{"id":2531182,"date":"2024-10-29T10:57:20","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T17:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2531182"},"modified":"2025-07-07T16:39:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T23:39:47","slug":"learn-sentinel-1-explorer","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer","title":{"rendered":"Learn to explore Sentinel-1 imagery using Sentinel-1 Explorer"},"author":7641,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941],"tags":[775882],"industry":[],"product":[36581],"class_list":["post-2531182","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-lawimageryexplorer","product-arcgis-living-atlas"],"acf":{"short_description":"Learn how to use Sentinel-1 Explorer to investigate and unlock the wealth of information Sentinel-1 provides.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p class=\"mb-4\">Sentinel-1 is a spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging system and mission from the European Space Agency and the European Commission. The mission launched and began collecting imagery in 2014.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=ca91605a3261409aa984f01f7d065fbc\">Sentinel-1 Radiometric Terrain Correction (RTC)<\/a> data in the collection is an analysis ready product derived from the Ground Range Detected (GRD) Level-1 products produced by the European Space Agency. RTC accounts for terrain variations that affect both the position of a given point on the Earth&#8217;s surface and the strength of the returned radar pulses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4\">With the ability to see through cloud and smoke cover, and because it does not rely on solar illumination of the Earth&#8217;s surface, Sentinel-1 is able to collect useful imagery in most weather conditions, day and night. This data is good for a wide range of land and maritime applications, from mapping floods, to deforestation, to oil spills, and more.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-bottom: 25px;background-color: white\" \/>\n<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-bottom: 25px;background-color: gray\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"quick\">Quick Links<\/h2>\n<p>Use the links below to jump to sections of interest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 115%\"><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#about\">About the Sentinel-1 Mission<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#sent\">Sentinel-1 Explorer essentials<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 115%\"><strong>Explore<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#dyn\">Dynamic view mode<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#scene\">Find a scene<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 115%\"><strong>Compare<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#swipe\">Use Swipe to compare scenes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#anim\">Animate multiple scenes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 115%\"><strong>Analyze<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#index\">Analyze &#8211; Index mask<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#temp\">Analyze &#8211; Temporal profile<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#change\">Analyze &#8211; Change detection<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#comp\">Analyze &#8211; Temporal composite<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"#more\">More information<\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-bottom: 25px;background-color: white\" \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-bottom: 25px;background-color: white\" \/>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-bottom: 30px;background-color: gray\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"about\">About the Sentinel-1 mission<\/h2>\n<p>Sentinel-1 is a European radar imaging satellite mission developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) Copernicus program. It is designed to provide continuous all-weather, day-and-night, radar imaging for a variety of services, including monitoring sea ice, maritime surveillance, disaster management, and land monitoring.<\/p>\n<p>Sentinel-1 consists of two satellites, Sentinel-1A and Sentinel-1B, which were launched in 2014 and 2016 respectively. Two mission satellites allows for increased Earth coverage, faster revisit times, and improved data quality. For more information, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Applications\/Observing_the_Earth\/Copernicus\/Sentinel-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESA&#8217;s Sentinel-1 website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#quick\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/02\/back.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-bottom: 30px;background-color: gray\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"sent\">Sentinel-1 Explorer essentials<\/h2>\n<p>Sentinel-1 Explorer is an ArcGIS Living Atlas app that enables you to unlock and explore the wealth of information that Sentinel provides.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2547132,"id":2547132,"title":"sentinel-1a","filename":"sentinel-1a.png","filesize":113107,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/sentinel-1a.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/sentinel-1a","alt":"Sentinel-1 Explorer","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"Open Sentinel-1 Explorer","name":"sentinel-1a","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-28 20:14:42","modified":"2024-10-28 20:17:28","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":752,"height":364,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/sentinel-1a-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/sentinel-1a.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/sentinel-1a.png","medium_large-width":752,"medium_large-height":364,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/sentinel-1a.png","large-width":752,"large-height":364,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/sentinel-1a.png","1536x1536-width":752,"1536x1536-height":364,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/sentinel-1a.png","2048x2048-width":752,"2048x2048-height":364,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/sentinel-1a.png","card_image-width":752,"card_image-height":364,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/sentinel-1a.png","wide_image-width":752,"wide_image-height":364}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel1explorer\/"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>The app offers key capabilities, including the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visual exploration of a dynamic global mosaic of the latest available scenes.<\/li>\n<li>On-the-fly band\/polarization combinations and indices for visualization and analysis.<\/li>\n<li>Interactive <strong>Find a Scene<\/strong> by location, time, and orbit direction.<\/li>\n<li>Visual change by time, and comparison of different renderings, with Swipe and Animation modes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Analysis<\/strong> such as threshold masking and temporal profiles for vegetation, water, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 115%\"><strong>Open the app<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sentinel-1 Explorer can be opened from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArcGIS Living Atlas Apps<\/a> page, found at the Apps tab at the <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Living Atlas Home<\/a>. The app can also be opened directly from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=23cee85fe6b449819c4dbda064f29a2c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sentinel-1 Explorer item overview<\/a>. The overview provides additional information about the app and the Sentinel-1 program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 115%\"><strong>Essential tools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following tools are always available and can be used to navigate, share, make screen captures, and more.<\/p>\n<p>In the upper left you\u2019ll find tools to learn more about the app, zoom, and also the following:<\/p>\n<p><strong>a<\/strong> \u2013 Zoom to Sentinel-1 imagery native pixel resolution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>b<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Zoom to the full extent of the imagery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>c<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Capture the current map view as an image.<\/p>\n<p><strong>d<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Copy a link to the app in its current state. This is a useful way to save all settings and share your work.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2534222,"id":2534222,"title":"s1e-1","filename":"s1e-1.png","filesize":185141,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-1","alt":"Tools in upper left","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-17 17:44:57","modified":"2024-10-17 17:51:06","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":444,"height":353,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-1-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-1.png","medium-width":328,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-1.png","medium_large-width":444,"medium_large-height":353,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-1.png","large-width":444,"large-height":353,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-1.png","1536x1536-width":444,"1536x1536-height":353,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-1.png","2048x2048-width":444,"2048x2048-height":353,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-1.png","card_image-width":444,"card_image-height":353,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-1.png","wide_image-width":444,"wide_image-height":353}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>In the upper right you can toggle the visibility of map labels, terrain, and the basemap. Below that, a search tool enables you to find an address or a place.