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sentinel-1-slc-burst·dataset

Individual radar image bursts for processing (Copernicus)

Sentinel-1 SLC Burst
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In plain English

What it measures. This provides the small individual segments (bursts) that make up Sentinel-1's detailed phase-preserving radar images, packaged separately rather than stitched together.

How it's made. Made by ESA Copernicus as Level-1 Single Look Complex bursts from the Sentinel-1 radar mission.

How & where you'd use it. A low-level building block for specialists who want to work with specific radar bursts in custom processing chains, such as ground-motion analysis.

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span1970-01-01 → ongoing
  • Spatial extent-180, -90, 180, 90

What you can do with it

  • Track deforestation, fire scars and land-cover change
  • Monitor crop and vegetation health (NDVI/EVI)
  • Map how built-up vs. green an area is over time
Official description

This collection offers Sentinel-1 Level-1 Single Look Complex (SLC) bursts

Get the data

copernicus_access.py
# ESA Copernicus Data Space — open STAC API (free account)
from pystac_client import Client

cat = Client.open("https://stac.dataspace.copernicus.eu/v1")
search = cat.search(
    collections=["sentinel-1-slc-burst"],   # add _cog or _nc for a format variant
    bbox=(-10, 35, 30, 60),             # your area (W,S,E,N)
    datetime="2024-01-01/2024-12-31",
)
items = list(search.items())            # then read assets with rioxarray / xarray
Browsing the Copernicus STAC is open; downloading bytes needs a free Copernicus Data Space account.