
Observatory, Sentinel-1, a polar orbiting satellite system that will ensure the continuation and improvement of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) operational services and applications.
Sentinel-1 is a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) mission, providing continuous all-weather, day-and-night imagery at C-band (centre frequency: 5.405 GHz), operating in four exclusive imaging modes with different spatial resolutions and coverages.
Copernicus Sentinel-1 Products: New Processing Baseline …
Oct 19, 2023 · Support for Sentinel-1 C/D units up to Level-1; Improved management of state vectors during Burst-ID computation correcting a recurring anomaly reported in quality disclaimers Nr. 77, 78 and correlated ones (see https://sar-mpc.eu/disclaimer/);
Copernicus Sentinel-1 maps Earth's Land Surface with C-Band …
Nov 9, 2021 · The Sentinel-1 Global Backscatter Model (S1GBM) describes Earth’s surface for the period 2016-17 by the mean C-band radar cross section in VV- and VH-polarisation at a 10 m pixel sampling.
Sentinel-1 product downloads have been made by users, representing nearly 40 Petabytes. Data are exploited by various users: Copernicus Services, public institutions, scientists, commercial companies Continuity over the coming years will be ensured by the launch of additional satellites (Sentinel-1C and Sentinel-1D). Furthermore, a new generation
The ability to geolocate Sentinel-1 (S-1) image products and transform them into a map projection is a criti-cal step required to enable overlays with other sources of information (e.g. DEM, GIS layers) or images from other SAR sensors acquired with a different track, beam, or incident angle. Sentinel-1 time series analyses
Copernicus Sentinel-1 essential for monitoring forest biomass
Mar 21, 2022 · In this regard, the consistent temporal radar observations from Copernicus Sentinel-1 are adding precious value to scientific efforts to track the state and dynamics of forest biomass globally.
From issue 1.0 to 1.6, the Sentinel-1 Level 1 Detailed Algorithm Definition was maintained by a consortium led by MDA under the reference S1-RS-MDA-52-7445. The S-1 IPF and associated documentation is then maintained by the S-1 Mission Performance
Copernicus Sentinel-1 supports detection of shoreline positions
May 9, 2019 · Remote sensing and satellite imagery have become common use in monitoring and modelling of various biological and physical characteristics of Earth - now Copernicus Sentinel-1 is giving a new approach for monitoring the evolution of shorelines.
Copernicus Sentinel-1 to help create global volcano monitoring …
Dec 13, 2023 · Space-borne technology has long been used to spot the tell-tale signs that can help to predict when volcanoes will reawaken. Now scientists have combined machine learning with more than half-a-million Copernicus Sentinel-1 images with the aim of forecasting eruptions on a global scale.