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2534402,"id":2534402,"title":"s1e-3","filename":"s1e-3.png","filesize":25010,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-3.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-3","alt":"Search and toggles","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-3","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-17 18:47:45","modified":"2024-10-17 19:04:10","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":379,"height":122,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-3-213x122.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":122,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-3.png","medium-width":379,"medium-height":122,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-3.png","medium_large-width":379,"medium_large-height":122,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-3.png","large-width":379,"large-height":122,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-3.png","1536x1536-width":379,"1536x1536-height":122,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-3.png","2048x2048-width":379,"2048x2048-height":122,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-3.png","card_image-width":379,"card_image-height":122,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-3.png","wide_image-width":379,"wide_image-height":122}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","content":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/checkaside.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 115%\">Experiment with these tools to see what they do. The <strong>Copy a link to the current map<\/strong> tool is essential for saving and sharing your maps with others. This tool can be used to capture all current Sentinel-1 Explorer settings so they can be easily revisited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","image_reference":false,"layout":"standard","image_reference_figure":"","snippet":"","spotlight_name":"","section_title":"","position":"Center","spotlight_image":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><a href=\"#quick\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/02\/back.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-bottom: 25px;background-color: white\" \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Explore<\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-bottom: 25px;background-color: white\" \/>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-bottom: 30px;background-color: gray\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"dyn\">Dynamic view mode<\/h2>\n<p>The app opens in <strong>Dynamic View<\/strong> mode by default. In this mode, the most recent scenes from the Sentinel-1 archive are prioritized and dynamically fused into a single mosaicked image layer. As you pan and zoom, the map continues to dynamically fetch and render the best available scenes.<\/p>\n<p>The app opens in one of several interesting places, each using a different renderer that most effectively highlights specific characteristics of the imagery. You can select and learn more about these locations by following the steps below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong> \u2013 Open <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel1explorer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sentinel-1 Explorer<\/a>. The app opens to place using a specific renderer, as indicated by the selected (highlighted) cards.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2534482,"id":2534482,"title":"s1e-4","filename":"s1e-4.png","filesize":181939,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-4.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-4","alt":"Places and renderer","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-4","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-17 19:02:57","modified":"2024-10-17 19:03:43","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":892,"height":221,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-4-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-4.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":115,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-4.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":190,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-4.png","large-width":892,"large-height":221,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-4.png","1536x1536-width":892,"1536x1536-height":221,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-4.png","2048x2048-width":892,"2048x2048-height":221,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-4-826x205.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":205,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-4.png","wide_image-width":892,"wide_image-height":221}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong> \u2013 Hover over any card in <strong>Interesting Places<\/strong> to learn more about it. Click the card to zoom to the place.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2534512,"id":2534512,"title":"s1e-5","filename":"s1e-5.png","filesize":202439,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-5.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-5","alt":"Interesting places","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-5","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-17 19:06:33","modified":"2024-10-17 19:07:08","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":448,"height":523,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-5-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-5.png","medium-width":224,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-5.png","medium_large-width":448,"medium_large-height":523,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-5.png","large-width":448,"large-height":523,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-5.png","1536x1536-width":448,"1536x1536-height":523,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-5.png","2048x2048-width":448,"2048x2048-height":523,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-5-398x465.png","card_image-width":398,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-5.png","wide_image-width":448,"wide_image-height":523}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Sentinel-1 sensors send and receive radar pulses that echo off the Earth&#8217;s surface. The echoes returned to the sensor are known as radar backscatter. The amplitude (strength) of the backscatter varies depending on the characteristics of the surface at any given location, resulting in dark to light pixels.<\/p>\n<p>For example, smoother surfaces have less backscatter and will have darker pixels. Rough surfaces have higher backscatter and will have brighter pixels. Water bodies and wet soils will have lower backscatter, and therefore will have darker pixels. Vertical objects will have higher backscatter, showing brighter pixels, and so forth. The higher the backscatter, the brighter the pixels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong> \u2013 Hover over any renderer to learn more about it. Click the card to apply the renderer to the imagery.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2534542,"id":2534542,"title":"s1e-6","filename":"s1e-6.png","filesize":57325,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-6.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-6","alt":"Renderer information","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-6","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-17 19:17:18","modified":"2024-10-17 19:17:41","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":444,"height":559,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-6-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-6.png","medium-width":207,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-6.png","medium_large-width":444,"medium_large-height":559,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-6.png","large-width":444,"large-height":559,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-6.png","1536x1536-width":444,"1536x1536-height":559,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-6.png","2048x2048-width":444,"2048x2048-height":559,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-6-369x465.png","card_image-width":369,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-6.png","wide_image-width":444,"wide_image-height":559}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong> \u2013 Click anywhere on the map to get more information about the Sentinel-1 imagery, such as date and coordinates.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2534552,"id":2534552,"title":"s1e-7","filename":"s1e-7.png","filesize":35737,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-7.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-7","alt":"Imagery information","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-7","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-17 19:20:57","modified":"2024-10-17 19:21:20","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":407,"height":225,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-7-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-7.png","medium-width":407,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-7.png","medium_large-width":407,"medium_large-height":225,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-7.png","large-width":407,"large-height":225,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-7.png","1536x1536-width":407,"1536x1536-height":225,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-7.png","2048x2048-width":407,"2048x2048-height":225,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-7.png","card_image-width":407,"card_image-height":225,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-7.png","wide_image-width":407,"wide_image-height":225}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>In the next section, you will use tools and settings described above to learn more about a specific area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 From\u00a0<strong>Interesting Places<\/strong>, choose <strong>Gunak Barlu<\/strong>. Hover over the card to learn more about the area.