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However, monitoring land surface deformation using InSAR at high spatial resolution over a large region is still a formidable task. In this paper, we report a research on investigating ground subsidence and the causes over the entire 107, 200 km2 province of Jiangsu, China, using time-series InSAR. The Sentinel-1 Interferometric Wide-swath (IW) images of 6 frames are used to map ground subsidence over the whole province for the period 2016\u20132018. We present processing methodology in detail, with emphasis on the three-level co-registration scheme of S-1 data, retrieval of mean subsidence velocity (MSV) and subsidence time series, and mosaicking of multiple frames of results. The MSV and subsidence time series are generated for 9,276,214 selected coherent pixels (CPs) over the Jiangsu territory. Using 688 leveling measurements in evaluation, the derived MSV map of Jiangsu province shows an accuracy of 3.9 mm\/year. Moreover, subsidence causes of the province are analyzed based on InSAR-derived subsidence characteristics, historical optical images, and field-work findings. Main factors accounting for the observed subsidence include: underground mining, groundwater withdrawal, soil consolidations of marine reclamation, and land-use transition from agricultural (paddy) to industrial land. This research demonstrates not only the capability of S-1 data in mapping ground deformation over wide areas in coastal and heavily vegetated region of China, but also the potential of inferring valuable knowledge from InSAR-derived results.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs13020179","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,7]],"date-time":"2021-01-07T01:06:50Z","timestamp":1609981610000},"page":"179","update-policy":"https:\/\/summer-heart-0930.chufeiyun1688.workers.dev:443\/https\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":26,"title":["Investigating Ground Subsidence and the Causes over the Whole Jiangsu Province, China Using Sentinel-1 SAR Data"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Yonghong","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, Beijing 100036, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hongan","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, Beijing 100036, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mingju","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Provincial Geomatics Center of Jiangsu, Nanjing 210013, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yonghui","family":"Kang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, Beijing 100036, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhong","family":"Lu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Roy M. 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