NISAR Provisional Range Doppler Single Look Complex Product (Version 1)

The RSLC product is also packed with input, instrument and processing facility information; processing, calibration and noise parameters; geolocation grid; and data quality flags. The RSLC product complex backscatter is in digital numbers (DNs) with secondary layer look-up tables (LUTs) provided to convert to beta-naught, sigma-naught, and gamma-naught. These radiometric correction LUTs are defined for the ellipsoid (e.g., not for the local terrain).

All standard (i.e., non-urgent response) products are processed using the Medium-fidelity Orbit Ephemeris (MOE) product for forward processing and the Precise Orbit Ephemeris (POE) product for reprocessing campaigns. The products in this collection are considered Provisional products and are intended to facilitate data exploration and process studies that do not require rigorous validation. These data are partially validated, and improvements are continuing; quality may not be optimal since validation and quality assurance are ongoing.