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Description

The PAZ ESA archive collection consists of PAZ Level 1 data previously requested by ESA supported projects over their areas of interest around the world and, as a consequence, the products are scattered and dispersed worldwide and in different time windows. The dataset regularly grows as ESA collects new products over the years.

Available modes are:

  • StripMap mode (SM): SSD less than 3 m for a scene 30 km x 50 km in single polarization or 15 km x 50 km in dual polarisation
  • ScanSAR mode (SC): the scene is 100 x 150 km2, SSD less than 18 m in signle pol only
  • Wide ScanSAR mode (WS): single polarisation only, with SS less than 40 m and scene size of 270 x 200 km2
  • Spotlight modes (SL): SSD less than 2 m for a scene 10 km x 10 km, both single and dual polarization are available
  • High Resolution Spotlight mode (HS): in both single and dual polarisation, the scene is 10x5 km2, SSD less than 1 m
  • Staring Spotlight mode (ST): SSD is 25 cm, the scene size is 4 x 4 km2, in single polarisation only.

 

The available geometric projections are:

  • Single Look Slant Range Complex (SSC): single look product, no geocoding, no radiometric artifact included, the pixel spacing is equidistant in azimuth and in ground range
  •  Multi Look Ground Range Detected (MGD): detected multi look product, simple polynomial slant-to-ground projection is performed in range, no image rotation to a map coordinate system is performed
  • Geocoded Ellipsoid Corrected (GEC): multi look detected product, projected and re-sampled to the WGS84 reference ellipsoid with no terrain corrections
  • Enhanced Ellipsoid Corrected (EEC): multi look detected product, projected and re-sampled to the WGS84 reference ellipsoid, the image distortions caused by varying terrain height are corrected using a DEM.

 

The following table summarises the offered product types.

EO-SIP product typeOperation Mode Geometric ProjectionGeometric Projection
PSP_SM_SSCStripmap (SM)Single Look Slant Range Complex (SSC)
PSP_SM_MGDStripmap (SM)Multi Look Ground Range Detected (MGD)
PSP_SM_GECStripmap (SM)Geocoded Ellipsoid Corrected (GEC)
PSP_SM_EECStripmap (SM)Enhanced Ellipsoid Corrected (EEC)
PSP_SC_MGDScanSAR (SC)Multi Look Ground Range Detected (MGD)
PSP_SC_GECScanSAR (SC)Multi Look Ground Range Detected (MGD)
PSP_SC_EECScanSAR (SC)Geocoded Ellipsoid Corrected (GEC)
PSP_SC_SSCScanSAR (SC)Enhanced Ellipsoid Corrected (EEC)
PSP_SL_SSCSpotlight (SL)Single Look Slant Range Complex (SSC)
PSP_SL_MGDSpotlight (SL)Multi Look Ground Range Detected (MGD)
PSP_SL_GECSpotlight (SL)Geocoded Ellipsoid Corrected (GEC)
PSP_SL_EECSpotlight (SL)Enhanced Ellipsoid Corrected (EEC)
PSP_HS_SSCHigh Resolution Spotlight (HS)Single Look Slant Range Complex (SSC)
PSP_HS_MGDHigh Resolution Spotlight (HS)Multi Look Ground Range Detected (MGD)
PSP_HS_GECHigh Resolution Spotlight (HS)Geocoded Ellipsoid Corrected (GEC)
PSP_HS_EECHigh Resolution Spotlight (HS)Enhanced Ellipsoid Corrected (EEC)
PSP_ST_SSCStaring Spotlight (ST)Single Look Slant Range Complex (SSC)
PSP_ST_MGDStaring Spotlight (ST)Multi Look Ground Range Detected (MGD)
PSP_ST_GECStaring Spotlight (ST)Geocoded Ellipsoid Corrected (GEC)
PSP_ST_EECStaring Spotlight (ST)Enhanced Ellipsoid Corrected (EEC)
PSP_WS_SSCWide ScanSAR (WS)Single Look Slant Range Complex (SSC)
PSP_WS_MGDWide ScanSAR (WS)Multi Look Ground Range Detected (MGD)
PSP_WS_GECWide ScanSAR (WS)Geocoded Ellipsoid Corrected (GEC)
PSP_WS_EECWide ScanSAR (WS)Enhanced Ellipsoid Corrected (EEC)

Details

DATA SET SPECIFICATIONS

Spatial coverage:
90 N, -90 S, -180 W, 180 E
Temporal coverage:
2018-09-06 - present
Date of launch:
2018-02-22
Operators:
Hisdesat
Mission status:
Ongoing
Orbit height:
514 km
Orbit type:
Sun-synchronous
Swath width:
10x10 km Spotlight, 10X5 km HR Spotlight, 100x150 km ScanSAR, 15/30 x50 km StripMap
Resolution:
Very High Resolution - VHR (0 - 5 m), High Resolution - HR (5 - 20 m)
Wavelengths:
X-Band (2.8 - 5.2 cm)
Product types:
PSP_SM_SSC, PSP_SM_MGD, PSP_SM_GEC, PSP_SM_EEC, PSP_SC_MGD, PSP_SC_GEC, PSP_SC_EEC, PSP_SC_SSC, PSP_SL_SSC, PSP_SL_MGD, PSP_SL_GEC, PSP_SL_EEC, PSP_HS_SSC, PSP_HS_MGD, PSP_HS_GEC, PSP_HS_EEC, PSP_ST_SSC, PSP_ST_MGD, PSP_ST_GEC, PSP_ST_EEC, PSP_WS_SSC, PSP_WS_MGD, PSP_WS_GEC, PSP_WS_EEC

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Level 1

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