAR and oil reservoir characterization: A case study in the Liaohe Oilfield, northeast China. - International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 174, 105637.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2024.105637

Tang, W., Zhao, X., Wang, J., Motagh, M., Xu, H., Ru, Z., Wang, Y. (2024): Land surface response to groundwater drawdown and recovery in Taiyuan city, Northern China, analyzed with a long-term elevation change measurements from leveling and multi-sensor InSAR. - Journal of Hydrology, 641, 131781.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131781

Wang, W., Motagh, M., Xia, Z., Lu, Z., Karimzadeh, S., Zhou, C., Shevchenko, A. V., Roessner, S. (2024): Characterization of transient movements within the Joshimath hillslope complex: Results from multi-sensor InSAR observations. - PFG – Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science, 92, 629-648.
DOI: 10.1007/s41064-024-00315-w

Wang, W., Motagh, M., Xia, Z., Plank, S., Li, Z., Orynbaikyzy, A., Zhou, C., Roessner, S. (2024): A framework for automated landslide dating utilizing SAR-Derived Parameters Time-Series, An Enhanced Transformer Model, and Dynamic Thresholding. - International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 129, 103795.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2024.103795

Wieland, M., Fichtner, F., Martinis, S., Groth, S., Krullikowski, C., Plank, S., Motagh, M. (2024): S1S2-Water: A Global Dataset for Semantic Segmentation of Water Bodies From Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Satellite Images. - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 17, 1084-1099.
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2023.3333969

Xia, Z., Motagh, M., Wang, W., Li, T., Peng, M., Zhou, C., Karimzadeh, S. (2024): Modeling slope instabilities with multi-temporal InSAR considering hydrogeological triggering factors: A case study across Badong County in the Three Gorges Area. - Remote Sensing of Environment, 309, 114212.
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2024.114212

Zhou, C., Cao, Y., Gan, L., Wang, Y., Motagh, M., Roessner, S., Hu, X., Yin, K. (2024): A novel framework for landslide displacement prediction using MT-InSAR and machine learning techniques. - Engineering Geology, 334, 107497.
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2024.107497

Zhou, C., Wang, Y., Cao, Y., Singh, R. P., Ahmed, B., Motagh, M., Wang, Y., Chen, L., Tan, G., Li, S. (2024): Enhancing landslide susceptibility modelling through a novel non-landslide sampling method and ensemble learning technique. - Geocarto International, 39, 1, 2327463.
DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2024.2327463

Hu, J., Wu, W., Motagh, M., Qin, F., Wang, J., Pan, S., Guo, Z., Zhang, C. (2023): FIM-based DSInSAR method for mapping and monitoring of reservoir bank landslides: an application along the Lancang River in China. - Landslides, 20, 2479-2495.
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-023-02097-5

Motagh, M., Akhani, H. (2023): The cascading failure of check-dam systems during the 28 July 2022 Emamzadeh Davood flood in Iran. - Natural Hazards, 116, 4051-4057.
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-023-05814-4

Vassileva, M.S., Motagh, M., Roessner, S., Xia, Z. (2023): Reactivation of an old landslide in north–central Iran following reservoir impoundment: Results from multisensor satellite time-series analysis. - Engineering Geology, 327, 107337.
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2023.107337

Wang, W., Motagh, M., Mirzaee, S., Li, T., Zhou, C., Tang, H., Roessner, S. (2023): The 21 July 2020 Shaziba landslide in China: Results from multi-source satellite remote sensing. - Remote Sensing of Environment, 295, 113669.
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2023.113669

Xia, Z., Motagh, M., Li, T., Peng, M., Roessner, S. (2023): A methodology to characterize 4D post-failure slope instability dynamics using remote sensing measurements: A case study of the Aniangzhai landslide in Sichuan, Southwest China. - ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 196, 402-414.
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2023.01.006

