The Asar Wide Swath Single Look Complex Product: Properties and Applications
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In the ENVISAT products list, ESA is going to add a new one: the ASAR Wide Swath Complex product, containing Wide Swath Mode (WSM) phase preserved data focused on a coherent grid. The image will cover an area of 400 x 400 km, at a resolution of approximately 30 × 120 m (range, azimuth) with three independent looks, interleaved in azimuth. The intended applications are interferometry, wavewind speed measures and large scale monitoring (oil spills detection, landslides, subsidences). The purpose of this paper is to describe the main features of this product and the rationale that is behind some choices. Results obtained by using this product both for the ScanSAR-ScanSAR and mixed ScanSARIM interferometry are also presented as a possible application.
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