CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- CSG SAR
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Full Name
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COSMO-SkyMed di Seconda Generazione SAR
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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ASI , MoD (Italy)
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Maturity
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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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HDF5,
GeoTiff,
GML JPEG2000,
STANAG 4545
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Measurements and Applications
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All-weather images of ocean, land and ice for monitoring of land surface processes, ice, environmental monitoring, risk management, environmental resources, maritime management, Earth topographic mapping.
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Resolution Summary
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[range x azimuth]
Spotlight: 0.5x0.35 or 0.63x0.63 m (Single/Dual pol),
Stripmap: 3x3 m (Single/Dual/Quad pol), ScanSAR: 4x20 or 6x40 m (Single/Dual pol)
[Best Resolution: 0.35m]
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Swath Summary
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'Dual polarisation modes: Spotlight [range x azimuth]: 7.3x3.1 or 10x10 km, Stripmap: 40 km, ScanSAR: 100 or 200 km.
Quad polarisation mode: 15 km.
[Max Swath: 200 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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Waveband Summary
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Microwave: X-band (9.6 GHz) single-, dual- and quad- polarization
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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