Berlin, Germany - ASAR, 10 May 2003

This radar image shows an area of 100 Km swath width centred over the city-state of Berlin, the national capital of Germany (bright white area). Visible landmarks are the Tegal (northwest) and the Berlin – Tempelhof (southeast) Airports, the Tegler, Havel and Templiner Lakes (west and southwest of the city). The light gray areas surrounding the capital are forests.

Technical Information:
Instruments: Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR)
Date of Acquisition: 10 May 2003
Orbit number: 06231
Orbit direction: Descending
Instrument features: Image Mode Precision (30 meter resolution)
ASAR Mode: Image Swath 2
ASAR Polarisation: VV
Coordinates:
NW Lat/Long: N / E
NE Lat/Long: N / E
SW Lat/Long: N / E
SE Lat/Long: N / E