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2534602,"id":2534602,"title":"s1e-8","filename":"s1e-8.png","filesize":26451,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-8.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-8","alt":"Choose place","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-8","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-17 19:34:04","modified":"2024-10-17 19:34:30","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":428,"height":210,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-8-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-8.png","medium-width":428,"medium-height":210,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-8.png","medium_large-width":428,"medium_large-height":210,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-8.png","large-width":428,"large-height":210,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-8.png","1536x1536-width":428,"1536x1536-height":210,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-8.png","2048x2048-width":428,"2048x2048-height":210,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-8.png","card_image-width":428,"card_image-height":210,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-8.png","wide_image-width":428,"wide_image-height":210}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Note that when Gunak Barlu is displayed, the <strong>False Color<\/strong> renderer is applied automatically. Land areas are higher backscatter and display in hues ranging to yellow. Water areas have low backscatter and will display in deep purples and black. Hover over the <strong>False Color<\/strong> card to see the color range represented in the map.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2534632,"id":2534632,"title":"s1e-9","filename":"s1e-9.png","filesize":11704,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-9.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-9","alt":"Low to high backscatter","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-9","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-17 19:39:06","modified":"2024-10-17 19:39:26","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":400,"height":71,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-9-213x71.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":71,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-9.png","medium-width":400,"medium-height":71,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-9.png","medium_large-width":400,"medium_large-height":71,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-9.png","large-width":400,"large-height":71,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-9.png","1536x1536-width":400,"1536x1536-height":71,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-9.png","2048x2048-width":400,"2048x2048-height":71,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-9.png","card_image-width":400,"card_image-height":71,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-9.png","wide_image-width":400,"wide_image-height":71}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 6<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Change the renderer to\u00a0<strong>Water Index<\/strong> and view the imagery. Hover over the renderer card to learn more about it. Areas of low water content appear white, areas with high water content appear dark blue.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2534642,"id":2534642,"title":"s1e-10","filename":"s1e-10.png","filesize":9096,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-10.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-10","alt":"Low to high water content","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-10","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-17 19:41:36","modified":"2024-10-17 19:41:57","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":397,"height":68,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-10-213x68.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":68,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-10.png","medium-width":397,"medium-height":68,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-10.png","medium_large-width":397,"medium_large-height":68,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-10.png","large-width":397,"large-height":68,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-10.png","1536x1536-width":397,"1536x1536-height":68,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-10.png","2048x2048-width":397,"2048x2048-height":68,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-10.png","card_image-width":397,"card_image-height":68,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-10.png","wide_image-width":397,"wide_image-height":68}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 7<\/strong> \u2013 Explore further using other interesting places and renderers. Use the search tool to find other locations of interest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 8<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Use the\u00a0<strong>Copy link<\/strong> tool described in the <a href=\"#sent\">Sentinel-1 Explorer essentials<\/a>\u00a0section to capture the current state of your map as you explore. Here are some examples:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel1explorer\/#mapCenter=-119.99261%2C39.11558%2C10.991&amp;mode=dynamic&amp;mainScene=%7CSWI+Colorized%7C&amp;sentinel1=Ascending%7CVV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lake Tahoe, California, using Water Index renderer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel1explorer\/#mapCenter=-119.99261%2C39.11558%2C10.991&amp;mode=dynamic&amp;mainScene=%7CWater+Anomaly+Index+Colorized%7C&amp;sentinel1=Ascending%7CVV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lake Tahoe, California, using Water Anomaly renderer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel1explorer\/#mapCenter=103.82475%2C1.25343%2C13.953&amp;mode=dynamic&amp;mainScene=%7CFalse+Color+dB+with+DRA%7C&amp;sentinel1=Ascending%7CVV&amp;hideMapLabels=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Singapore using False Color renderer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel1explorer\/#mapCenter=103.82475%2C1.25343%2C13.953&amp;mode=dynamic&amp;mainScene=%7CVV+dB+Colorized%7C&amp;sentinel1=Ascending%7CVV&amp;hideMapLabels=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Singapore using Colorized W renderer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel1explorer\/#mapCenter=-68.36090%2C-23.54255%2C10.991&amp;mode=dynamic&amp;mainScene=2018-01-11%7CFalse+Color+dB+with+DRA%7C666832&amp;sentinel1=Descending%7CVV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atacama Desert, Chile, lithium evaporation ponds using False Color renderer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel1explorer\/#mapCenter=-68.36090%2C-23.54255%2C10.991&amp;mode=dynamic&amp;mainScene=2018-01-11%7CWater+Anomaly+Index+Colorized%7C666832&amp;sentinel1=Descending%7CVV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atacama Desert, Chile, lithium evaporation ponds using Water Anomaly renderer<\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","content":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/checkaside.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 115%\">Comparing the three locations with different renderers, what can you learn from the imagery? What are the bright rectangles offshore from Singapore?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","image_reference":false,"layout":"standard","image_reference_figure":"","snippet":"","spotlight_name":"","section_title":"","position":"Center","spotlight_image":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><a href=\"#quick\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/02\/back.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-bottom: 30px;background-color: gray\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"scene\">Find a scene<\/h2>\n<p>This mode allows for the selection of individual Sentinel-1 scenes by year, month, and day.<\/p>\n<p>In the next exercise, you will find scenes that cover the Sea of Okhotsk, located between Russia&#8217;s Kamchatka Peninsula and the island of Hokkaido, Japan. Ice forms in the sea seasonally, typically from December through April.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong> \u2013 Click the button below to open Sentinel-1 Explorer to the area near Hokkaido and the Sea of Okhotsk.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2539302,"id":2539302,"title":"s1e-11b","filename":"s1e-11b.png","filesize":8648,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-11b","alt":"Open Sentinel-1 Explorer","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-11b","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-22 03:17:49","modified":"2024-10-22 03:18:12","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":289,"height":56,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b-213x56.