RCM

Description

RadarSat Constellation Mission

Platform Type
Low Earth Orbit Satellite (LEO)
Instruments
Organizations
CSA
Orbital Altitude
592 km
Equatorial Crossing Times
06:00 desc

SAR Composite Arctic Imagery (normalized radar cross section)

Product Families
Sea Surface Roughness
Summary

The daily composite of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Normalized Radar Cross Section (NRCS) imagery covering the Arctic and sub-Arctic maritime regions over a period of one day are available at 1-km resolution. These high-resolution, weather- and time-agnostic measurements of surface backscatter contain detailed information tailored for sea ice classification purposes.