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  • 2016 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Andrew Hooper is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on geophysics and related subfields. They have contributed extensively to the application of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) techniques in earth science investigations.

The main fields of study for Hooper comprise Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering. Their work delves into several subfields including Geophysics, Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and areas connected to Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law within earth sciences.

Andrew Hooper's research topics include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials

Hooper's recent publications demonstrate a consistent engagement with remote sensing and geophysical measurement techniques. Notable recent papers include:

  • LiCSBAS: An Open-Source InSAR Time Series Analysis Package Integrated with the LiCSAR Automated Sentinel-1 InSAR Processor, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • LiCSAR: An Automatic InSAR Tool for Measuring and Monitoring Tectonic and Volcanic Activity, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • High-Resolution Surface Velocities and Strain for Anatolia From Sentinel-1 InSAR and GNSS Data, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Deformation and seismicity decline before the 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption, 2022, Nature
  • Unexpected large eruptions from buoyant magma bodies within viscoelastic crust, 2020, Nature Communications

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Tim Wright
  • Milan Lazecký
  • John R. Elliott
  • Freysteinn Sigmundsson
  • Michelle Parks

Andrew Hooper has published extensively in key venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Remote Sensing
  • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

In 2016, Hooper was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), a distinction reflecting contributions to the scientific community in their fields of expertise.

Best Publications

  • A new method for measuring deformation on volcanoes and other natural terrains using InSAR persistent scatterers

    Andrew Hooper;Howard Zebker;Paul Segall;Bert Kampes

  • A multi-temporal InSAR method incorporating both persistent scatterer and small baseline approaches

    Andrew Hooper;Andrew Hooper

  • Persistent scatterer interferometric synthetic aperture radar for crustal deformation analysis, with application to Volcán Alcedo, Galápagos

    A. Hooper;A. Hooper;P. Segall;H. Zebker

  • Recent advances in SAR interferometry time series analysis for measuring crustal deformation

    Andrew Hooper;David Bekaert;Karsten Spaans;Mahmut Arıkan

  • Segmented lateral dyke growth in a rifting event at Bárðarbunga volcanic system, Iceland

    Freysteinn Sigmundsson;Andrew Hooper;Sigrún Hreinsdóttir;Kristín S. Vogfjörd

  • Intrusion triggering of the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull explosive eruption

    Freysteinn Sigmundsson;Sigrún Hreinsdóttir;Andrew Hooper;Thóra Árnadóttir

  • Statistical comparison of InSAR tropospheric correction techniques

    D.P.S. Bekaert;R.J. Walters;T.J. Wright;A.J. Hooper

  • LiCSBAS: An Open-Source InSAR Time Series Analysis Package Integrated with the LiCSAR Automated Sentinel-1 InSAR Processor

    Yu Morishita;Milan Lazecky;Tim J. Wright;Jonathan R. Weiss

  • Inversion of Surface Deformation Data for Rapid Estimates of Source Parameters and Uncertainties: A Bayesian Approach

    Marco Bagnardi;Marco Bagnardi;Andrew Hooper

  • Persistent scatter radar interferometry for crustal deformation studies and modeling of volcanic deformation

    Andrew John Hooper

  • Gradual caldera collapse at Bárdarbunga volcano, Iceland, regulated by lateral magma outflow

    Magnús T. Gudmundsson;Kristín Jónsdóttir;Andrew Hooper;Eoghan P. Holohan

  • A spatially variable power law tropospheric correction technique for InSAR data

    D. P. S. Bekaert;D. P. S. Bekaert;A. Hooper;A. Hooper;T. J. Wright

  • LiCSAR: An Automatic InSAR Tool for Measuring and Monitoring Tectonic and Volcanic Activity

    Milan Lazecký;Karsten Spaans;Pablo J. González;Yasser Maghsoudi

  • High‐resolution surface velocities and strain for Anatolia from Sentinel‐1 InSAR and GNSS data.

    Jonathan R. Weiss;Jonathan R. Weiss;Richard J. Walters;Yu Morishita;Yu Morishita;Tim J. Wright

  • Measuring Urban Subsidence in the Rome Metropolitan Area (Italy) with Sentinel-1 SNAP-StaMPS Persistent Scatterer Interferometry

    José Manuel Delgado Blasco;Michael Foumelis;Chris Stewart;Andrew Hooper

  • Persistent Scatterer InSAR: A comparison of methodologies based on a model of temporal deformation vs. spatial correlation selection criteria

    Joaquim J. Sousa;Joaquim J. Sousa;Andrew J. Hooper;Ramon F. Hanssen;Luisa C. Bastos

  • Volcanology: lessons learned from synthetic aperture radar imagery

    Virginie Pinel;Michael P. Poland;Andy Hooper

  • High-resolution digital elevation model from tri-stereo Pleiades-1 satellite imagery for lava flow volume estimates at Fogo Volcano

    Marco Bagnardi;Pablo J. González;Pablo J. González;Andrew Hooper

  • Surface deformation induced by water influx in the abandoned coal mines in Limburg, The Netherlands observed by satellite radar interferometry

    Miguel Caro Cuenca;Andrew J. Hooper;Ramon F. Hanssen

  • The 2014–2015 eruption of Fogo volcano: Geodetic modeling of Sentinel‐1 TOPS interferometry

    Pablo J. González;Marco Bagnardi;Andrew J. Hooper;Yngvar Larsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Freysteinn Sigmundsson
Freysteinn Sigmundsson University of Iceland
Tim J. Wright
Tim J. Wright University of Leeds
Páll Einarsson
Páll Einarsson University of Iceland
Thóra Árnadóttir
Thóra Árnadóttir University of Iceland
Magnús T. Gudmundsson
Magnús T. Gudmundsson University of Iceland
Pablo J. González
Pablo J. González Spanish National Research Council
Erik Sturkell
Erik Sturkell University of Gothenburg
Ramon F. Hanssen
Ramon F. Hanssen Delft University of Technology
Virginie Pinel
Virginie Pinel Université Savoie Mont Blanc

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