Sentinel-1C Single Look Complex Product

Description

The Sentinel-1C satellite was launched December 5, 2024. Sentinel-1C is the the latest satellite to be added to the Sentinel-1 constellation. The Sentinel-1 satellites (Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, and Sentinel-1C) are sun-synchronous polar-orbiting satellites that operate day and night performing C-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging. The Sentinel-1 satellites operate in four imaging modes with different resolutions (down to 5 meters) and coverage (up to 400 kilometers). The Sentinel-1 satellites provide dual polarization capability and short revisit times. Sentinel-1C Single Look Complex (SLC) data products consist of focused SAR data, geo-referenced using orbit and attitude data from the satellite, and are provided in slant-range geometry. Slant range is the natural radar range observation coordinate, defined as the line-of-sight from the radar to each reflecting object. The products are in zero-Doppler orientation, where each row of pixels represents points along a line perpendicular to the sub-satellite track. The products include a single look in each dimension using the full available signal bandwidth and complex samples (real and imaginary) preserving the phase information. The products have been geo-referenced using the satellite’s orbit and attitude data and have been corrected for azimuth bi-static delay, elevation antenna pattern, and range spreading loss. The data products in this collection mirror the Sentinel-1C products provided through the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
5 https://search.asf.alaska.edu/
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C3470873558-ASF
5 https://sentiwiki.copernicus.eu/web/sentinel-1
33 Sentinel-1-User-Guide.pdf https://webdocs.asf.alaska.edu/Sentinel-1/Sentinel-1-User-Guide.pdf
0 The metadata's original source. https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3470873558-ASF.iso19115

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  • earth-science-tectonics-solid-earth
  • earth-science-glaciers-ice-sheets-cryosphere
  • earth-science-geomorphic-landforms-processes-solid-earth
  • earth-science-geomorphic-landforms-processes-land-surface

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