Interseismic Deformation From Sentinel‐1 Burst‐Overlap Interferometry: Application to the Southern Dead Sea Fault

Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) data are increasingly being used to map interseismic deformation with ascending and descending-orbit observations allowing for resolving the near-east vertical displacement components. The north component has, however, been difficult retrieve due limited sensitivity of standard InSAR in that direction. Here, we address this problem by using time-series analysis along-track interferometric burst-overlap areas Terrain Observation Progressive Scan imaging mode Sentinel-1 radar satellites. We apply method southern part near-north striking Dead Sea transform fault show ∼5 mm/year relative motion is well recovered. Furthermore, results indicate locking depth decreases toward south as it enters transtensional Gulf Aqaba basin. Our can be obtain meaningful rates slow-moving northerly faults.