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ERS-1/2 SAR IM Medium Resolution L1 [SAR_IMM_1P]

ERS-1/2 SAR Medium Resolution Image - Level 1 Product

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The ESA (A)SAR On-the-fly (OTF) data processing and dissemination service allows end-users to gain direct access to the (A)SAR archive from the ERS-1, ERS-2 and Envisat Missions.

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Description

This ERS Medium Resolution stripline product is generated from the Image Mode Level 0 Product. Stripline image products contain image data for an entire segment, up to a maximum size of 10 minutes per product for IM mode. The processor concatenates together several sub-images called "slices" that were processed separately on a dataset-by-dataset basis in order to form the entire stripline image. The product is processed to an approximately 150 m x 150 m resolution and has a radiometric resolution that is good enough for ice applications. This product has a lower spatial resolution than the SAR_IMP_1P and SAR_IMS_1P products.

Product Characteristics:

  • Pixel size: 5 m (ground range – across track) x 75 m (azimuth – along track)
  • Scene area: 100 km (range) x at least 102.5 km
  • Scene Size: 1300 pixels (range) x at least 1350 lines (azimuth)
  • Pixel depth: 16 bits unsigned integer- Total product volume: at least 3.5 MB
  • Projection: Ground-range
  • Number of looks: 8 (azimuth) x 7 (range).

Details

DATA SET SPECIFICATIONS

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):
Spatial coverage:
82 N, -82 S, -180 W, 180 E
Temporal coverage:
1991-07-27 - 2011-07-04
Date of launch:
1995-04-21, 1991-07-17
Operators:
ESA
Mission status:
Completed
Orbit height:
782 to 785 km
Orbit type:
Sun-synchronous
Swath width:
5 km
Current Processor Version:
PF-ERS / Envisat format

PROCESSING LEVEL

Level 1

APPLICABLE TERMS & CONDITIONS

Utilisation of this data is subject to ESA's Earth Observation Terms and Conditions.

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DATA CITATION

European Space Agency, 2017-2021, ERS-1/2 SAR Image Mode Medium Resolution Level 1 Product. IPF Version 6.01.

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