IKI RAN Radar Image Collection
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Image name sirclcx9410071225
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: 27.5° X band: 27.1°
Calibration Preview images:linear power, gray scale individually optimized for each channel
Full images: calibrated absolute NRCS
Date/Time October 07, 1994 / 12:25
Area Atlantic Cold Front, data take 115.50
Coordinates Image center: L and C band: 45°44.9' N 21°54.8' W X band: 45°48' N 22°1' W
Track direction at image center: L and C band:128.8°; X band: 128.9°;
Surface geometry L and C band:22.565km*49.962km; X band: 17.350km*107.952km
Other signatures seen in the image Atmospheric convective cells, atmospheric internal waves, atmospheric front

Supplementary information: not available

Source image:
image size: L and C band:3368*9608; X band:2590*20760; pixel size: 6.7m*5.2 m
file size: L and C band: 124 MB per frequency and polarization; X band: 206 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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