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Envisat ASAR Alternating Polarisation Mode Co- and Cross-polar Level 0 [ASA_APC/APH/APV_0P]

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Description

The ASAR Alternating Polarization Mode Level 0 (Co-polar and Cross-polar H and V) products contain time-ordered Annotated Instrument Source Packets (AISPs) corresponding to one of the three possible polarisation combinations: HH & HV, VV & VH and HH & VV, respectively. The echo samples in the AISPs have been compressed to 4 bits/sample using FBAQ.

This is a high-rate, narrow swath mode, so data is only acquired for partial orbit segments. There are two co-registered images per acquisition and may be from one of seven different image swaths. The Level 0 product was produced systematically for all data acquired within this mode. Data Size: 56-100 km across track x 100 km along track.

There are three AP Mode Level 0 products:

  • ASA_APH_0P: The Cross-polar H Level 0 product corresponds to the polarisation combination HH/HV.
  • ASA_APV_0P: The Cross-polar V Level 0 product corresponds to the polarisation combination VV/VH.
  • ASA_APC_0P: The Co-polar Level 0 product corresponds to the polarisation combination HH/VV= H and H received/V transmit and V received.

Details

DATA SET SPECIFICATIONS

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):
Spatial coverage:
90 N, -90 S, -180 W, 180 E
Temporal coverage:
2002-11-15 - 2012-04-08
Date of launch:
2002-03-01
Operators:
ESA
Mission status:
Completed
Orbit height:
800 km
Orbit type:
Sun-synchronous
Swath width:
5 - 1150 km

PROCESSING LEVEL

Level 0

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, 2016, Envisat ASAR Alternating Polarisation Mode L0 Product. IPF Version 6.03.

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