Introduction
TerraSAR-X images are acquired by two high resolution radar satellites (TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X) every 11 days anywhere on the globe.
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Product information
Geographic coverage
The geographic coverage is global.
General specifications
| Specifications | Description |
|---|---|
| Sensor type | Radar |
| Acquisition mode | Staring SpotLight High Resolution SpotLight High Resolution SpotLight 300 MHz SpotLight StripMap ScanSAR Wide ScanSAR |
| Processing level | Single Look Slant Range Complex (SSC) Multi Look Ground Range Detected (MGD) Geocoded Ellipsoid Corrected (GEC) Ascending/Descending Merge (ADM) |
| File format | COSAR GeoTIFF |
| Revisit frequency | 2 to 11 days |
| Catalog data availability | From 2007 |
| Incidence angle | 15° to 60° |
| Spectral bands | X-band (9.65 GHz) |
| Polarization | Single Dual |
| Orbit directions | Ascending Descending |
| Bit depth per pixel | 16-bit |
| Coordinate reference system | EPSG:4326 (WGS84) |
Acquisition parameters
| Acquisition mode | Slant range resolution (m) | Azimuth resolution (m) | Polarization |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staring SpotLight | 0.6 | 0.24 | Single (VV or HH) |
| High Resolution SpotLight | 1.2 | 1.1 | Single (VV or HH) |
| 1.2 | 2.2 | Dual (HH & VV) | |
| High Resolution SpotLight 300 MHz | 1.2 | 1.1 | Single (VV or HH) |
| 1.2 | 2.2 | Dual (HH & VV) | |
| SpotLight | 1.2 | 1.7 | Single (VV or HH) |
| 1.2 | 3.4 | Dual (HH & VV) | |
| StripMap | 1.2 | 3.3 | Single (VV or HH) |
| 1.2 | 6.6 | Dual (HH & VV, HH & HV, or VV & VH) | |
| ScanSAR | 1.2 | 18.5 | Single (VV or HH) |
| Wide ScanSAR | 1.7–3.3 | 40 | Single (VV, HH, HV or VH) |
Product formats
| Processing level | File format |
|---|---|
| Single Look Slant Range Complex (SSC) | COSAR |
| Multi Look Ground Range Detected (MGD) | GeoTIFF |
| Geocoded Ellipsoid Corrected (GEC) | GeoTIFF |
| Enhanced Ellipsoid Corrected (EEC) | GeoTIFF |
UP42 data products
| Data product | ID | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Custom | a6f64332-3148-4e05-a475-45a02176f210 | terra-sar-tasking |