Introduction
TerraSAR-X images are acquired by two high-resolution radar satellites (TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X) every 11 days anywhere on the globe.
Product Information
Geographic Coverage
The geographic coverage is global.
Technical Specifications
Specifications | Description |
---|---|
Spatial Resolution | Very high resolution (0-5 m) High resolution (5-40 m) |
Image Type | Radar |
Acquisition Modes | Staring SpotLight High Resolution SpotLight SpotLight StripMap ScanSAR Wide ScanSAR |
Radiometric Processing Levels | L1B (basic image product) EI (enhanced image products) |
File Formats | COSAR GeoTIFF |
Revisit Frequency | 2-11 days |
Data Availability | 2007 - present |
Incidence Angle | 15° - 60° |
Spectral Bands | X (9.65 GHz) |
Polarisations | Single Dual |
Orbit Directions | Ascending & Descending |
Bit Depths | 16 bits per pixel |
Coordinate System | WGS84 (EPSG4326) |
Acquisition mode | Slant Range Resolution [m] | Azimuth Resolution [m] | Polarisation |
---|---|---|---|
Staring SpotLight | 0.6 | 0.24 | Single (VV or HH) |
High Resolution SpotLight | 1.2 1.2 | 1.1 2.2 | Single (VV or HH) Dual (HH & VV) |
SpotLight | 1.2 1.2 | 1.7 3.4 | Single (VV or HH) Dual (HH & VV) |
StripMap | 1.2 1.2 | 3.3 6.6 | Single (VV or HH) 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) |
Processing Level | Product Type | File Format |
---|---|---|
Basic Image Products | Single Look Slant Range Complex (SSC) Multi Look Ground Range Detected (MGD) Geocoded Ellipsoid Corrected (GEC) Enhanced Ellipsoid Corrected (EEC) | COSAR GeoTIFF GeoTIFF GeoTIFF |
Enhanced Image Products | Orthorectified Image (ORI) Radiometrically Corrected Image (RAN) Mosaic (MC) Ascending/Descending Merge (ADM) | GeoTIFF GeoTIFF GeoTIFF GeoTIFF |
UP42 Data Products
Data Products | ID | Polarization | Acquisition mode | Coordinate system |
---|---|---|---|---|
Custom | a6f64332-3148-4e05-a475-45a02176f210 | Any | Any | WGS84 (EPSG4326) |