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Mahdi Motagh is affiliated with the University of Hannover in Germany. Their research spans several interconnected fields within Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Engineering, contributing extensively to the understanding of geophysical processes and environmental monitoring.

The scientist has published 81 works in Earth and Planetary Sciences, 80 in Environmental Science, and 74 in Engineering. Their subfields of specialization include Aerospace Engineering, Geophysics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Atmospheric Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

Motagh's research covers a broad range of topics related to geophysical and environmental hazards as well as remote sensing applications. The main topics include:

  • Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geophysical Methods and Applications
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling

Their publications have appeared in multiple scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
  • PFG - Journal of Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Frequent coauthors working with Mahdi Motagh include:

  • Mahmud Haghshenas Haghighi
  • Magdalena Vassileva
  • Zhuge Xia
  • Thomas R. Walter
  • Chao Zhou

Recent significant publications by Motagh feature a combination of remote sensing techniques and environmental applications. Examples include:

  • "Mapping land subsidence and aquifer system properties of the Willcox Basin, Arizona, from InSAR observations and independent component analysis" (2022), published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Land subsidence and rebound in the Taiyuan basin, northern China, in the context of inter-basin water transfer and groundwater management" (2021), published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Tracking hidden crisis in India's capital from space: implications of unsustainable groundwater use" (2022), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Cyclical geothermal unrest as a precursor to Iceland's 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption" (2022), published in Nature Geoscience
  • "A novel framework for landslide displacement prediction using MT-InSAR and machine learning techniques" (2024), published in Engineering Geology

Best Publications

  • Complex hazard cascade culminating in the Anak Krakatau sector collapse.

    Thomas R. Walter;Mahmud Haghshenas Haghighi;Mahmud Haghshenas Haghighi;Felix M. Schneider;Diego Coppola

  • The Mw 6.2 Christchurch earthquake of February 2011: preliminary report

    A Kaiser;C Holden;J Beavan;D Beetham

  • Random forest wetland classification using ALOS-2 L-band, RADARSAT-2 C-band, and TerraSAR-X imagery

    Masoud Mahdianpari;Bahram Salehi;Fariba Mohammadimanesh;Mahdi Motagh

  • Quantifying groundwater exploitation induced subsidence in the Rafsanjan plain, southeastern Iran, using InSAR time-series and in situ measurements

    Mahdi Motagh;Roghayeh Shamshiri;Mahmud Haghshenas Haghighi;Hans-Ulrich Wetzel

  • Land subsidence in Iran caused by widespread water reservoir overexploitation

    Mahdi Motagh;Thomas R. Walter;Mohammad Ali Sharifi;Eric Fielding

  • Land subsidence in Mashhad Valley, northeast Iran: results from InSAR, levelling and GPS

    Mahdi Motagh;Yahya Djamour;Thomas R. Walter;Hans-Ulrich Wetzel

  • Imaging Land Subsidence Induced by Groundwater Extraction in Beijing (China) Using Satellite Radar Interferometry

    Mi Chen;Roberto Tomás;Zhenhong Li;Mahdi Motagh

  • Fault slip models of the 2010–2011 Canterbury, New Zealand, earthquakes from geodetic data and observations of postseismic ground deformation

    John Beavan;Mahdi Motagh;Eric J Fielding;Nic Donnelly

  • Ground surface response to continuous compaction of aquifer system in Tehran, Iran: Results from a long-term multi-sensor InSAR analysis

    Mahmud Haghshenas Haghighi;Mahdi Motagh

  • Fault Location and Slip Distribution of the 22 February 2011 Mw 6.2 Christchurch, New Zealand, Earthquake from Geodetic Data

    John Beavan;Eric J. Fielding;Mahdi Motagh;Sergey Samsonov

  • Mapping land subsidence and aquifer system properties of the Willcox Basin, Arizona, from InSAR observations and independent component analysis

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  • The rise, collapse, and compaction of Mt. Mantap from the 3 September 2017 North Korean nuclear test

    Teng Wang;Qibin Shi;Mehdi Nikkhoo;Shengji Wei

  • Multi-temporal, multi-frequency, and multi-polarization coherence and SAR backscatter analysis of wetlands

    Fariba Mohammadimanesh;Bahram Salehi;Masoud Mahdianpari;Brian Brisco

  • Splay fault slip during the Mw 8.8 2010 Maule Chile earthquake

    Daniel Melnick;Marcos Moreno;Mahdi Motagh;Marco Cisternas

  • The 2013 Mw 7.7 Balochistan Earthquake: Seismic Potential of an Accretionary Wedge

    R. Jolivet;Z. Duputel;B. Riel;M. Simons

  • THE DARFIELD (CANTERBURY) EARTHQUAKE: GEODETIC OBSERVATIONS AND PRELIMINARY SOURCE MODEL

    J. Beavan;S. Samsonov;M. Motagh;L. Wallace

  • Cyclical geothermal unrest as a precursor to Iceland’s 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption

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  • Subduction earthquake deformation associated with 14 November 2007, Mw 7.8 Tocopilla earthquake in Chile: Results from InSAR and aftershocks

    Mahdi Motagh;Mahdi Motagh;Bernd Schurr;Jan Anderssohn;Beatrice Cailleau

  • Strain accumulation across the Gazikoy–Saros segment of the North Anatolian Fault inferred from Persistent Scatterer Interferometry and GPS measurements

    Mahdi Motagh;Jörn Hoffmann;Bert Kampes;Marzieh Baes

  • Land subsidence and rebound in the Taiyuan basin, northern China, in the context of inter-basin water transfer and groundwater management

    Wei Tang;Xiangjun Zhao;Mahdi Motagh;Gang Bi

  • Chilean megathrust earthquake recurrence linked to frictional contrast at depth

    M. Moreno;S. Li;D. Melnick;J. R. Bedford

  • Caldera-scale inflation of the Lazufre volcanic area, South America: Evidence from InSAR

    J. Ruch;J. Anderssohn;T.R. Walter;M. Motagh

  • Surface deformation time series and source modeling for a volcanic complex system based on satellite wide swath and image mode interferometry: The Lazufre system, central Andes

    Jan Anderssohn;Mahdi Motagh;Thomas R. Walter;Matthias Rosenau

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas R. Walter
Thomas R. Walter University of Potsdam
Eric J. Fielding
Eric J. Fielding Jet Propulsion Lab
Sergey Samsonov
Sergey Samsonov Natural Resources Canada
Bahram Salehi
Bahram Salehi SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Torsten Dahm
Torsten Dahm University of Potsdam
Hermann Kaufmann
Hermann Kaufmann Shandong University
Andrew Hooper
Andrew Hooper University of Leeds
Rongjiang Wang
Rongjiang Wang Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
John Beavan
John Beavan GNS Science
Laura M. Wallace
Laura M. Wallace The University of Texas at Austin

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