TerraSAR-X
Very high resolution SAR imagery acquired every two weeks on a global basis.
Introduction
TerraSAR-X imagery is 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.
Location of interest type
This collection accepts AOIs. You will get full scenes intersecting the defined AOI.
General specifications
| Specification | Description |
|---|---|
| Azimuth resolution | SpotLight: High resolution (2 m) Staring SpotLight: Very high resolution (0.25 m) StripMap: Medium resolution (3 m) ScanSAR: Medium resolution (18.50 m) Wide ScanSAR: Low resolution (40 m) High Resolution SpotLight: High resolution (1 m) High Resolution SpotLight 300 MHz: High resolution (1 m) |
| 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) |
| Delivery format | COSAR GeoTIFF |
| Revisit frequency | From 2 to 11 days |
| Catalog data availability | From 2007 |
| Incidence angle | From 15° to 60° |
| Spectral bands | X-band (9.65 GHz) |
| Polarization | Single HH Single VV Dual (HH and VV) |
| Orbit directions | Ascending Descending |
| Bit depth per pixel | 16-bit |
| Coordinate reference system | EPSG:4326 |
Product formats
| Processing level | Delivery 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 |
Limitations
| Acquisition mode | Scene size |
|---|---|
| SpotLight | 10 × 10 km |
| Staring SpotLight | 4 × 3.7 km |
| StripMap | From 30 × 50 km to 30 × 1650 km |
| ScanSAR | From 100 × 150 km to 100 × 1650 km |
| Wide ScanSAR | From 270 × 200 km to 270 × 1500 km |
| High Resolution SpotLight | 10 × 5 km |
| High Resolution SpotLight 300 MHz | 10 × 5 km |
UP42 data products
| Product configuration title | Data product ID | Collection name |
|---|---|---|
| Custom | a6f64332-3148-4e05-a475-45a02176f210 | terra-sar-tasking |