Level-1 Single Look Complex

Single Look Complex products have a resolution determined by the acquisition mode.
For SLC SM/IW/EW products, the resolution and pixel spacing are provided from lowest to highest incidence angle. For SLC WV
provided for beams WV1 and WV2.
Spatial resolution is a measure of the system's ability to distinguish between adjacent targets.
Pixel spacing is the distance between adjacent pixels in an image, measured in metres.

The equivalent number of independent looks (ENL) for a given product type is intended to correspond to the number of equally weight
produce the same speckle statistics as the processing used to generate the product.

Mode

Resolution
rg x az

Pixel spacing
rg x az

Number of looks

ENL

SM

1.7x4.3 m to
3.6x4.9 m

1.5x3.6 m to
3.1x4.1 m

1x1

IW

2.7x22 m to
3.5x22 m

2.3x17.4 m

1x1

EW

7.9x43 m to
15x43 m

5.9x34.7 m

1x1

WV

2.0x4.8 m and
3.1x4.8 m

1.7x4.1 m and
2.7x4.1 m

1x1

Table 1: Acquisition resolution Level-1 SLC

The SM and WV SLC products are sampled at the natural pixel spacing, meaning that pixel spacing is determined in azimuth by the pu
the radar range sampling frequency.
IW and EW SLC products have all bursts in all sub-swaths re-sampled to a common pixel spacing grid in range and azimuth.