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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
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Full Name
L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
CONAE
Maturity
Instrument Type
Imaging microwave radars
Geometry
Side-looking
Instrument Technology
Imaging radar (SAR)
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Data Format
XML + binary HDF5
Measurements and Applications
Land, ocean, emergencies, soil moisture, interferometry, others.
Resolution Summary
10 x 10 m – 100 x 100 m
[Best Resolution: 10m]
Swath Summary
20 – 350 km
[Max Swath: 350 km]
Accuracy Summary
Absolute radiometric accuracy: 0.5 dB (QP), 1.0 dB (SP, DP); Polarimetric accuracy: 0.3 dB; Phase accuracy between polarimetric channels: 15°; Geolocation accuracy: on-line: 90 m, off-line: 25 m (with precise orbit).
Waveband Summary
L-band (1.275 GHz)
L-Band (2 - 1 GHz)
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
Category
Parameter
Atmospheric Winds
Oil spill cover
Ice sheet topography
Sea-ice sheet topography
Landscape topography
Land surface topography
Multi-purpose imagery (land)
Land surface imagery
Surface Coherent Change Detection
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)
Ocean imagery and water leaving spectral radiance
Ocean surface winds
Wind speed over sea surface (horizontal)
Wind vector over sea surface (horizontal)
Ocean topography/currents
Ocean surface currents (vector)
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness
Sea-ice cover
Sea-ice type
Glacier cover
Glacier motion
Sea-ice thickness
Snow cover, edge and depth
Snow cover
Snow detection (mask)
Soil moisture
Soil moisture at the surface
Vegetation
Vegetation type
Land cover
Vegetation Canopy (cover)
Vegetation Canopy (height)
Above Ground Biomass (AGB)
Thematic Links
Global Climate Observing System Essential Climate Variables (GCOS ECVs)
ECV
Description
Product(s)
ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)
Above-ground biomass
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Glaciers
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Land cover
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Ocean Colour
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Sea Ice
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Snow
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Soil Moisture
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Surface Currents
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Instrument Missions
SAOCOM 1A - Satélite Argentino de Observación COn Microondas 1A (2018 - 2023)
SAOCOM 1B - Satélite Argentino de Observación COn Microondas 1B (2020 - 2025)
SAOCOM-2A - Satélite Argentino de Observación COn Microondas 2A (2028 - 2033)
SAOCOM-2B - Satélite Argentino de Observación COn Microondas 2B (2030 - 2035)
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