Yu, J., He, X., Yang, P., Motagh, M., Xu, J., Xiong, J. (2023): Coastal Aquaculture Extraction Using GF-3 Fully Polarimetric SAR Imagery: A Framework Integrating UNet++ with Marker-Controlled Watershed Segmentation. - Remote Sensing, 15, 2246.
DOI: 10.3390/rs15092246

Durand, V., Gualandi, A., Ergintav, S., Kwiatek, G., Haghshenas, M., Motagh, M., Dresen, G., Martinez Garcon, P. (2022): Deciphering aseismic deformation along submarine fault branches below the eastern Sea of Marmara (Turkey): Insights from seismicity, strainmeter, and GNSS data. - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 594, 117702.
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117702

Erfani Jazi, Z., Motagh, M., Klemann, V. (2022): Inferring Mass Loss by Measuring Contemporaneous Deformation around the Helheim Glacier, Southeastern Greenland, Using Sentinel-1 InSAR. - Remote Sensing, 14, 16, 3956.
DOI: 10.3390/rs14163956

Flóvenz, Ó. G., Wang, R., Hersir, G. P., Dahm, T., Hainzl, S., Vassileva M.S., Drouin, V., Heimann, S., Isken, M.P., Gudnason, E. Á., Ágústsson, K., Ágústsdóttir, T., Horálek, J., Motagh, M., Walter, T., Rivalta, E., Jousset, P., Krawczyk, C., Milkereit, C. (2022): Cyclical geothermal unrest as a precursor to Iceland’s 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption. - Nature Geoscience, 15, 397-404.
DOI: 10.1038/s41561-022-00930-5

Garg, S., Motagh, M., Indu, J., Karanan, V. (2022): Tracking hidden crisis in India’s capital from space: implications of unsustainable groundwater use. Nature Sci Rep 12, 651 (2022).
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-04193-9

Guo, Z., Motagh, M., Hu, J.-C., Xu, G., Haghighi, M. H., Bahroudi, A., Fathian, A., Li, S. (2022): Depth-varying friction on a ramp-flat fault illuminated by ∼3-year InSAR observations following the 2017 Mw 7.3 Sarpol-e Zahab earthquake, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127, e2022JB025148.
DOI: 10.1029/2022JB025148

Hu, J.; Motagh, M.; Guo, J.; Haghshenas Haghighi, M.; Li, T.; Qin, F.; Wu, W.; (2022): Inferring subsidence characteristics in Wuhan (China) through multitemporal InSAR and hydrogeological analysis., Engineering Geology. vol 297.
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2022.106530

Ma, D., Motagh, M., Liu, G., Zhang, R., Wang, X., Zhang, B., Xiang, W., Yu, B. (2022): Thaw Settlement Monitoring and Active Layer Thickness Retrieval Using Time Series COSMO-SkyMed Imagery in Iqaluit Airport. - Remote Sensing, 14, 9, 2156.
DOI: 10.3390/rs14092156

Peng, M., Lu, Z., Zhao, C., Motagh, M., Bai, L., Conway, B. D., Chen, H. (2022): Mapping land subsidence and aquifer system properties of the Willcox Basin, Arizona, from InSAR observations and independent component analysis. - Remote Sensing of Environment, 271, 112894.
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2022.112894

Tang, W., Zhao, X., Motagh, M., Bi, G., Li, J., Chen, M., Chen, H., Liao, M. (2022): Land subsidence and rebound in the Taiyuan basin, northern China, in the context of inter-basin water transfer and groundwater management. - Remote Sensing of Environment, 269, 112792.
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2021.112792

Xia, Z., Motagh, M., Li, T. (2022): Performance Analysis of Dihedral Corner Reflectors for Slope Movements: A Case Study From Aniangzhai Landslide in China. - IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 19, 4515605.
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2022.3220649

Xia, Z., Motagh, M., Li, T., Roessner, S. (2022): The June 2020 Aniangzhai landslide in Sichuan Province, Southwest China: slope instability analysis from radar and optical satellite remote sensing data. - Landslides.
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-021-01777-4

