CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
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Full Name
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L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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CONAE
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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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Data Format
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XML + binary HDF5
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Measurements and Applications
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Land, ocean, emergencies, soil moisture, interferometry, others.
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Resolution Summary
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10 x 10 m – 100 x 100 m
[Best Resolution: 10m]
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Swath Summary
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20 – 350 km
[Max Swath: 350 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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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).
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Waveband Summary
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L-band (1.275 GHz)
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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