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":56,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","medium-width":289,"medium-height":56,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","medium_large-width":289,"medium_large-height":56,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","large-width":289,"large-height":56,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","1536x1536-width":289,"1536x1536-height":56,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","2048x2048-width":289,"2048x2048-height":56,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","card_image-width":289,"card_image-height":56,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","wide_image-width":289,"wide_image-height":56}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel1explorer\/#mapCenter=145.41219%2C44.20151%2C10.000&amp;mode=dynamic&amp;mainScene=2018-02-23%7CFalse+Color+dB+with+DRA%7C680735&amp;sentinel1=Ascending%7CVV"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong> \u2013 Click <strong>Find A Scene<\/strong> to switch to scene mode.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2538852,"id":2538852,"title":"s1e-12","filename":"s1e-12.png","filesize":13559,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-12.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-12","alt":"Find a scene","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-12","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-21 22:14:49","modified":"2024-10-21 22:15:18","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":391,"height":284,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-12-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-12.png","medium-width":359,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-12.png","medium_large-width":391,"medium_large-height":284,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-12.png","large-width":391,"large-height":284,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-12.png","1536x1536-width":391,"1536x1536-height":284,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-12.png","2048x2048-width":391,"2048x2048-height":284,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-12.png","card_image-width":391,"card_image-height":284,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-12.png","wide_image-width":391,"wide_image-height":284}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>The <strong>Scene Selection<\/strong> calendar appears showing available Sentinel-1 scenes. Filters at the top of the calendar enable you find scenes by date and also by orbital direction. As the satellites travel around the earth, the orbit directions alternate. The pass from north to south is descending, from south to north is ascending. When comparing images of the same location, it is best to select images with the same orbit direction.<\/p>\n<p>The scenes matching your criteria are included in the calendar and those meeting the specified orbital direction are highlighted with a solid fill.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2538892,"id":2538892,"title":"s1e-13","filename":"s1e-13.png","filesize":21654,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-13.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-13","alt":"Available scenes","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View larger image","name":"s1e-13","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-21 22:25:06","modified":"2024-10-21 22:25:57","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":713,"height":245,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-13-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-13.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":159,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-13.png","medium_large-width":713,"medium_large-height":245,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-13.png","large-width":713,"large-height":245,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-13.png","1536x1536-width":713,"1536x1536-height":245,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-13.png","2048x2048-width":713,"2048x2048-height":245,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-13.png","card_image-width":713,"card_image-height":245,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-13.png","wide_image-width":713,"wide_image-height":245}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-13.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>To learn more about a specific scene, hover over a square to view the scene information tip.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2538912,"id":2538912,"title":"s1e-14","filename":"s1e-14.png","filesize":11484,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-14.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-14","alt":"Scene information","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-14","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-21 22:28:34","modified":"2024-10-21 22:29:03","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":301,"height":197,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-14-213x197.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":197,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-14.png","medium-width":301,"medium-height":197,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-14.png","medium_large-width":301,"medium_large-height":197,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-14.png","large-width":301,"large-height":197,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-14.png","1536x1536-width":301,"1536x1536-height":197,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-14.png","2048x2048-width":301,"2048x2048-height":197,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-14.png","card_image-width":301,"card_image-height":197,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-14.png","wide_image-width":301,"wide_image-height":197}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Next, you will find available scenes around ice flows that built up during 2022.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong> \u2013 Click the date drop-down from the calendar and select 2022 to find available scenes for that year.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2538932,"id":2538932,"title":"s1e-15","filename":"s1e-15.png","filesize":21417,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-15.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-15","alt":"Select year","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-15","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-21 22:37:30","modified":"2024-10-21 22:37:55","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":253,"height":578,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-15-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-15.png","medium-width":114,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-15.png","medium_large-width":253,"medium_large-height":578,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-15.png","large-width":253,"large-height":578,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-15.png","1536x1536-width":253,"1536x1536-height":578,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-15.png","2048x2048-width":253,"2048x2048-height":578,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-15-204x465.png","card_image-width":204,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-15.png","wide_image-width":253,"wide_image-height":578}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong> \u2013 Choose <strong>Descending<\/strong> orbit imagery and browse the available scenes. Choose the March 2, 2022, scene.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2538942,"id":2538942,"title":"s1e-16","filename":"s1e-16.png","filesize":22015,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-16.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-16","alt":"Select scene","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-16","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-21 22:46:44","modified":"2024-10-21 22:47:12","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":724,"height":242,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-16-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-16.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":155,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-16.png","medium_large-width":724,"medium_large-height":242,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-16.png","large-width":724,"large-height":242,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-16.png","1536x1536-width":724,"1536x1536-height":242,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-16.png","2048x2048-width":724,"2048x2048-height":242,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-16.png","card_image-width":724,"card_image-height":242,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-16.png","wide_image-width":724,"wide_image-height":242}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>The ice is indicated by its brighter hues. The surface of sea ice is rougher, therefore will have a higher backscatter and appear lighter than the sea. The image below uses the <strong>False Color<\/strong> renderer.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2538952,"id":2538952,"title":"s1e-17","filename":"s1e-17.png","filesize":162165,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-17.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-17","alt":"Scene using False Color renderer","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-17","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-21 22:50:25","modified":"2024-10-21 22:52:34","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":806,"height":390,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-17-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-17.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-17.