Ghosh, B.; Motagh, M.; Haghshenas Haghighi, M.; Vassileva, M. S.; Walter, T. R.; Maghsudi, S. (2021): Automatic Detection of Volcanic Unrest Using Blind Source Separation With a Minimum Spanning Tree Based Stability Analysis., IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, vol. 14
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2021.3097895

Hu, J., Motagh, M., Wang, J., Qin, F., Zhang, J., Wu, W., Han, Y. (2021): Karst Collapse Risk Zonation and Evaluation in Wuhan, China Based on Analytic Hierarchy Process, Logistic Regression, and InSAR Angular Distortion Approaches. - Remote Sensing, 13, 24, 5063.
DOI: 10.3390/rs13245063

Karanam, V., Motagh, M., Garg, S., Jain, K. (2021): Multi-sensor remote sensing analysis of coal fire induced land subsidence in Jharia Coalfields, Jharkhand, India. - International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 102, 102439.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2021.102439

Pawluszek, K., Borkowski, A., Motagh, M. (2021): Multi-temporal landslide activity investigation by spaceborne SAR interferometry: The case study of the Polish Carpathians. - Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 24, 100629.
DOI: 10.1016/j.rsase.2021.100629

Stefanova Vassileva, M., Al-Halbouni, D., Motagh, M., Walter, T., Dahm, T., Wetzel, H.-U. (2021): A decade-long silent ground subsidence hazard culminating in a metropolitan disaster in Maceió, Brazil. - Scientific Reports, 11, 7704.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-87033-0

Tang, W., Zhan, W., Jin, B., Motagh, M., Yubin, X. (2021): Spatial variability of relative sea-level rise in Tianjin, China: Insight from InSAR, GPS, and tide-gauge observations. - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 14, 2621-2633.
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2021.3054395

Chen, X., Peng, J., Motagh, M., Zheng, Y., Shi, M., Yang, H., Jia, Q. (2020): Co-seismic deformation of the 2017 Ms 7.0 Jiuzhaigou Earthquake observed with GaoFen-3 interferometry,  International Journal of Remote Sensing, 41, 17, 6618-6634 More info

Shamshiri, R.; Motagh, M.; Nahavandchi, H.; Haghshenas Haghighi, M.; Hoseini, M. (2020): Improving tropospheric corrections on large-scale Sentinel-1 interferograms using a machine learning approach for integration with GNSS-derived zenith total delay (ZTD).,  Remote Sensing of Environment vol. 239 More info

Stefanova Vassileva, M., Motagh, M., Walter, T. R., Wetzel, H.-U., Senyukov, S. L. (2020): The 29 March 2017 Yuzhno-Ozernovskoe Kamchatka Earthquake: Fault Activity in An Extension of the East Kamchatka Fault Zone as Constrained by InSAR Observations,  Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 110, 3, 1101-1114 More info

Tang, W., Motagh, M., Zhan, W. (2020): Monitoring active open-pit mine stability in the Rhenish coalfields of Germany using a coherence-based SBAS method,  International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 93, 102217 More info

Zhu, C., Wang, Z., Li, P., Motagh, M., Zhan, L., Jiang, Z., Long, S. (2020): Retrieval and Prediction of Three-Dimensional Displacements by Combining the DInSAR and Probability Integral Method in a Mining Area,  IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 13, 1206-1217 More info

Haghshenas Haghighi, M.; Motagh, M. (2019): Ground surface response to continuous compaction of aquifer system in Tehran, Iran: Results from a long-term multi-sensor InSAR analysis.,  Remote Sensing of Environment. vol. 221 More info

Vajedian, S., & Motagh, M. (2019): Extracting sinkhole features from time-series of TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X data. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 150, 274-284.

