SAR product series

A full ERS-1 scene including an area of 100km by 100 km is presented as a series of different products. The reference scene was acquired on 24 November 1991 over the north-western part of Switzerland.
Note that in this context only the ESA off-line products are presented. Further to the presented products, a near-real time fast delivery product (product name ERS.SAR.UI16) is also available. It is generated at the ESA acquisition stations. The product is a 3 look image, ground range, pixel spacing 20m in range and 15.8m in azimuth. Copies of these products are archived and can be requested (product name ERS.SAR.FDC). In addition ESA also generates a one-look complex slant range data product (product name ERS.SAR.SLC), as quarter or full frame. It is used for general SAR studies and as input for interferometry.
In the examples below illumination is from the right, flight direction is approximately north-south (descending pass).

SERIES OF IMAGES:
Raw Data
Range compressed Data
One Look Complex Image
One Look Complex Detected Image (I)
One Look Complex Detected Image (II)
Raw Interferogramme
Interferogramme
Coherence Image
Digital Elevation Model

SERIES OF IMAGES (continuous display):

All image processing and text by: D. Small, E. Meier, D. Nuesch Remote Sensing Laboratories, Dept. of Geography, University of ZurichGeography, University of Zurich

Series of images:

All image processing and text by:
D.Small,E.Meier,D.Nuesch.
Remote Sensing Laboratories,

Dept. of Geography, University of Zurich
Additional credit:
A modified version of the DLR-DFD CEOS-input software getit was used for some of the tape input and data-reduction (PRI, GEC, GTC).

Keywords: ESA European Space Agency - Agence spatiale europeenne, observation de la terre, earth observation, satellite remote sensing, teledetection, geophysique, altimetrie, radar, chimique atmospherique, geophysics, altimetry, radar, atmospheric chemistry