1 Introduction

Sar Fast Delivery Copy

Acronym: SAR.FDC

Copy of ERS-1.SAR.UI16 product.

1) General CCT structure

The CCT contains the following four files :

Volume Directory File Leader File Data Set File Null Volume File

2) Files description

a) Volume Directory File:

     volume descriptor record                    360 bytes (mandatory)

     leader file pointer record                  360 bytes (mandatory)

     data set file pointer record                360 bytes (mandatory) 
     
     text record                                 360 bytes (mandatory)

b) Leader File:

     file descriptor record                      512 bytes (mandatory)

     facility related data record               2048 bytes (mandatory)
     mph+sph type

     facility related data record              12288 bytes (mandatory)  
     pcs quality type

c) Data Set File:

     file descriptor record                    10012 bytes (mandatory)

     image data records                        10012 bytes (mandatory)

d) Null Volume File:

     volume descriptor record                    360 bytes (mandatory)

Notation conventions :

$ - the use of the "$"' (dollar sign) in the documentation denotes a requirement for the blank character (ie. the ASCII or EBCDIC space character).

(n) - this expression is used to denote the contents of an integer binary field which will vary depending on the product type or data origin and will have to be supplied on the CCT by the facility generating the CCT.

<.....> - this expression is used to denote the contents of a field, which will vary depending on the product type or data origin and will have to be ied on the CCT by the facility generating the CCT.

<$...$> - this expression is used to denote a blank field.

File Class                          Class Code          Data Type


"8$BIT$ASCII$0NLY$$$$$$$$$$$$"      "ASCO"              ASCII only data
"EBCDIC$0NLY$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"      "EBCO"              EBCDIC only
"BCD$0NLY$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"      "BCDO"              BCD only
"BINARY$0NLY$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"      "BINO"              binary only data
"MIXED$BINARY$AND$ASCII$$$$$$"      "MBAA"              binary & ASCII
"MIXED$BINARY$AND$EBCDIC$$$$$"      "MBAE"              binary & EBCDIC
"MIXED$BINARY$AND$BCD$$$$$$$$"      "MBAB"              binary & BCD
"UNDEFINED,$ETC.$$$$$$$$$$$$$"      "UNDF"              undefined
"COMPLEX$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"      "COMP"              complex
"REAL$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"      "REAL"              floating point

Data Interpretation                  Format            Length

"INTEGER*1$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"      "I*1$"             (1 byte wide)
"INTEGER*2$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"      "I*2$"             (2 byte wide)
"INTEGER*4$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"      "I*4$"             (4 byte wide)
- one, two and four byte two"s complement integer representation

"SIGNED$INTEGER*1$$$$$$$$$$$$"      "IS1$"             (1 byte wide)
"SIGNED$INTEGER*2$$$$$$$$$$$$"      "IS2$"             (2 byte wide)
"SIGNED$INTEGER*4$$$$$$$$$$$$"      "IS4$"             (4 byte wide)
- one, two and four byte signed integer with the  most significant
  bit used to denote sign

"UNSIGNED$INTEGER*1$$$$$$$$$$"      "IU1$"             (1 byte wide)
"UNSIGNED$INTEGER*2$$$$$$$$$$"      "IU2$"             (2 byte wide)
"UNSIGNED$INTEGER*4$$$$$$$$$$"      "IU4$"             (4 byte wide)
- one, two and four byte un    -signed integer with the  most significant
  bit used as part of the pixel value, the pixel is always positive.
"REAL*2$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"      "R*2$"             (2 byte wide)
"REAL*4$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"      "R*4$"             (4 byte wide)
"REAL*8$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"      "R*8$"             (8 byte wide)
- two, four and eight byte two's complement floating point representation
  with the exponent denoted in two's complement binary.(note that the REAL*8
   representation is the same as double precision.)

"REAL*2$HEXADECIMAL$$$$$$$$$$"      "R*2H"             (2 byte wide)
"REAL*4$HEXADECIMAL$$$$$$$$$$"      "R*4H"             (4 byte wide)
"REAL*8$HEXADECIMAL$$$$$$$$$$"      "R*8H"             (8 byte wide)
- two, four eight byte hexadecimal floating point representation with the 
  exponent denoted as a hexadecimal exponent. (note that the REAL*8.
  representation is the same as double precision.)

"COMPLEX*4$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"      "C*4$"             (4 byte wide)
"COMPLEX*8$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"      "C*8$"             (8 byte wide)
- four byte field with the first half (two bytes) containing the two"s
  complement floating point representation value of the real component and
  the second half containing the imaginary component.Similarly for the eight
  byte type, with each half of the field containing the real and imaginary
  pairs.
 
"COMPLEX$INTEGER*2$$$$$$$$$$$"      "CI*2"             (2 byte wide)
"COMPLEX$INTEGER*4$$$$$$$$$$$"      "CI*4"             (4 byte wide)
"COMPLEX$INTEGER*8$$$$$$$$$$$~      "CI*8"             (8 byte wide)
- similar to the complex floating point representation above except that
  each component is stored as a two"s complement integer.

"COMPLEX$SIGNED$INTEGER*2$$$$"      "CIS2"             (2 byte wide)
"COMPLEX$SIGNED$INTEGER*4$$$$"      "CIS4"             (4 byte wide)
"COMPLEX$SIGNED$INTEGER*8$$$$"      "CIS8"             (8 byte wide)
- similar to the complex floating point representation above except that
  each component is stored as a signed integer.

"COMPLEX*4$HEXADECIMAL$$$$$$$"      "C*4H"             (4 byte wide)
"COMPLEX*8$HEXADECIMAL$$$$$$$"      "C*8H"             (8 byte wide)
- same as the floating point complex notation above except that the
  representation follows the hexadecimal conventions.
Records in products                                     CEOS   Codes

Volume Directory File

- VOLUME DESCRIPTOR RECORD                              (192,192,18,18)
- FILE POINTER RECORD                                   (219,192,18,18)
- TEXT RECORD                                           (18,63,18,18)

Leader File

- FILE DESCRIPTOR RECORD                                (63,192,18,18)
- FACILITY RELATED DATA RECORD MPH+SPH TYPE             (10,200,31,50)
- FACILITY RELATED DATA RECORD PCS QUALITY TYPE         (10,200,31,50)

SAR Data File

- FILE DESCRIPTOR RECORD                                (63,192,18,18)
- PROCESSED DATA RECORD                                 (50,11,31,20)

Null Volume

- NULL VOLUME DESCRIPTOR RECORD                         (192,192,63,18)

Note:

Fields not provided are filled with blanks or meaningless values as -9999999.9999999 in case, for instance, of fields whose format is F16.7.