Ebrahimzadeh, S.; Motagh, M.; Mahboub, V.; Mirdar Harijani, F. (2018): An improved RUSLE/SDR model for the evaluation of soil erosion. - Environmental Earth Sciences, 77, 454. More info
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-018-7635-8

Mohammadimanesh, F.; Salehi, B.; Mahdianpari, M.; Brisco, B.; Motagh, M. (2018): Multi-temporal, multi-frequency, and multi-polarization coherence and SAR backscatter analysis of wetlands. - ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 142, pp. 78-93. More info
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2018.05.009

Mohammadimanesh, F.; Salehi, B.; Mahdianpari, M.; Brisco, B.; Motagh, M. (2018): Wetland Water Level Monitoring Using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR): A Review. - Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing. More info
DOI: 10.1080/07038992.2018.1477680

Mohammadimanesh, F.; Salehi, B.; Mahdianpari, M.; Motagh, M.; Brisco, B. (2018): An efficient feature optimization for wetland mapping by synergistic use of SAR intensity, interferometry, and polarimetry data. - International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 73, pp. 450-462. More info
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2018.06.005

Moreno, M., Li, S., Melnick, D., Bedford, J.R., Baez, J.C., Motagh, M., Metzger, S., Vajedian, S., Sippl, C., Gutknecht, B.D. and Contreras-Reyes, E. (2018): Chilean megathrust earthquake recurrence linked to frictional contrast at depth. Nature Geoscience, 11(4), pp. 285-290. More info

Neelmeijer, J.; Schöne, T.; Dill, R.; Klemann, V.; Motagh, M. (2018): Ground Deformations around the Toktogul Reservoir, Kyrgyzstan, from Envisat ASAR and Sentinel-1 Data—A Case Study about the Impact of Atmospheric Corrections on InSAR Time Series, Remote Sens. 10 (3), 462. More info
DOI: 10.3390/rs10030462

Shamshiri, R.; Nahavandchi, H.; Motagh, M. (2018): Persistent Scatterer Analysis Using Dual-Polarization Sentinel-1 Data: Contribution From VH Channel . - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 11, 9, pp. 3105-3112. More info
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2018.2848111

Shamshiri, R.; Nahavandchi, H.; Motagh, M.; Hooper, A. (2018): Efficient Ground Surface Displacement Monitoring Using Sentinel-1 Data: Integrating Distributed Scatterers (DS) Identified Using Two-Sample t-Test with Persistent Scatterers (PS). - Remote Sensing, 10, 5, 794. More info
DOI: 10.3390/rs10050794

Vajedian, S., Motagh. M., Mousavi, Z. Motaghi, M., Fielding, E.J., Akbari, B., Wetzel, H-U., Darabi, A. (2018): Coseismic Deformation Field of the Mw 7.3 12 November 2017 Sarpol-e Zahab (Iran) Earthquake: A Decoupling Horizon in the Northern Zagros Mountains Inferred from InSAR Observations. Remote Sensing, 10(10), 1589.
DOI: 10.3390/rs10101589

Wang, T.; Shi, Q.; Nikkhoo, M.; Wei, S.; Barbot, S.; Dreger, D.; Bürgmann, R.; Motagh, M.; Chen, Q. (2018): The rise, collapse, and compaction of Mt. Mantap from the 3 September 2017 North Korean nuclear test. In: Science, 10 May 2018.
DOI: 10.1126/science.aar7230

Emadali, L.; Motagh, M.; Haghshenas Haghighi, M. (2017): Characterizing post-construction settlement of the Masjed-Soleyman embankment dam, Southwest Iran, using TerraSAR-X SpotLight radar imagery. Engineering Structures 143 (2017) 261–273. More info

Esmaeili, M.; Motagh, M.; Hooper, A. (2017): Application of Dual-Polarimetry SAR Images in Multitemporal InSAR Processing. - IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 14, 9, p. 1489-1493.
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2017.2717846

Haghshenas Haghighi, M.; Motagh, M. (2017): Sentinel-1 InSAR over Germany: Large-Scale Interferometry, Atmospheric Effects, and Ground Deformation Mapping. In: ZfV 142 (2017) no. 4, pp 245-256.
DOI: 10.12902/zfv-0174-2017