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":372,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-17.png","large-width":806,"large-height":390,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-17.png","1536x1536-width":806,"1536x1536-height":390,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-17.png","2048x2048-width":806,"2048x2048-height":390,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-17.png","card_image-width":806,"card_image-height":390,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-17.png","wide_image-width":806,"wide_image-height":390}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong> \u2013 Choose a different renderer to highlight the ice. Experiment with with Colorized VV, Colorized VH, Water Index, and others to find one that delivers the best visualization. Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel1explorer\/#mapCenter=145.41219%2C44.20151%2C10.000&amp;mode=find+a+scene&amp;mainScene=2022-03-02%7CFalse+Color+dB+with+DRA%7C1773209&amp;sentinel1=Descending%7CVV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sea of Okhotsk using False Color renderer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel1explorer\/#mapCenter=145.41219%2C44.20151%2C10.000&amp;mode=find+a+scene&amp;mainScene=2022-03-02%7CVV+dB+Colorized%7C1773209&amp;sentinel1=Descending%7CVV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sea of Okhotsk using Colorized VV renderer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel1explorer\/#mapCenter=145.41219%2C44.20151%2C10.000&amp;mode=find+a+scene&amp;mainScene=2022-03-02%7CVH+dB+Colorized%7C1773209&amp;sentinel1=Descending%7CVV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sea of Okhotsk using Colorized VH renderer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel1explorer\/#mapCenter=145.41219%2C44.20151%2C10.000&amp;mode=find+a+scene&amp;mainScene=2022-03-02%7CSWI+Colorized%7C1773209&amp;sentinel1=Descending%7CVV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sea of Okhotsk using Water Index<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Explore the scenes below showing the location of the weeklong <strong>Burning Man<\/strong> festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, on August 30, 2024. The area of camper vans and tents has higher backscatter than the surrounding desert sands, so appears brighter.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel1explorer\/#mapCenter=-119.21670%2C40.78597%2C13.000&amp;mode=find+a+scene&amp;mainScene=2024-08-30%7CFalse+Color+dB+with+DRA%7C2260443&amp;sentinel1=Ascending%7CVV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burning Man using False Color renderer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel1explorer\/#mapCenter=-119.21670%2C40.78597%2C13.000&amp;mode=find+a+scene&amp;mainScene=2024-08-30%7CSWI+Colorized%7C2260443&amp;sentinel1=Ascending%7CVV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burning Man using Colorized VV renderer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2538982,"id":2538982,"title":"s1e-18s","filename":"s1e-18s.png","filesize":181681,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-18s.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-18s","alt":"Black Rock Desert and Burning Man festival, August 30, 2024","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View larger image","name":"s1e-18s","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-21 23:32:16","modified":"2024-10-21 23:34:39","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":825,"height":418,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-18s-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-18s.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":235,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-18s.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":389,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-18s.png","large-width":825,"large-height":418,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-18s.png","1536x1536-width":825,"1536x1536-height":418,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-18s.png","2048x2048-width":825,"2048x2048-height":418,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-18s.png","card_image-width":825,"card_image-height":418,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-18s.png","wide_image-width":825,"wide_image-height":418}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-18.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Note that the <strong>Find A Scene<\/strong> workflow is leveraged throughout the rest of the app, simplifying the discovery and selection of scenes.<br \/>\n<a href=\"#quick\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/02\/back.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-bottom: 25px;background-color: white\" \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Compare<\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-bottom: 25px;background-color: white\" \/>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-bottom: 30px;background-color: gray\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"swipe\">Use swipe to compare scenes<\/h2>\n<p>In <strong>Swipe mode<\/strong>, you can select two scenes to swipe and visually compare differences between them. It is common to choose between scenes of different dates, but you can also swipe and compare different renderings of the same date, or mix and match the two. Swipe is a simple yet extremely powerful way to visually detect, explore, and analyze differences and similarities between two images. Remember that when comparing images of the same location, it is best to select images with the same orbit direction.<\/p>\n<p>Madagascar is often hit by cyclones between the months of November and April because of its location in the Indian Ocean. In the next exercise, you will find and compare scenes of flooding in Madasgascar&#8217;s Tsiribihina River basin, caused by tropical storm Ava which hit Madagascar between January 5 and the January 7, 2018. The flooding killed at least 36 people and forced more than 20,000 from their homes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong> \u2013 Click the button below to open Sentinel-1 Explorer in dynamic mode with the False Color renderer to the area encompassing the flood.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2539302,"id":2539302,"title":"s1e-11b","filename":"s1e-11b.png","filesize":8648,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-11b","alt":"Open Sentinel-1 Explorer","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-11b","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-22 03:17:49","modified":"2024-10-22 03:18:12","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":289,"height":56,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b-213x56.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":56,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","medium-width":289,"medium-height":56,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","medium_large-width":289,"medium_large-height":56,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","large-width":289,"large-height":56,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","1536x1536-width":289,"1536x1536-height":56,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","2048x2048-width":289,"2048x2048-height":56,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","card_image-width":289,"card_image-height":56,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","wide_image-width":289,"wide_image-height":56}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel1explorer\/#mapCenter=44.88371%2C-19.67334%2C11.789&amp;mode=dynamic&amp;mainScene=2018-01-11%7CFalse+Color+dB+with+DRA%7C666832&amp;sentinel1=Descending%7CVV"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Click\u00a0<strong>Swipe<\/strong> to switch to scene swipe mode.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2539162,"id":2539162,"title":"s1e-19","filename":"s1e-19.png","filesize":12462,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-19.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-19","alt":"Swipe mode","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-19","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-22 01:30:05","modified":"2024-10-22 01:30:22","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":376,"height":281,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-19-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-19.png","medium-width":349,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-19.png","medium_large-width":376,"medium_large-height":281,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-19.png","large-width":376,"large-height":281,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-19.png","1536x1536-width":376,"1536x1536-height":281,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-19.png","2048x2048-width":376,"2048x2048-height":281,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-19.png","card_image-width":376,"card_image-height":281,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-19.png","wide_image-width":376,"wide_image-height":281}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>The stacked <strong>Left<\/strong> and <strong>Right<\/strong> boxes indicate the scenes selected for the left and right sides of the swipe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong> \u2013 Click <strong>Left<\/strong>, and following the scene selection workflow described in the previous section, select the scene for December 12, 2017. This is the pre-flood Sentinel-1 scene.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong> \u2013 Choose the <strong>Water Index <\/strong>renderer for the left scene.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong> \u2013 Click <strong>Right<\/strong>, and following the scene selection workflow used in Step 3, select the scene for January 11, 2018.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 6<\/strong> \u2013 Choose the <strong>Water Index <\/strong>renderer for the right scene.