Title :
The Sentinel-1 data processor and operational products
Author :
Miranda, Nuno ; Rosich, Betlem ; Putignano, Cosimo
Author_Institution :
ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
Abstract :
The Sentinel-1 Instrument Processing Facility (IPF) is the sub-system of the Sentinel-1 Payload Data Ground Segment (PDGS) [1] responsible for the generation of the Level-1 and Level-2 products. This paper provides an overview of the Sentinel-1 IPF architecture, processing algorithms and the output products.
Keywords :
monitoring; synthetic aperture radar; Sentinel-1 data processor; Sentinel-1 instrument processing facility; Sentinel-1 payload data ground segment; operational products; Azimuth; Calibration; Doppler effect; Estimation; Instruments; Oceans; Vectors; SAR; Sentinel-1; processor; products;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1160-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351188