Mahdianpari, M.; Salehi, B.; Mohammadimanesh, F.; Motagh, M. (2017): Random forest wetland classification using ALOS-2 L-band, RADARSAT-2 C-band, and TerraSAR-X imagery. - ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 130, p. 13-31.
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2017.05.010

Motagh, M.; Shamshiri, R.; Haghshenas Haghighi, M.; Wetzel, H.-U.; Akbari, B.; Nahavandchi, H.; Roessner, S.; Arabi, S. (2017): Quantifying groundwater exploitation induced subsidence in the Rafsanjan plain, southeastern Iran, using InSAR time-series and in situ measurements. Engineering Geology 218 (2017) 134–151. More info

Neelmeijer, J.; Motagh, M.; Bookhagen, B. (2017): High-resolution digital elevation models from single-pass TanDEM-X interferometry over mountainous regions: A case study of Inylchek Glacier, Central Asia. - ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 130, p. 108-121.
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2017.05.011

Ghosh, B., Garg, S., Motagh, M. (2022): Automatic Flood Detection from SENTINEL-1 Data Using Deep Learning Architectures. - ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, V-3-2022, 201-208.
DOI: 10.5194/isprs-annals-V-3-2022-201-2022

Vajedian, S. and Motagh, M. (2018): Coseismic displacement analysis of the 12 November 2017 Mw 7.3 Sarpol-e Zahab (Iran) earthquake from SAR Interferometry, burst overlap interferometry and offset tracking. ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences 4 (2018), Nr. 3, 4(3), pp. 205-209. | File |

Vajedian, S., Motagh, M., Samsonov, S. (2018): Spatiotemporal evolution of seismic slip of the 31 October 2013 Ruisui, Taiwan, earthquake. IEEE IGARSS 2018, p. 2252-2254. More info

Mirzaee, S.; Motagh, M.; Akbari, B.; Wetzel, H.-U.; Roessner, S. (2017): Evaluating Three Insar Time-Series Methods to Assess Creep Motion, Case Study: Masouleh Landslide in North Iran. - ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 4, 1/W1, p. 223-228.
DOI: 10.5194/isprs-annals-IV-1-W1-223-2017

Dash, S., Dietze, M., Walter, F., Fulde, M., Wang, W., Motagh, M., Hovius, N. (2024): Analysis of Precursors and Collapse of June 15, 2023, Brienz/Brinzauls Rockslide in Switzerland: Integrating Seismic and Remote Sensing Observations - Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2024 (Vienna, Austria and Online 2024).
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-13208

Fayez Hotaki, M. S., Motagh, M., Haghshenas Haghighi, M. (2024): Flood inundation Mapping for the Sept. 2023 Derna, Libya flood event using Sentinel-1 SAR data: An Integration of SAR intensity and interferometric coherence - Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2024 (Vienna, Austria and Online 2024).
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-11215

Garg, S., Dasgupta, A., Selvakumaran, S., Motagh, M., Martinis, S. (2024): Towards Accurate Flood Mapping in Arid Regions: Sentinel-1 SAR-based insights and explainable machine learning - Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2024 (Vienna, Austria and Online 2024).
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-1141

Guo, Z., Motagh, M., Baes, M. (2024): Structural Complexity Revealed by Frictional Afterslip Models and InSAR Observations Following the 2017 Mw 7.3 Sarpol- e Zahab (Iran-Iraq) Earthquake: Insights from Numerical Modeling - Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2024 (Vienna, Austria and Online 2024).
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-11944

Haghshenas Haghighi, M., Motagh, M. (2024): The growing groundwater crisis in Iran and its impact on land subsidence: A nationwide survey using satellite InSAR - Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2024 (Vienna, Austria and Online 2024).
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-15656

