The Data
- Subheading: Sentinel 1
Sentinel-1 routinely collects data in three modes: Interferometric Wide Swath (IW), Extra Wide Swath (EW) and Wave (WV). The latter two are used for marine applications, while the first is used over land.
IW mode is designed to be used for Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR), a technique that allows the measurement of relative motion of the surface. Such motion includes movement of natural terrain as well as buildings and other infrastructure (railway) on the Earth’s surface. The InSAR processing of time series in the service will be based on using the Sentinel-1 IW mode Single Look Complex products at 5x20 (approx.) meter resolution.
Digital elevation model (DEM) data and weather information are also integrated in the system to offer accurate results.
Differences between LiDAR and SAR
LiDAR SAR Weather dependent (blocked by cloud coverage) Continuous coverage (see through clouds) Extremely high-resolution data al...
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Satellite line-of-sight
Basic displacement information provided by the service is the satellite line-of-sight (LOS), with projected to ground geometry and quality measures pe...
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SAR
The main source of information for deriving ground motion data are Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data from the ESA Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission. Th...
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Sentinel 1
Sentinel-1 routinely collects data in three modes: Interferometric Wide Swath (IW), Extra Wide Swath (EW) and Wave (WV). The latter two are used for m...
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About InSAR
Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (InSAR) is the main technology for space based ground motion measurement. It has been in use for more than 25 ...
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Data Delivery
This service offers analyzed data in powerful yet simple to operate visual mapping application. SILLE enables data analytics, comparison, reporting an...
Read moreSille uses InSAR satellites
Sille uses European Space Agency Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) satelite Sentinel-1 to gather information. What is InSAR? InSar is...
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