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Sergey Samsonov is affiliated with Natural Resources Canada in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering. Their research spans several specialized subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Aerospace Engineering, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Statistics and Probability.

The primary topics addressed in Samsonov's work include earthquake and tectonic studies, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) applications and techniques, cryospheric studies and observations, landslides and related hazards, Markov Chains and Monte Carlo Methods, rock mechanics and modeling, and seismic waves and analysis.

Among their recent scientific papers are:

  • Acceleration of a large deep-seated tropical landslide due to urbanization feedbacks, 2022, Nature Geoscience
  • Three-dimensional and long-term landslide displacement estimation by fusing C- and L-band SAR observations: A case study in Gongjue County, Tibet, China, 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • When image correlation is needed: Unravelling the complex dynamics of a slow-moving landslide in the tropics with dense radar and optical time series, 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Detection of volcanic unrest onset in La Palma, Canary Islands, evolution and implications, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • InSAR data reveal that the largest hydraulic fracturing-induced earthquake in Canada, to date, is a slow-slip event, 2022, Scientific Reports

Samsonov collaborates frequently with several researchers, reflecting interdisciplinary and coauthored work. Notable frequent coauthors include:

  • Éric Moulines
  • Wanpeng Feng
  • Alexey Naumov
  • K. F. Tiampo
  • Alain Durmus

They publish regularly in venues focused on geospatial and environmental research such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Remote Sensing
  • Scientific Reports
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Best Publications

  • A review of the status of satellite remote sensing and image processing techniques for mapping natural hazards and disasters

    Karen E. Joyce;Stella E. Belliss;Sergey V. Samsonov;Stephen J. McNeill

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

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

  • Multidimensional time‐series analysis of ground deformation from multiple InSAR data sets applied to Virunga Volcanic Province

    Sergey Samsonov;Nicolas d'Oreye

  • Continuing megathrust earthquake potential in Chile after the 2014 Iquique earthquake

    Gavin P. Hayes;Matthew W. Herman;William D. Barnhart;Kevin P. Furlong

  • Ground deformation associated with post-mining activity at the French–German border revealed by novel InSAR time series method

    Sergey V. Samsonov;Nicolas d'Oreye;Benoît Smets

  • Time-series analysis of subsidence associated with rapid urbanization in Shanghai, China measured with SBAS InSAR method

    Shaochun Dong;Shaochun Dong;Sergey Samsonov;Hongwei Yin;Shujun Ye

  • 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

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

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

  • Analytical optimization of a DInSAR and GPS dataset for derivation of three-dimensional surface motion

    S. Samsonov;K. Tiampo

  • The Iquique earthquake sequence of April 2014: Bayesian modeling accounting for prediction uncertainty

    Z. Duputel;Z. Duputel;J. Jiang;R. Jolivet;R. Jolivet;M. Simons

  • Application of DInSAR-GPS Optimization for Derivation of Fine-Scale Surface Motion Maps of Southern California

    S. Samsonov;K. Tiampo;J. Rundle;Zhenhong Li

  • Detailed multidisciplinary monitoring reveals pre- and co-eruptive signals at Nyamulagira volcano (North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo)

    Benoît Smets;Benoît Smets;Nicolas d’Oreye;François Kervyn;Matthieu Kervyn

  • Rapid Characterization of the 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake Sequence and Its Seismotectonic Context

    Gavin P. Hayes;Richard W. Briggs;William D. Barnhart;William L. Yeck

  • Satellite interferometry for mapping surface deformation time series in one, two and three dimensions: A new method illustrated on a slow-moving landslide

    Sergey Samsonov;Antoine Dille;Antoine Dille;Olivier Dewitte;François Kervyn

  • Magma storage and migration associated with the 2011–2012 El Hierro eruption: Implications for crustal magmatic systems at oceanic island volcanoes

    Pablo J. González;Sergey V. Samsonov;Susi Pepe;Kristy F. Tiampo

  • The mechanism of partial rupture of a locked megathrust: The role of fault morphology

    Qiang Qiu;Emma Mary Hill;Sylvain Barbot;Judith Hubbard

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

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

  • Topographic Correction for ALOS PALSAR Interferometry

    Sergey Samsonov

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

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

  • A simultaneous inversion for deformation rates and topographic errors of DInSAR data utilizing linear least square inversion technique

    Sergey Samsonov;Marco van der Kooij;Kristy Tiampo

  • Rapidly accelerating subsidence in the Greater Vancouver region from two decades of ERS-ENVISAT-RADARSAT-2 DInSAR measurements

    Sergey V. Samsonov;Nicolas d'Oreye;Pablo J. González;Kristy F. Tiampo

  • Multidimensional Time Series Analysis Of Ground Deformation From Multiple InSAR Data Sets Applied To Virunga Volcanic Province

    N. d'Oreye;S. Samsonov;B. Smets

Frequent Co-Authors

Kristy F. Tiampo
Kristy F. Tiampo University of Colorado Boulder
Pablo J. González
Pablo J. González Spanish National Research Council
Eric J. Fielding
Eric J. Fielding Jet Propulsion Lab
Paul Lundgren
Paul Lundgren California Institute of Technology
Mark Simons
Mark Simons California Institute of Technology
Mahdi Motagh
Mahdi Motagh University of Hannover
Salvatore Stramondo
Salvatore Stramondo National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Zacharie Duputel
Zacharie Duputel Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
John Beavan
John Beavan GNS Science
Don White
Don White Geological Survey of Canada

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