<\/p>\n<p>Your swipe should be configured as shown below:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2539182,"id":2539182,"title":"s1e-20","filename":"s1e-20.png","filesize":13065,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-20.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-20","alt":"Configured swipe","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-20","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-22 01:49:34","modified":"2024-10-22 01:50:07","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":382,"height":292,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-20-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-20.png","medium-width":341,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-20.png","medium_large-width":382,"medium_large-height":292,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-20.png","large-width":382,"large-height":292,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-20.png","1536x1536-width":382,"1536x1536-height":292,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-20.png","2048x2048-width":382,"2048x2048-height":292,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-20.png","card_image-width":382,"card_image-height":292,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-20.png","wide_image-width":382,"wide_image-height":292}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 7<\/strong> \u2013 Use the swipe tool to compare the two scenes. The image on the left shows pre-flood conditions, while the image on the right is post-flood. The flooded areas are readily visible as dark blue in the scenes using the <strong>Water Index<\/strong> renderer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 8<\/strong> \u2013 Click the image below to compare with your map, or open <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel1explorer\/#mapCenter=44.88371%2C-19.67334%2C11.789&amp;mode=swipe&amp;mainScene=2017-12-12%7CSWI+Colorized%7C364295&amp;sentinel1=Descending%7CVV&amp;secondaryScene=2018-01-11%7CSWI+Colorized%7C666832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sentinel-1 Explorer<\/a> with the exercise settings in the steps above.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2539192,"id":2539192,"title":"s1e-21s","filename":"s1e-21s.png","filesize":129897,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-21s.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-21s","alt":"Swipe mode","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View larger image","name":"s1e-21s","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-22 01:56:06","modified":"2024-10-22 02:32:40","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":825,"height":402,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-21s-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-21s.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":226,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-21s.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":374,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-21s.png","large-width":825,"large-height":402,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-21s.png","1536x1536-width":825,"1536x1536-height":402,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-21s.png","2048x2048-width":825,"2048x2048-height":402,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-21s.png","card_image-width":825,"card_image-height":402,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-21s.png","wide_image-width":825,"wide_image-height":402}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-21.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><a href=\"#quick\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/02\/back.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-bottom: 30px;background-color: gray\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"anim\">Animate multiple scenes<\/h2>\n<p>In <strong>Animate mode<\/strong>, you can select multiple scenes to create compelling time animations. When you have gathered your collection of images, click the play button to start the animation. During playback, you can choose your frame rate and optionally export your animation to an MP4 with the layout of your choosing.<\/p>\n<p>In the next exercise, you will animate the movement the flooding in the Tsiribihina River basin discussed in the section above.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong> \u2013 Click the button below to open Sentinel-1 Explorer in dynamic mode with the False Color renderer to the area encompassing the flood.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2539302,"id":2539302,"title":"s1e-11b","filename":"s1e-11b.png","filesize":8648,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-11b","alt":"Open Sentinel-1 Explorer","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-11b","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-22 03:17:49","modified":"2024-10-22 03:18:12","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":289,"height":56,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b-213x56.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":56,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","medium-width":289,"medium-height":56,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","medium_large-width":289,"medium_large-height":56,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","large-width":289,"large-height":56,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","1536x1536-width":289,"1536x1536-height":56,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","2048x2048-width":289,"2048x2048-height":56,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","card_image-width":289,"card_image-height":56,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","wide_image-width":289,"wide_image-height":56}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel1explorer\/#mapCenter=44.88371%2C-19.67334%2C11.789&amp;mode=dynamic&amp;mainScene=2018-01-11%7CFalse+Color+dB+with+DRA%7C666832&amp;sentinel1=Descending%7CVV"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Click\u00a0<strong>Animate<\/strong> to switch to animate mode, then click <strong>Add A Scene<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2539232,"id":2539232,"title":"s1e-22","filename":"s1e-22.png","filesize":13709,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-22.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-22","alt":"Animate","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-22","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-22 02:56:38","modified":"2024-10-22 02:57:15","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":383,"height":289,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-22-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-22.png","medium-width":346,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-22.png","medium_large-width":383,"medium_large-height":289,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-22.png","large-width":383,"large-height":289,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-22.png","1536x1536-width":383,"1536x1536-height":289,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-22.png","2048x2048-width":383,"2048x2048-height":289,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-22.png","card_image-width":383,"card_image-height":289,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-22.png","wide_image-width":383,"wide_image-height":289}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong> \u2013 Using the <strong>Scene Selection<\/strong> calendar, add the following scenes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>November 18, 2017, False Color<\/li>\n<li>December 12, 2017, False Color<\/li>\n<li>January 11, 2018, False Color<\/li>\n<li>February 10, 2018, False Color<\/li>\n<li>March 30, 2018, False Color<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong> \u2013 When finished, click the arrow at the bottom of the scene list to play the animation.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2539242,"id":2539242,"title":"s1e-23","filename":"s1e-23.png","filesize":18889,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-23.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-23","alt":"Play animation","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-23","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-22 03:03:27","modified":"2024-10-22 03:03:44","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":536,"height":283,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-23-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-23.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":245,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-23.png","medium_large-width":536,"medium_large-height":283,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-23.png","large-width":536,"large-height":283,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-23.png","1536x1536-width":536,"1536x1536-height":283,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-23.png","2048x2048-width":536,"2048x2048-height":283,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-23.png","card_image-width":536,"card_image-height":283,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-23.png","wide_image-width":536,"wide_image-height":283}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong> \u2013 Use the play controls to (from left to right):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adjust the animation speed.<\/li>\n<li>Capture a link to the animation.<\/li>\n<li>Download the animation as an MP4 file.<\/li>\n<li>Pause\/Play.<\/li>\n<li>Dismiss the play controls.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2539252,"id":2539252,"title":"s1e-24","filename":"s1e-24.png","filesize":3868,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-24.