Dataset
Sentinel 1B C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR): Interferometric Wide (IW) mode Single Look Complex (SLC) Level 1 data, Instrument Processing Facility (IPF) v2
Abstract
This dataset contains Interferometric Wide swath (IW) Single Look Complex (SLC) C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data from the European Space Agency (ESA) Sentinel 1B satellite. Sentinel 1B was lanched on 25th April 2016 and provides continuous all-weather, day and night imaging radar data. The IW mode is the main operational mode. The IW mode supports single (HH or VV) and dual (HH+HV or VV+VH) polarisation.
The IW SLC product contains one image per sub-swath, per polarisation channel, for a total of three or six images. Each sub-swath image consists of a series of bursts, where each burst was processed as a separate SLC image. The individually focused complex burst images are included, in azimuth-time order, into a single sub-swath image, with black-fill demarcation in between
Unlike SM and WV SLC products, which are sampled at the natural pixel spacing, the images for all bursts in all sub-swaths of an IW SLC product are re-sampled to a common pixel spacing grid in range and azimuth. The resampling to a common grid eliminates the need for further interpolation in case, in later processing stages, the bursts are merged to create a contiguous ground range, detected image.
These data are available via CEDA to any registered user.
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Use of these data is covered by the following licence: https://sentinel.esa.int/documents/247904/690755/Sentinel_Data_Legal_Notice. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
| Data lineage: |
Data collected and prepared by European Space Agency (ESA). Downloaded from the Collaborative Hub for use by the UK scientific community. |
| Data Quality: |
Data are as given by the data provider, no quality control has been performed by the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA).
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| File Format: |
Image data files are in a binary format. Quicklook images are in png format. Manifest files with relevant metadata are in SAFE format.
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Process overview
Instrument/Platform pairings
| Sentinel 1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) | Deployed on: Sentinel 1B |
Computation Element: 1
| Title | Level 1 processing algorithm applied to Sentinel 1 raw data, Instrument Processing Facility (IPF) v2 |
| Abstract | This computation involves the Level 1 processing algorithm applied to raw Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data. This consists of Level 1 preprocessing, special handling for TOPSAR mode, Doppler centroid estimation, Level 1 Single Look Complex (SLC) processing algorithms and Level 1 post-processing to generate the output Single Look Complex (SLC) and Ground Range Detected (GRD) products as well as quicklook images. Level-1 Single Look Complex (SLC) products consist of focused SAR data, geo-referenced using orbit and attitude data from the satellite, and provided in slant-range geometry. Slant range is the natural radar range observation coordinate, defined as the line-of-sight from the radar to each reflecting object. The products are in zero-Doppler orientation where each row of pixels represents points along a line perpendicular to the sub-satellite track. The products include a single look in each dimension using the full available signal bandwidth and complex samples (real and imaginary) preserving the phase information. The products have been geo-referenced using the orbit and attitude data from the satellite and have been corrected for azimuth bi-static delay, elevation antenna pattern and range spreading loss. For more information on the changes for this processing version please see the Sentinel 1 document libary under the docs tab. |
| Input Description | None |
| Output Description | None |
| Software Reference | None |
| Output Description | None |
- long_name: Radar
- gcmd_name: EARTH SCIENCE > Spectral/Engineering > Radar
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/H420
- names: EARTH SCIENCE > Spectral/Engineering > Radar, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/H420
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0673
- long_name: Radar Imagery
- gcmd_name: Radar Imagery
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0673, Radar Imagery
Co-ordinate Variables
Temporal Range
2016-08-20T00:00:00
2019-06-26T23:59:59
Geographic Extent
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