A Novel Cloud-Native and Multi-Platform Parallelized SBAS-INSAR Algorithm

Facing massive Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data, the challenge of achieving rapid and efficient data processing has garnered attention. Currently, most time-series InSAR processing solutions are designed to operate on a single computing platform, leading to drawbacks such as inflexible deployment and slow data transmission. Leveraging the open-source Kubernetes platform, we have employed cloud-native technology to deploy a cross-platform, multi-level parallelization algorithm across multiple nodes. The algorithm is designed based on modular concept, and its modules can successfully achieve cross-platform deployment by relying on both the Network File System (NFS) protocol and the Common Internet File System (CFIS) protocol. This overcomes the limitations of the previous data file storage system, which solely depended on the NFS protocol, leading to deployment on a single operating system. Deploying the algorithm on different operating systems, our results show that the speeds of Linux platform's algorithm parallel modules were improved 16% and 30%, respectively. The successful cross-platform operation of the algorithm enables the data processing workflow to assimilate the strengths of different operating platforms, enhancing data visualization capabilities and gaining support from diverse platform resources. This introduces a new approach for large-scale time-series InSAR processing.