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After the successful conclusion of the ASAR (Array Synthetic Aperture Radar) development project, its first real application has been a long term survey in the southern Alps of Canton Graubünden, Switzerland. The task is to monitor small displacements near to a quarry and observe relationships with weather conditions.

The result of the 14 month survey, therefore spanning over a period covering the four seasons, has been the development of a risk map of potentially unstable slope areas in function of the precipitations.

Furthermore, it has been possible to identify critical regions that needed stabilization interventions.