CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- SAR (RADARSAT-2)
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Full Name
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Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) C band
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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CSA
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Maturity
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High Heritage - Operational
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Instrument Type
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Imaging microwave radars 
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Geometry
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Side-looking
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Instrument Technology
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Imaging radar (SAR)
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Sampling
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Imaging
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Data Access
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Constrained Access
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Data Format
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Image Products in a format that uses GeoTIFF for imagery and XML for metadata, or NITF for imagery and metadata.
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Measurements and Applications
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All-weather images of ocean, ice and land surfaces. Used for monitoring of coastal zones, polar ice, sea ice, sea state, geological features, vegetation and land surface processes.
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Resolution Summary
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Spotlight: 5 - 2 x 0.8 m (1 look); Ultra-Fine: 5 - 2 x 3 m (1 look); Wide Ultra-Fine: 3 - 2 x 3 m (1 look); Multi-Look Fine/Wide MLF: 11 - 7 x 8 m (4 looks); Extra-Fine: 8 - 4 x 5 m (1 look) to 24 -12 x 24 m (28 looks); Fine: 10 - 7 x 8 m (1 look); Wide Fine: 15 - 7 x 8 m (1 look); Standard: 27 - 17 x 25 m (4 looks); Wide: 40 - 19 x 25 m (4 looks); Extended (H/L): 18 - 16 x 25 m / 53 - 23 x 25 m (4 looks); Fine Quad-Pol: 17 - 7 x 8 m (1 look); Wide Fine Quad-Pol: 17 - 8 x 8 m (1 look); Standard Quad-Pol: 29 - 18 x 8 m (1 look); Wide Standard Quad-Pol: 30 - 17 x 8 m (1 look); ScanSAR (N/W): 81 - 38 x 40 - 70 m / 163 - 73 x 78 - 106 m (4/8 looks); Ship Detection: 33 - 23 x 19 - 77 m (5 looks); Ocean Surveillance: 80 - 36 x 27 - 99 m (4 looks).
[Best Resolution: 0.8m]
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Swath Summary
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Spotlight: 18 km [8 km along-track]; Ultra-Fine: 20 km; Wide Ultra-Fine: 50 km; Multi-Look Fine/Wide MLF: 50/90 km; Extra-Fine: 125 km; Fine: 50 km; Wide Fine: 150 km; Standard: 100 km; Wide: 150 km; Extended (H/L): 75/170 km; Fine Quad-Pol: 25 km; Wide Fine Quad-Pol: 50 km; Standard Quad-Pol: 25 km; Wide Standard Quad-Pol: 50 km; ScanSAR (N/W): 300/500 km; Ship Detection: 450 km; Ocean Surveillance: 500 km.
[Max Swath: 500 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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Relative Radiometric Accuracy (within a 100 km scene): <1 dB
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Waveband Summary
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Microwave: C band 5.405 GHz. HH, VV, HV, VH polarization - includes Quad polarization imaging modes.
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| MW (~0.1 cm - ~100 cm) |
| C-Band (8 - 4 GHz) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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