The SSC product is a single look product of the focused radar signal.
The pixels are spaced equidistant in azimuth (according to the pulse
repetition interval PRI=1/PRF) and in slant range (according to the
range sampling frequency). The data are represented as complex
numbers containing amplitude and phase information. Each image
pixel is processed to zero Doppler coordinates in range direction, i.e.
perpendicular to the flight track. Due to the nature of azimuth/slantrange
coordinates, no geocoding is available. The SSC is delivered in
the DLR-defined binary COSAR format (see TerraSAR-X Level1B
Product Format Specification). The product is compatible with the standard slant range products (SLC) available from
ERS-1/2, ENVISAT ASAR, RADARSAT-1 and X-SAR/SIR-C.
The SSC product is intended for applications that require the full bandwidth and phase
information, e.g. for SAR interferometry and polarimetry. Depending on the required
application, this product may be preferred to geocoded data, since it does not include any
radiometric artefacts which may be introduced during spatial resampling and geocoding.