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ERS SAR Svalbard coverage - L1 (IM)

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  1. Go to the Dissemination Service and select the collection for the “Svalbard coverage”
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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.

The data is collection based and allows data browse and download through the treeview as well as via geographical catalogue search based on area of interest and metadata. Interferometric search option is available for relevant collections. Data download is available via HTTPS, including bulk download functionality.

For information on the (A)SAR On-The-Fly service please refer to the OTF User Manual.

New users can register an account on EO Sign In. For further information about the EO Sign In Service you can consult our FAQ.

For internal ESA users the ESAAD account cannot be used.

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Collection Description

This is a thematic collection containing bulk processed ERS-1/2 SAR Image Mode Level 1 products covering the full available mission archives from 1991 to 2011 over Svalbard, Norway.

The collection is composed of the following product type nominally available via the ESA (A)SAR On-the-fly (OTF) processing service:

  • SAR_IMS_1P - Level 1 Single Look Complex [ERS]

Detailed product characteristics and format information is available on the linked data description page for the above listed dataset. The bulk processed Level 1 data are frame-based standard products normally covering approximately 15 seconds of acquisition. The products are distributed to users in Envisat format.

The size of the full collection is approximately 10.2 TB.

Technical Details

DATA SET SPECIFICATIONS

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):
  • https://doi.org/10.57780/ers-b781bc0
  • European Space Agency, 2025, ERS SAR Svalbard coverage - L1 (IM), Version 1.0.https://doi.org/10.57780/ers-b781bc0
Spatial coverage:
90 N, 90 S, 180 W, 180 E
Temporal coverage:
1991-07-30 - 2011-07-03ERS-1 data are available from 1991-07-30 to 1996-05-04, ERS-2 data are available from 1995-05-24 to 2011-07-03.
Date of launch:
1995-04-21, 1991-07-17
Operators:
ESA
Orbit height:
ERS-1, ERS-2: 782 to 785 km
Orbit type:
Sun-synchronous
Swath width:
ERS-1, ERS-2: 5 km
Current Processor Version:
PF-ERS-v6.05
Product types:
ERS-1, ERS-2: SAR_IMS_1P

PROCESSING LEVEL

level 1

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ERS SAR Envisat Format Product Specification

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ERS-1/2 SAR IM Single Look Complex L1 [SAR_IMS_1P]

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