Where to find incident and azimuth angle?
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Where to find incident and azimuth angle?
I am using SNAP to process my data. Where can i find azimuth angle and incident angle. is the azimuth angle is with respect to North? From metadata file i found under generalAnnotation>productInformation the platform heading as -12.56. Is this the angle in anticlockwise direction with respect to North. Also inside Tie-Point Grids>IW2_incident_angle, when i click it gave me an image in grey color. how to get the incident angle from the image in degree as i expected like platform heading , i will also get some information written in text in degree for incident angle instead of grey image.
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Re: Where to find incident and azimuth angle?
The metadata provides the azimuth angle as the attribute "platformHeading." It is with respect to the North direction, where clockwise is positive and anti-clockwise is negative.
These conversations posted in the STEP forum may be helpful in determining incidence angle values:
https://forum.step.esa.int/t/incidence-angle-sentinel-1-image/8105
https://forum.step.esa.int/t/extract-incidence-angle-from-metadata/39336
The metadata attribute "incidenceAngleMidSwath" may also be a useful value. It is defined as the "Incidence angle at mid-swath [degrees]."
Thank you.
These conversations posted in the STEP forum may be helpful in determining incidence angle values:
https://forum.step.esa.int/t/incidence-angle-sentinel-1-image/8105
https://forum.step.esa.int/t/extract-incidence-angle-from-metadata/39336
The metadata attribute "incidenceAngleMidSwath" may also be a useful value. It is defined as the "Incidence angle at mid-swath [degrees]."
Thank you.