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Image name sirclcx9410040713
Platform/Sensor SIR-C / X-SAR 
Flight altitude/speed 225 km / 7.8 km/s
Image partition 5 fragments: L-VV, L-HH, C-VV, C-HH, X-VV
Wavelength(s)/Frequency(ies)/Band(s) L band: 1.25 GHz / 0.24 m; C band: 5.30 GHz / 0.057 m; X band: 9.60 GHz / 0.031 m
Polarization(s) L and C band: VV, HH; X band: VV
Incidence angle(s) L and C band: 21.7° X band: 21.6°
Calibration Preview images:linear power, gray scale individually optimized for each channel
Full images: calibrated absolute NRCS
Date/Time October 04, 1994/07:21
Area Atlantic Ocean, data take 063.10
Coordinates Image center: L and C band: 42°52.0' N; 26°05.5' W X band: 42°46'; N 26°15' W
Track direction at image center: L and C band:45.0°; X band: 45.2°;
Surface geometry L and C band: 53.350km*106.950km; X band: 39.600km*102.450km
Location map Not available
Other signatures seen in the image Atmospheric convective cells, atmospheric front, oceanic front

Supplementary information: not available

Source image:
image size: L and C band:4268*8556; X band: 3168*8196; pixel size: 12.5m*12.5m
file size: L and C band: 140 MB per frequency and polarization; X band: 100 MB (assuming 4 byte float array, full resolution);
contact: Roland Romeiser,  romeiser@ifm.uni-hamburg.de     Susanne Ufermann, s.ufermann@soton.ac.uk


 
 

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