First results using the new Sentinel-1 SAR look very promising but the special interferometric
wide-swath data acquired in the TOPS mode makes InSAR processing more challenging
than for normal stripmap mode data. The steep azimuth spectra ramp in each burst results in
very stringent co-registration requirements. Combining the data of the individual bursts and
sub-swaths into consistent mosaics requires careful “book-keeping” in the handling of the
data and meta data and the large file sizes and high data throughputs require also a good …

First results using the new Sentinel-1 SAR look very promising but the special interferometric
wideswath data acquired in the TOPS mode makes InSAR processing challenging. The
steep azimuth spectra ramp in each burst results in very stringent co-registration
requirements. Combining the data of the individual bursts and sub-swaths into consistent
mosaics requires careful “book-keeping” in the handling of the data and meta data and the
large file sizes and high data throughputs require also a good performance. Considering …