SAR Dynamic Range Quality Report

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Acquisition modeSTANDARD
Dynamic Range Overall Assessment
PASS

Summary of Results

MetricMeasured value ThresholdResult
Zero pixels 14,159 / 309,797,760 (0.0046%) PASS < 0.1%
WARN < 0.5% (of all pixels)
PASS
Unclassified (unknown) 14,051 / 14,159 (99.24%) PASS < 1%
WARN < 5% (of zero pixels; not counted in overall result)
FAIL

Detailed Results

SLC amplitude (dB)

SLC amplitude shown in dB (10·log₁₀(I²+Q²)). Brighter areas have stronger backscatter (urban·mountainous), darker areas weaker backscatter (water·flat terrain). Used as the background image for all subsequent quality assessments.

SLC amplitude (dB)

DEM grid overlay

Grid lines (red) of the regularly spaced DEM grid projected into SLC coordinates via range-Doppler transformation. Shows how a regular ground grid bends in the SLC image depending on terrain and acquisition geometry. Because drawing every DEM grid line would be too dense to read, lines are thinned at a fixed interval depending on acquisition mode (every 4 cells for STANDARD, every 6 for WIDE SWATH). This step visually checks that the DEM→SLC coordinate transformation (co-registration) is correct before incidence angles and classification are computed; if the grid lines are misaligned with terrain features or abnormally distorted, the co-registration has failed and subsequent results cannot be trusted.

DEM grid overlay

Incidence angle (degrees)

Per-pixel incidence angle (degrees) computed from the co-registered DEM. It should normally increase along range from near range (small angles) to far range (large angles), and also reflects local variations due to terrain. (Hover to see per-pixel values)

Zero classification overlay

Pixels with a value of 0 (zero pixels) classified by cause: ocean/lake/river = water surface (no backscatter), shadow = terrain shadow, unknown = cause not identified. A high unknown ratio suggests missed classification or data anomalies.

Zero classification overlay