Imeime, U., Motagh, M., Haghshenas Haghighi, M. (2024): Ground Surface Deformation in the Niger-Delta Basin Caused by Hydrocarbon Exploration: First Results from Satellite InSAR Surveys - Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2024 (Vienna, Austria and Online 2024).
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-19890

Motagh, M., Haghshenas Haghighi, M., Piter, A., Stefanova Vassileva, M. (2024): Mining-induced subsidence and fault reactivation due to open pit lignite mining in the Hambach region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: Insights from Sentinel-1 based European Ground Motion Service (EGMS) and field surveys - Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2024 (Vienna, Austria and Online 2024).
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-11866

Nhung, L., Männel, B., Motagh, M., Brack, A., Schuh, H. (2024): Quantum Machine Learning for Deformation Detection: Application for InSAR Point Clouds - Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2024 (Vienna, Austria and Online 2024).
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-11029

Peng, M., Motagh, M., Lu, Z., Xia, Z., Guo, Z., Zhao, C., Quan, Y. (2024): Improving ground deformation prediction in satellite InSAR using ICA-assisted RNN model - Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2024 (Vienna, Austria and Online 2024).
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-10467

Persson, H. J., Mukhopadhyay, R., Valbuena, R., Shevchenko, A. V., Luck, L., Herold, M., Motagh, M., Oré, G., Freitas, E., Wimmer, C., Hernandez-Figueroa, H. E. (2024): Setup of a Drone-Based SAR Experiment to Analyze a Boreal Forest - Proceedings, IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (Athens, Greece 2024), 4535-4538.
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10640704

Piter, A., Haghshenas Haghighi, M., Motagh, M. (2024): Noise or signal? Identification of temporary coherent scatterers and their impact on displacement estimates. DGPF, 44. Wissenschaftlich-Technische Jahrestagung, Remagen.

Piter, A., Haghshenas Haghighi, M., Motagh, M. (2024): SAR4Infra - EGMS: same but different? GeoMonitoring Tagung, Braunschweig.

Stefanova Vassileva, M., Motagh, M., Roessner, S., Xia, Z. (2024): A multi-sensor remote sensing approach for understanding slow-moving landslide reactivation: a case study from North Central Iran following reservoir impoundment and extreme precipitations - Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2024 (Vienna, Austria and Online 2024).
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-13222

Wang, W., Motagh, M., Xia, Z., Plank, S., Zhe, L., Orynbaikyzy, A., Zhou, C., Roessner, S. (2024): A deep Learning-based approach for landslide dating from time-series of SAR data - Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2024 (Vienna, Austria and Online 2024).
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-12097

Xia, Z., Motagh, M., Wang, W., Li, T., Peng, M., Zhou, C. (2024): Assessing instability of slow-moving landslides over Three Gorges area using InSAR techniques considering hydrogeological triggering factors - Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2024 (Vienna, Austria and Online 2024).
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-14201

Yang, Y., Motagh, M., Haghshenas Haghighi, M., Piter, A. (2024): SBAS-InSAR Analysis and Assessment of Landslide deformation in the Loess Plateau, China - Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2024 (Vienna, Austria and Online 2024).
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-16066

Guo, Z., Motagh, M. (2023): Fault Geometry and Frictional Afterslip Following the 2017 Mw 7.3 Sarpol-e Zahab (Iran-Iraq) Earthquake: Insights form InSAR and Finite Element Models, In: 20th Wegener Assembly

Hotaki, S. F., Haghighi, M. H., Motagh, M. (2023): Flood Extent Delineation in Afghanistan Using Sentinel-1 SAR survey in Google Earth Engine cloud-based processing, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)
DOI: 10.57757/IUGG23-4011

Ritushree D., Garg S., Dasgupta A., Martinis, S., Selvakumaran, S. Motagh, M. (2023): Improving SAR-based flood detection in arid regions using texture features, 2023 International Conference on Machine Intelligence for GeoAnalytics and Remote Sensing (MIGARS), 4 pages.
DOI: 10.1109/MIGARS57353.2023.10064526