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-24","alt":"Play controls","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-24","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-22 03:06:32","modified":"2024-10-22 03:06:48","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":195,"height":56,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-24.png","thumbnail-width":195,"thumbnail-height":56,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-24.png","medium-width":195,"medium-height":56,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-24.png","medium_large-width":195,"medium_large-height":56,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-24.png","large-width":195,"large-height":56,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-24.png","1536x1536-width":195,"1536x1536-height":56,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-24.png","2048x2048-width":195,"2048x2048-height":56,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-24.png","card_image-width":195,"card_image-height":56,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-24.png","wide_image-width":195,"wide_image-height":56}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> After adjusting the speed, pause the animations and use the link on the playback toolbar to save the current animation settings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 6<\/strong> \u2013 Click the image below to compare with your map, or <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel1explorer\/#mapCenter=44.88371%2C-19.67334%2C11.789&amp;mode=animate&amp;mainScene=2018-01-11%7CFalse+Color+dB+with+DRA%7C666832&amp;sentinel1=Descending%7CVV&amp;animationScenes=2017-11-18%7CFalse+Color+dB+with+DRA%7C353597%2C2017-12-12%7CFalse+Color+dB+with+DRA%7C364295%2C2018-01-11%7CFalse+Color+dB+with+DRA%7C666832%2C2018-04-23%7CFalse+Color+dB+with+DRA%7C539459\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open Sentinel-1 Explorer<\/a> with the exercise settings.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2540942,"id":2540942,"title":"s1e-28s","filename":"s1e-28s.png","filesize":171224,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-28s.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-28s","alt":"Animate mode","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View larger image","name":"s1e-28s","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-22 21:58:31","modified":"2024-10-22 22:00:31","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":825,"height":402,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-28s-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-28s.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":226,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-28s.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":374,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-28s.png","large-width":825,"large-height":402,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-28s.png","1536x1536-width":825,"1536x1536-height":402,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-28s.png","2048x2048-width":825,"2048x2048-height":402,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-28s.png","card_image-width":825,"card_image-height":402,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-28s.png","wide_image-width":825,"wide_image-height":402}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-28.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><a href=\"#quick\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/02\/back.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-bottom: 25px;background-color: white\" \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Analyze<\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-bottom: 25px;background-color: white\" \/>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-bottom: 30px;background-color: gray\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"index\">Analyze: Index Mask<\/h2>\n<p>In this mode you can use calculated indices to delineate and measure estimated surface area of things like water and water anomalies (including oil slicks), ships and built-up areas. As you move the index slider to adjust values, a mask is dynamically rendered on screen indicating the areas meeting the specified thresholds. Alternatively, the mask can be used to clip the image and only show the pixels covered by the mask.<\/p>\n<p>In this next exercise, you will examine the water index in an area in northern Canada.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong> \u2013 Click the button below to open Sentinel-1 Explorer in Dynamic view mode to an area in northwestern Saskatchewan Province, using a scene captured on August 31, 2024, shown using False Color.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2539302,"id":2539302,"title":"s1e-11b","filename":"s1e-11b.png","filesize":8648,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-11b","alt":"Open Sentinel-1 Explorer","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-11b","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-22 03:17:49","modified":"2024-10-22 03:18:12","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":289,"height":56,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b-213x56.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":56,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","medium-width":289,"medium-height":56,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","medium_large-width":289,"medium_large-height":56,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","large-width":289,"large-height":56,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","1536x1536-width":289,"1536x1536-height":56,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","2048x2048-width":289,"2048x2048-height":56,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","card_image-width":289,"card_image-height":56,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","wide_image-width":289,"wide_image-height":56}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel1explorer\/#mapCenter=-108.27196%2C58.85854%2C10.836&amp;mode=dynamic&amp;mainScene=2024-08-31%7CFalse+Color+dB+with+DRA%7C2260897&amp;sentinel1=Ascending%7CVH"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong> \u2013 Click <strong>Analyze<\/strong>, then choose <strong>Index mask<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2540252,"id":2540252,"title":"s1e-26","filename":"s1e-26.png","filesize":8404,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-26.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-26","alt":"Analyze: Index mask","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-26","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-22 17:57:07","modified":"2024-10-22 17:57:28","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":390,"height":289,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-26-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-26.png","medium-width":352,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-26.png","medium_large-width":390,"medium_large-height":289,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-26.png","large-width":390,"large-height":289,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-26.png","1536x1536-width":390,"1536x1536-height":289,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-26.png","2048x2048-width":390,"2048x2048-height":289,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-26.png","card_image-width":390,"card_image-height":289,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-26.png","wide_image-width":390,"wide_image-height":289}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong> \u2013 Choose <strong>Water Index<\/strong> from the index drop-down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong> \u2013 Adjust the slider to the desired values. Note that the calculated mask area adjusts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong> \u2013 (Optional) Experiment using the <strong>Clip to mask<\/strong> and color options.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2540992,"id":2540992,"title":"s1e-29","filename":"s1e-29.png","filesize":20795,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-29.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-29","alt":"Index settings","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-29","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-22 22:13:38","modified":"2024-10-22 22:14:39","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":392,"height":382,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-29-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-29.png","medium-width":268,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-29.png","medium_large-width":392,"medium_large-height":382,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-29.png","large-width":392,"large-height":382,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-29.png","1536x1536-width":392,"1536x1536-height":382,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-29.png","2048x2048-width":392,"2048x2048-height":382,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-29.png","card_image-width":392,"card_image-height":382,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-29.png","wide_image-width":392,"wide_image-height":382}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 6<\/strong> \u2013 Use the <strong>Copy link<\/strong> tool to capture the current settings.<\/p>\n<p>The areas with the highest water index are highlighted. Click the image below to view a larger version to compare to your map, or <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel1explorer\/#mapCenter=-108.27196%2C58.85854%2C10.836&amp;mode=analysis&amp;mainScene=2024-08-31%7CFalse+Color+dB+with+DRA%7C2260897&amp;sentinel1=Ascending%7CVH&amp;tool=mask&amp;mask=water%7Cfalse%7C1%7C89%2C214%2C255%7C0.25%2C1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open Sentinel-1 Explorer<\/a> to the saved settings from the exercise steps above.