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ASAR Processor Releases

The ASAR generic processor was developed for near real time (NRT) and off-line processing by MDA.


Envisat processing requirements

(As per Envisat Ground Segment – ASAR Processing and Product Quality Requirements, PO-RS-ESA-GS-00245, Issue 3.3, 01 July 1997 - Image Quality Parameter)

Image Quality ParameterEnvisat ASAR
Single Beam
Envisat ASAR
ScanSar
RANGE IRF< 10%< 10%
AZIMUTH IRF< 10%< 10%
PSLR degradation< 2 dB< 2 dB
ISLR degradation< 2 dB< 2 dB
Doppler Centroid Accuracy50 Hz25 Hz
Radiometric Error< 0.1 dB< 0.2 dB
Point Target Linearity> 0.97> 0.97
Absolute Location accuracy< 2 pixel lengths< 2 pixel lengths
Geometric misregistration< 0.5 pixel lengths< 0.5 pixel lengths

 


IPF-ASAR processor updates

The following table lists all IPF-ASAR processor updates since 2008, when it was updated to run on a Linux system.
Prior to this, PF-ASAR was designed to run on an AIX system.

IPF VersionRelease Date 
5.0026 June 2007 
5.013 April 2008 
5.021 December 2008 
5.03 26 May 2009 
5.03L0225 August 2009 
5.03L039 October 2009 
5.0417 September 2010 
6.0016 December 2011 
6.0230 April 2012 
6.033 July 2015 (current version used in processing) 
6.0425 January 2016 (internal release, not currently used for processing) 
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