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SAR Data Products: Full-Res Format Products

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Post-Sept-96 Full-Res Product Parameters

See the product availability matrix for information regarding when these products will be distributed (e.g., uncalibrated vs. calibrated releases).


The values placed after a slash are estimates for the RADARSAT Antarctic Mapping Project (RAMP), i.e. left-looking mode.




RADARSAT Modes: Image Size Range Direction Image Size Azimuth Direction Pixel Spacing Resolution Pixels per Line & Line Count Image Size Mbytes
(km) (km) (m) (m)
Standard Beams:
ST1 102.4/111 102.4 12.5/25 28/38 8192/5664 67/46
ST2 102.4/100 102.4 12.5/25 25/38 8192/6600 67/54
ST3 102.4/110 102.4 12.5/25 28/38 8192/5480 67/44
ST4 102.4/110 102.4 12.5/25 25/38 8192/5896 67/48
ST5 102.4/110 102.4 12.5/25 25/38 8192/6240 67/51
ST6 102.4/107 102.4 12.5/25 25/38 8192/6680 67/55
ST7 102.4/109 102.4 12.5/25 25/38 8192/7180 67/59
Wide Beams:
WD1 153.6 153.6 25 41 6144 38
WD2 152.7 153.6 25 38 6144 38
WD3 120.7 153.6 25 38 6144 38
High Incidence Beams:
EH4 72/72 102.4 12.5/25 25/38 8192/8016 64
ScanSAR: The slashes here distinguish min/max values.
SWA(SW1):WD1,2,3, ST7 512 512 50 75 10240/14480 104/208
SWB(SW2):WD1,2, ST5,6 459.8 512 50 75 10240/14480 104/208
SNA(SN1):WD1,2 307.2 307.2 50 75 6144/8688 37.6/76
SNB(SN2):WD2, ST5,6 298.3 307.2 50 75 6144/8688 37.6/76
ScanSAR 100
SWA(SW1):WD1,2,3, ST7 512 512 100 150 5120/7240 26/52
SWB(SW2):WD1,2, ST5,6 459.8 512 100 150 5120/7240 26/52
SNA(SN1):WD1,2 307.2 307.2 100 150 3072/4344 9.4/19
SNB(SN2):WD2, ST5,6 298.3 307.2 100 150 3072/4344 9.4/19

"ScanSAR 100" is another label for "Medium Resolution."


Note: The minimum and maximum sizes listed for the ScanSAR products correspond to the min and max possible sizes for geocoded and terrain-corrected ScanSAR products. The minimum possible size is the same as the size of a standard ScanSAR image; i.e. no rotation was needed to transform the data onto a specified map projection. A value of 2 times the standard image size was estimated as the upper limit for a geocoded image; in the worst case where the data must be rotated by 90 degrees to fit the map projection, the resulting image should be less than this estimated limit.