Usingatimeseriesmethodthatcombinesboththepersistentscattererandsmallbaselineapproaches,weanalyzed9scenesEnvisatASARdataovertheL’Aquilaearthquake,andobtainedaShocke’sdisplacementfieldanditsevolutionprocesses.Theresultsshowthat:(1)EnvisatASARclearlydetectedthewholeprocessesofdisplacementfieldoftheL’Aquilaearthquake,anddistinctvariationsatdifferentstagesofthedisplacementfield.(2)Preseismiccreepdisplacement?displacementmutationwhenfaulting?constantlysloweddownaftertheearthquake.(3)Theareaofthestrongestdeformationandgroundrupturewasalow-lyingovaldepressionregiontothesoutheast.Surfacefaultingwithinazoneofabout22km914km,withanorientationof135°,occurredalongtheNW-strikingandSW-dippingPaganica-S.Demetrionormalfault.(4)Inanalyzinganareaofabout54km959km,boundedbynorth–southaxistotheepicenter,thedisplacementfieldhassignificantcharacteristicsofawatershed:westwardoftheepicentershowsupliftwithmaximumof130mminline-of-sight(LOS),andeastoftheepicenterwasaregionwith220mmofmaximumsubsidenceintheLOS,concentratingontherupturezone,themajorityofwhichformedinthecourseoffaultingandsubsequence.
