article_snippet.sent: The information from the satellites has been transformed into an interferogram, which provides a colourful and highly detailed view of the Earth's land mass.
article_snippet.sent: Each ‘fringe’ of colour represents about 3cm of deformation.
article_snippet.sent: The large amount of fringes indicates a large deformation pattern of 3.2ft (1 metre) from the ground around Kathmandu .
article_snippet.sent: Professor Tim Wright from the Natural Environment Research Council explained that what scientists count are the coloured 'fringes' in the interferogram, of which there are about 34 from the Nepal earthquake.
article_snippet.sent: ‘fringes’ cross the city, with each coloured fringe corresponding to 2.8 cm of ground displacement (both uplift and subsidence).
article_snippet.sent: Small changes on the ground modify the reflected radar signal and lead to rainbow-coloured fringes in the 'interferogram'.
highlights_snippet.sent: The data has been transformed into an 'interferogram' showing how the land mass has shifted .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Scientists count the colored 'fringes' in an 'interferogram' showing how the land mass has shifted to detect how much the land has moved .
  