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The following SAR dataset formats and files tables include technical information and possible usage of each dataset available through the ASF DAAC. You can navigate quickly to the different dataset tables with the table of contents above.
ALOS PALSAR
| Format | Product Name | Product Files | Processing Level | Open-source Tools | Can Be Used For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEOS | L1.0 | LED, IMG, VOL, TRL | Raw | N/A | Production of higher-level products |
| CEOS | L1.1 | LED, IMG, VOL, TRL | Single Look Complex | Sentinel-1 Toolbox, PolSARpro | Interferometry |
| CEOS | L1.5 | LED, IMG, VOL, TRL | Amplitude image | MapReady, ASFView (part of MapReady), Sentinel-1 Toolbox, PolSARpro | Visualization |
ALOS PALSAR RTC
| Format | Product Name | Product Files | Processing Level | Open-source Tools | Can Be Used For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GeoTIFF | Hi-Res Terrain Corrected | tif, jpg, xml, kmz, wld | Geocoded Amplitude | QGIS, Graphics viewing software | Visualization; GIS-compatible |
| Low-Res Terrain Corrected |
Sentinel-1
| Format | Product Name | Product Files | Processing Level | Open-source Tools | Can Be Used For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAFE | L0 | tif, xml, xsd, kml, html, png, pdf, safe | Raw | N/A | Production of higher-level products |
| GeoTIFF | L1 SLC | SLC | ASF HyP3, Sentinel-1 Toolbox, PolSARpro | Interferometry | |
| L1 Detected High-Res Dual-Pol | L1 Georeferenced Amplitude | ASF HyP3, Sentinel-1 Toolbox | Visualization | ||
| L1 Detected High-Res Single-Pol | ASF HyP3, Sentinel-1 Toolbox | ||||
| L1 Detected Mid-Res Dual-Pol | ASF HyP3, Sentinel-1 Toolbox, PolSARpro | ||||
| L1 Detected Mid-Res Single-Pol | ASF HyP3, Sentinel-1 Toolbox | ||||
| NetCDF | OCN | nc, xsd , kml , html, png, pdf, safe | L2 | Sentinel-1 Toolbox, PanoplyPolSARpro | Ocean wind, wave and currents |
UAVSAR PolSAR
| Format | Product Name | Product Files | Processing Level | Open-source Tools | Can Be Used For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UAVSAR | Ground Projected Complex | grd, ann | Georeferenced Amplitude | MapReady, PolSARpro | Visualization |
| Multi-Look Complex | mic, ann | MLC | Polarimetry | ||
| Ground Projected Complex, 3X3 | grd, ann | Georeferenced Amplitude | Visualization | ||
| Ground Projected Complex, 5X5 | Visualization | ||||
| Compressed Stokes Matrix | dat, ann | AIRSAR compressed stokes matrix | Polarimetry | ||
| GeoTIFF | Pauli Decomposition | tif | MLC polarimetric decomposition | QGIS; graphics viewing software | Visualization; GIS compatible |
| GeoTIFF Height | DEM | QGIS | DEM | ||
| KMZ | Google Earth KMZ | kmz | KML compressed | Google Earth | Visualization |
UAVSAR RPI
| Format | Product Name | Product Files | Processing Level | Open-source Tools | Can Be Used For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UAVSAR | Amplitude | amp1, amp2, ann | Amplitude | MapReady, PolSARpro | Visualization |
| Ground Projected Amplitude | amp1.grd, amp2.grd, hgt.grd, ann | Georeferenced Amplitude | |||
| Interferogram | int, unw, cor, ann | Interferogram | |||
| Ground Projected Interferogram | cor.grd, hgt.grd, int.grd, unw.grd, ann | ||||
| KMZ | Google Earth KMZ | amp1.kmz, amp2.kmz, cor.kmz, hgt.kmz, int.kmz, osr.kmz, unw.kmz | Google Earth |
AIRSAR TOPSAR
| Format | Product Name | Product Files | Open-source Tools | Can Be Used For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIRSAR | C-band DEM and Compressed Stokes Matrix | c.corgr, c.demi2, c.vvi2 | MapReady, PolSARpro | Polarimetry |
| AIRSAR | L-band Compressed Stokes Matrix | l.datgr | MapReady, PolSARpro | Polarimetry |
| AIRSAR | P-band Compressed Stokes Matrix | p.datgr | PolSARpro | Polarimetry |
AIRSAR PolSAR - AIRSAR ATI (Experimental)
| Format | Product Name | Product Files | Processing Level | Open-source Tools | Can Be Used For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIRSAR | 3-Frequency Polarimetry | c.dat, l.dat, p.dat | Compressed stokes matrix | MapReady, PolSARpro | Polarimetry |
| JPG | Along-Track Interferometry | *intf*, *uwScc*, *az*, *uwWrp*, *uwWcc*, *uwWrp, *par, *ppp | SLC, MLC | N/A | Ocean current velocity measurement |
ERS-1, ERS-2, JERS-1, RADARSAT-1
| Format | Product Name | Product Files | Processing Level | Open-source Tools | Can Be Used For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEOS | L0 | D, L, P, kml, jpg | Raw | N/A | Production of higher-level products |
| L1 | Amplitude | MapReady, ASF View (part of MapReady), Sentinel-1 Toolbox | Visualization |
Seasat
| Format | Product Name | Product Files | Processing Level | Open-source Tools | Can Be Used For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HDF5 | L1 HDF5 | h5, xml , kml , jpg, qc_report | Amplitude | MapReady, QGIS | Visualization; GIS-compatible |
| GeoTIFF | L1 GeoTIFF | tif, xml, kml, jpg, qc_report | Geocoded amplitude | QGIS; graphics viewing software |
SMAP
| Format | Product Name | Product Files | Processing Level | Open-source Tools | Can Be Used For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HDF5 | L1A Radar | h5, xml | L1A | N/A | Production of higher-level products |
| L1A Radar Receive Only (experimental) | Passive radiometry | ||||
| L1B S0 LoRes | L1B | Panoply, HDFView | Soil moisture / freeze-thaw state mapping | ||
| L1C S0 HiRes | L1C |