Piter, A., Haghighi, M. H., and Motagh, M. (2022): Evaluation of pixel selection methods for traffic infrastructure monitoring using Sentinel-1 InSAR. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XLIII-B3-2022, 333-340.
DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B3-2022-333-2022

Wang, W., Motagh, M., Plank, S., Orynbaikyzy, A., Roessner, S. (2022): Application of SAR time-series and deep learning for estimating landslide occurrence time. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XLIII-B3-2022:1181-1187.
DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B3-2022-1181-2022

Durand, V., Martinez Garzon, P., Gualandi, A., Haghshenas Haghighi, M., Motagh, M., Dresen, G., Bohnhoff, M. (2021): Deciphering deformation along submarine fault branches below the eastern Sea of Marmara (Turkey): insights from seismicity, strainmeter, GPS and InSAR data - Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2021 (Online 2021).
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-8651

Garg, S., Karanam, V., Motagh, M. (2021): The continuous sinking of National Capital Region, India – Investigated using the Sentinel-1 time series InSAR approach - Abstracts, FRINGE Workshop 2021 (Online 2021).

Garg, S., Karanam, V., Motagh, M., Jayaluxmi, I. (2021): Risk of Ground movement in Faridabad, India investigated using remote sensing and insitu data - Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2021 (online 2021).
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-15694

Garg, S., Xiao, T., Motagh, M. (2021): Artificial Intelligence for flood analysis - first results from the 'AI4Flood project'. ML for Earth System Modelling and Analytics workshop 2021

GHOSH, B., Motagh, M., Haghshenas Haghighi, M., Walter, T. (2021): Using minimal spanning tree based ICA optimization for volcanic unrest determination - Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2021 (Online 2021).
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-3200

Haghshenas Haghighi, M., Motagh, M. (2021): Monitoring stability of embankment dams in response to 2019 Iran Flood event - Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2021 (Online 2021)
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-14308

Haghshenas Haghighi, M., Motagh, M. (2021): Aquifer Depletion in Iran: A Nation-wide Survey from Space-borne and In-situ Measurements - Abstracts, FRINGE Workshop 2021

Haghshenas Haghighi, M., Motagh, M. (2021): Monitoring flood-cycle stability of embankment dams: Results from 2019 flood event in Khuzestan, Iran - Abstracts, FRINGE Workshop 2021

Haghshenas Haghighi, M.; Motagh, M.; (2021): Land Subsidence Hazard in Iran Revealed by Country-Scale Analysis of SENTINEL-1 InSAR. International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. vol. XLIII-B3-2021, 155-161, 2021 More info

Karanam, V., Garg, S., Motagh, M., Kamal, J. (2021): The Risk of Coal fires and land subsidence in Jharia Coalfields, India - analyzed using remote sensing techniques - Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2021
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-14419

Karanam, V., Motagh, M., Garg, S., Kamal, J. (2021): Coal Fire Induced Land Subsidence in Jharia Coalfields, India, Investigated Using Thermal Anomaly Mapping and Persistent Scatterer Interferometry - Abstracts, FRINGE Workshop 2021

Montazeri, S., Ansari, H., De Zan, F., Mania, R., Shau, R., Beker, T., Parizzi, A., Haghshenas Haghighi, M., Niemz, P., Cesca, S., Motagh, M., Walter, T., Eineder, M., Zhu, X. X. (2021): TecVolSA: InSAR and Machine Learning for Surface Displacement Monitoring in South America - Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2021

Piter, A.; Vassileva, M.; Haghshenas Haghighi, M.; Motagh, M.; (2021): Exploring Cloud-Based Platforms for Rapid Insar Time Series Analysis., The International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. vol.43 More info

Stefanova Vassileva, M., Al-Halbouni, D., Motagh, M., Walter, T., Dahm, T., Wetzel, H.-U. (2021): Man-made disaster on urban area: subsidence and underground salt dissolution in Maceio (Brazil) revealed by remote sensing and numerical modelling - Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2021
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-12371

