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Sentinel 1A C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR): Interferometric Wide (IW) mode Ocean (OCN) Level 2 data, Instrument Processing Facility (IPF) v3
This dataset contains level-2 Interferometric Wide swath (IW) Ocean (OCN) C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data from the European Space Agency (ESA) Sentinel 1A satellite. Level-2 data consists of geolocated geophysical products derived from Level-1. Sentinel 1A was launched on 3rd April 2014 and provides continuous all-weather, day and night imaging radar data. The IW mode is the main operational mode. These level 2 OCN products provide Ocean Wind field (OWI) and Surface Radial Velocity (RVL).
The OWI component is a ground range gridded estimate of the surface wind speed and direction at 10 m above the surface, derived from IW mode. The OWI component contains a set of wind vectors for each processed Level-1 input product. The norm is the wind speed in m/s and the argument is wind direction in degrees (meteorological convention = clockwise direction from where the wind blows with respect to the North). The spatial resolution of the SAR wind speed is 1 km for IW mode.
The RVL surface radial velocity component is a ground range gridded difference between the measured Level-2 Doppler grid and the Level-1 calculated geometrical Doppler. The RVL component provides continuity of the ASAR Doppler grid. The RVL estimates are produced on a ground-range grid.
These data are available via CEDA to any registered CEDA user.
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- Date (Publication)
- 2021-06-23T15:39:03
- Date (Creation)
- 2021-06-23T15:39:03
- Identifier
- NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis / 74b47589019e45c187fb5e81b3ad4a31
- Maintenance and update frequency
- asNeeded As needed
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- dataset Dataset
- Keywords
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- Sentinel
- radar
- Synthetic Aperture Radar
- SAR
- Interferometric Wide
- IW
- OCN
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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- orthoimagery
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- Other constraints
- Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
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- Spatial representation type
- grid Grid
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
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- Imagery base maps earth cover
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- Begin date
- 2019-06-25T00:00:00
- Unique resource identifier
- WGS 84
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These data are provided in the ESA safe format as downloaded from the Sentinel data hubs.
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These data are provided in the ESA safe format as downloaded from the Sentinel data hubs.
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Sentinel 1 Product Specification Document
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Sentinel 1 Observation Scenario
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A dedicated toolbox (S1TBX) is available to view Sentinel 1 data
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Surface Radial Velocity (RVL) guide
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Ocean Wind field (OWI) guide
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Sentinel 1 document library
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- dataset Dataset
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- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Data collected and prepared by European Space Agency (ESA). Downloaded from the Collaborative Hub for use by CEDA users.
- File identifier
- 74b47589019e45c187fb5e81b3ad4a31 XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 UTF8
- Parent identifier
- Sentinel 1A: C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data 06d1c86f906e42f58172de32c2640be2
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-05-09T02:12:12
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
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