OPERA Radiometric Terrain-Corrected SAR Backscatter from Sentinel-1 Static Layers V1.0

OPERA/RTC/L2_V1/S1_STATIC
Dataset Availability
2014-04-03T00:00:00Z–2014-04-04T00:00:00Z
Dataset Producer
Earth Engine Snippet
ee.ImageCollection("OPERA/RTC/L2_V1/S1_STATIC")
Tags
jpl nasa opera sar satellite-imagery sentinel1-derived

Description

This product contains static radar geometry layers associated with the OPERA Radiometric Terrain Corrected SAR Backscatter from Sentinel-1 dataset.

Due to the S1 mission’s narrow orbital tube, radar-geometry layers such as incidence angle, local incidence angle, number of looks, and RTC Area Normalization Factor (ANF) vary slightly over time for each position on the ground, and therefore are considered static. These static layers are provided separately from the OPERA RTC-S1 product, as they are produced only once or a limited number of times, to account for changes in the DEM, in the S1 orbit, or in the static-layers generation algorithm.

Bands

Bands

Pixel size: 30 meters (all bands)

Name Units Pixel Size Description
local_incidence_angle deg 30 meters

Angle between LOS vector and terrain normal vector at the target provided in the same geographic grid as the geocoded imagery.

incidence_angle deg 30 meters

Angle between LOS vector and the ellipsoid normal at the target provided in the same geographic grid as the geocoded imagery.

number_of_looks 30 meters

The number of radar samples used to compute each RTC-S1 imagery pixel, provided in the same geographic grid as the RTC-S1 product imagery.

rtc_anf_gamma0_to_beta0 30 meters

The factors to normalize the gamma0 backscatter to beta0, provided in the same grid as the corresponding RTC-S1 imagery.

rtc_anf_gamma0_to_sigma0 30 meters

The factors to normalize the gamma0 backscatter to sigma0, provided in the same grid as the associated RTC-S1 imagery.

mask 30 meters

Mask layer containing valid/invalid, layover, and shadow classification computed using the RTC-S1 burst orbit, provided over the same geographic grid as the associated geocoded imagery.

mask Class Table

Value Color Description
0 #000000

Valid sample not affected by layover or shadow

1 #FF0000

Valid sample affected by shadow

2 #00FF00

Valid sample affected by layover

3 #FFFF00

Valid sample affected by layover and shadow

255 #FFFFFF

Invalid sample

Image Properties

Image Properties

Name Type Description
ABSOLUTE_ORBIT_NUMBER DOUBLE

Absolute orbit number

ACQUISITION_MODE STRING

Acquisition mode

BURST_ID STRING

Burst identification string

INPUT_L1_SLC_GRANULES STRING_LIST

List of input L1 SLC granules

INPUT_ORBIT_FILES STRING_LIST

List of input orbit files

INSTRUMENT_NAME STRING

Name of the instrument used to collect the remote sensing data provided in this product

LOOK_DIRECTION STRING

Look direction

ORBIT_PASS_DIRECTION STRING

Orbit pass direction

PROCESSING_DATETIME STRING

Product generation time in UTC. Format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ

PROCESSING_TYPE STRING

Processing type. One of: "NOMINAL", "URGENT", "CUSTOM", or "UNDEFINED"

SUB_SWATH_ID STRING

Sub-swath identifier

TRACK_NUMBER DOUBLE

Track number

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance

Citations

Citations:
  • NASA/JPL/OPERA. (2023). OPERA Radiometric Terrain Corrected SAR Backscatter from Sentinel-1 Static Layers validated product (Version 1) [Data set]. NASA Alaska Satellite Facility Distributed Active Archive Center. doi:10.5067/SNWG/OPERA_L2_RTC-S1-STATIC_V1

DOIs

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Code Editor (JavaScript)

var geometry = ee.Geometry.BBox(-18, 49, 8, 60);
var waterLandMask =
    ee.Image('NOAA/NGDC/ETOPO1').select('bedrock').gte(0.0).clip(geometry);

var rtc_s1_static = ee.ImageCollection('OPERA/RTC/L2_V1/S1_STATIC')
                        .filterBounds(geometry)
                        .mean()
                        .mask(waterLandMask);

Map.centerObject(geometry);
Map.addLayer(
    rtc_s1_static.select('number_of_looks'),
    {min: 15, max: 19, palette: ['yellow', 'red']}, 'Number of Looks');
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