Stefanova Vassileva, M., Al-Halbouni, D., Motagh, M., Walter, T., Dahm, T., Wetzel, H.-U. (2021): Rapidly Accelerating Subsidence In Maceió Brazil Analyzed By Multi temporal Multi sensor DInSAR - Abstracts, FRINGE Workshop 2021

Tang, W., Zhao, X., Bi, G., Li, J., Motagh, M., Chen, M., Chen, H. (2021): Investigation of present-day ground displacement in Taiyuan basin by InSAR in the context of interbasin water transfer project - Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2021
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-9340

Xia, Z., Motagh, M., Li, T. (2021): Precursory and post-failure analysis of landslide deformation in Danba County, China using optical remote sensing and Multi-temporal InSAR (MTI) methods with corner reflectors - Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2021
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-6664

Xiao, T., Motagh, M., Garg, S. (2021): Investigating the role of globally available labeled dataset for flood detection using Sentinel-1 imagery and deep learning - Abstract Book, Helmoltz AI virtual conference 2021

Vajedian, S., Motagh, M., Hojati, A. (2019): Sinkholes in Hamedan, Iran: Morphological analysis and ongoing deformation, ESA living planet symposium More info

Vajedian, S., Motagh, M., Mousavi, Z. (2019): InSAR and geophysical interpretation of Mw 7.3 2017 Sarpol-e Zahab and Mw 6.2 2017 Hojedk and, Iran, earthquakes, ESA living planet symposium, 2019 More info

Haghshenas Haghighi, M.; Schöne, T.; Illigner, J.; Pangastuti, D.; Balitka, I.; Motagh, M. (2018): InSAR Time-series Investigation of Anthropogenic Land Subsidence in the Coastal City of Semarang, Indonesia, (Geophysical Research Abstracts) , General Assembly European Geosciences Union (Vienna 2018). More info

Motagh, M., Vajedian, S., Behling, R., Haghshenas Haghighi. M., scheffler, D., Roessner, S., Akbari, B., Wetzel, H., Darabi, A. (2018): 12 November 2017 Mw 7.3 Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran, earthquake: Results from combining radar and optical remote sensing measurements with geophysical modeling and field mapping. In: EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (Vol. 20, p. 10528) Vol. 20, EGU2018-10528-4, 2018. | File |

Neelmeijer, J; Schöne, T; Dill, R.; Klemann, V.; Motagh, M. (2018): Ground deformation response to varying water levels at the Toktogul Reservoir, Kyrgyzstan: Insights from SAR interferometry and geophysical Modeling, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 20, EGU2018-7964, 2018. | File |

Vaedian, S., Motagh, M. Mousavi, Z. (2018): Space geodetic investigation of the coseismic deformation associated with 12 December 2017 Mw 6.2 Hojdek and 12 November 2017 Mw 7.3 Sarpol-e Zahab Iran earthquakes, Wegener 2018. More info

Vajedian, S., Mousavi, Z., Motagh. M., Hojati (2018): A Combining SAR Interferometry and offset tracking methods to measure near field coseismic deformation; application to the 12 December 2017 Mw 6.2 Hojedk earthquake in Iran. In: EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (Vol. 20, p. 19135) | File |

Mirzaee, S.; Motagh, M.; Akbari, B. (2017): Landslide monitoring using insar time-series and GPS observations, case study: Shabkola landslide in northern Iran. - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives, 42, 1/W1, p. 487-492.
DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-1-W1-487-2017

Haghshenas Haghighi, M., Motagh, M. (2024): Land Subsidence in Iran Estimated from a Nationwide InSAR Analysis of Sentinel-1 Observations 2014-2020. Zenodi. Data set.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10815577

Piter, A. Haghshenas Haghighi, M., FERN.Lab, Motagh, M. (2024): SARvey - survey with SAR. Zenodo. Software.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12544130