Olive Plantations, Tunisia
Olive Plantations, Tunisia
Olive plantations in Tunisia. The image is generated while supporting the ESA project AQUIFER in the framework of the UN-initiative TIGER. This initiative aims for the investigation and the management of ground water reserves in Africa: „Earth Observation for Integrated Water Resources Management in Africa“.
Location: Ben Gardane, Tunesia
Time: 9 November 2005, 12:32-12:36 (UTC)
Instrument: E-SAR
Platform: Aircraft (Dornier Do228-212)
Wavelength: 23cm (L-Band)
Polarisation: HH-HV-VV (red-green-blue)
Image Content: Radar reflectivity in three polarisations
Image Geometry: Slant range projected to ground (ground range)
Image Size: 2079 x 1514 (cutout from original image)
Pixel Size: 1.97m x 1.49m (flight direction x slant range)
Resolution: 4.50m x 2.20m, looks: 8 x 1