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Sentinel-1🔗

C-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery from ESA's Sentinel-1 constellation, enabling all-weather, day-and-night Earth observation.

Available Collections🔗

Collection Name Collection Id Processing Level Time Range
Sentinel-1 GRD sentinel-1-grd Ground Range Detected Starting Oct 2014
Sentinel-1 RTC sentinel-1-rtc Radiometrically Terrain Corrected Starting Oct 2014

Key Characteristics🔗

  • Spatial resolution: 10–40m depending on acquisition mode
  • Revisit time: 6–12 days
  • Polarization: VV, VH, HH, HV
  • Wavelength: C-band (5.405 GHz)

Notes🔗

  • GRD products are the standard ground range detected format. Source: AWS Open Data — Sentinel-1
  • RTC products have been radiometrically terrain-corrected to reduce topographic distortion. Source: Microsoft Planetary Computer — Sentinel-1 RTC