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2541012,"id":2541012,"title":"s1e-30s","filename":"s1e-30s.png","filesize":157890,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-30s.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-30s","alt":"Water index","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-30s","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-22 22:18:37","modified":"2024-10-22 22:22:37","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":825,"height":403,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-30s-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-30s.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":227,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-30s.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":375,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-30s.png","large-width":825,"large-height":403,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-30s.png","1536x1536-width":825,"1536x1536-height":403,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-30s.png","2048x2048-width":825,"2048x2048-height":403,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-30s.png","card_image-width":825,"card_image-height":403,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-30s.png","wide_image-width":825,"wide_image-height":403}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-30.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Experiment with other locations and other index masks.<br \/>\n<a href=\"#quick\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/02\/back.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-bottom: 30px;background-color: gray\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"temp\">Temporal Profile<\/h2>\n<p>Using the <strong>Temporal profile<\/strong> tool, you can detect categorical trends over time, including water and water anomaly. You can also select the time interval: yearly or monthly.<\/p>\n<p>When Yearly is selected, you can specify the target month you would like to be sampled year over year. This option is best for identifying long term patterns and trends. When Monthly is selected, you specify the target year and all 12-months within that year will be sampled. The monthly option is useful for seeing seasonal patterns and fluctuations throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>In this exercise, you will examine the temporal profile of the Tulare Lake Basin in Central California. This area flooded in the spring\/summer of 2023. When using the annual temporal profile, the flooding peak is evident.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong> \u2013 Click the button below to open Sentinel-1 Explorer in Dynamic view mode to the Tulare Lake Basin area using the Water Index renderer.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2539302,"id":2539302,"title":"s1e-11b","filename":"s1e-11b.png","filesize":8648,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-11b","alt":"Open Sentinel-1 Explorer","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-11b","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-22 03:17:49","modified":"2024-10-22 03:18:12","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":289,"height":56,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b-213x56.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":56,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","medium-width":289,"medium-height":56,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","medium_large-width":289,"medium_large-height":56,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","large-width":289,"large-height":56,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","1536x1536-width":289,"1536x1536-height":56,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","2048x2048-width":289,"2048x2048-height":56,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","card_image-width":289,"card_image-height":56,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","wide_image-width":289,"wide_image-height":56}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel1explorer\/#mapCenter=-119.67329%2C36.05146%2C10.970&amp;mode=dynamic&amp;mainScene=2023-05-13%7CSWI+Colorized%7C2038358&amp;sentinel1=Ascending%7CVV"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong> \u2013 Click <strong>Analyze<\/strong>, then choose <strong>Temporal profile<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2541102,"id":2541102,"title":"s1e-31","filename":"s1e-31.png","filesize":8680,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-31.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-31","alt":"Analyze: Temporal profile","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-31","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-22 22:58:02","modified":"2024-10-22 22:58:26","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":388,"height":286,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-31-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-31.png","medium-width":354,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-31.png","medium_large-width":388,"medium_large-height":286,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-31.png","large-width":388,"large-height":286,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-31.png","1536x1536-width":388,"1536x1536-height":286,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-31.png","2048x2048-width":388,"2048x2048-height":286,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-31.png","card_image-width":388,"card_image-height":286,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-31.png","wide_image-width":388,"wide_image-height":286}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong> \u2013 Using the <strong>Scene Selection calendar<\/strong>, choose May 13, 2023.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2541152,"id":2541152,"title":"s1e-32","filename":"s1e-32.png","filesize":9477,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-32.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-32","alt":"Scene Selection calendar","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View larger image","name":"s1e-32","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-22 23:07:35","modified":"2024-10-24 17:03:05","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":769,"height":253,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-32-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-32.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":153,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-32.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":253,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-32.png","large-width":769,"large-height":253,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-32.png","1536x1536-width":769,"1536x1536-height":253,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-32.png","2048x2048-width":769,"2048x2048-height":253,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-32.png","card_image-width":769,"card_image-height":253,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-32.png","wide_image-width":769,"wide_image-height":253}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-32.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>This scene clearly shows the shallow lake in the agricultural area of the Tulare Lake Basin using the Water Index renderer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong> \u2013 Click anywhere in the dark blue area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong> \u2013 Choose <strong>Water<\/strong> as the trend, and select <strong>Yearly<\/strong> as the time interval. Note the peak in 2023 for May.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2541162,"id":2541162,"title":"s1e-33","filename":"s1e-33.png","filesize":8946,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-33.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-33","alt":"Yearly water trend","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View larger image","name":"s1e-33","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-22 23:12:42","modified":"2024-10-24 17:02:45","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":377,"height":274,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-33-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-33.png","medium-width":359,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-33.png","medium_large-width":377,"medium_large-height":274,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-33.png","large-width":377,"large-height":274,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-33.png","1536x1536-width":377,"1536x1536-height":274,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-33.png","2048x2048-width":377,"2048x2048-height":274,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-33.png","card_image-width":377,"card_image-height":274,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-33.png","wide_image-width":377,"wide_image-height":274}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-33.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 6<\/strong> \u2013 Experiment by clicking other areas and switching from yearly to monthly trends.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 7<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Use the\u00a0<strong>Copy link<\/strong>\u00a0tool to capture the current settings.<\/p>\n<p>The areas with the highest water index appear in deep blue. Click the image below to view a larger version to compare to your map, or <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel1explorer\/#mapCenter=-119.67329%2C36.05146%2C10.970&amp;mode=analysis&amp;mainScene=2023-05-13%7CSWI+Colorized%7C2038358&amp;sentinel1=Ascending%7CVV&amp;tool=trend&amp;trend=water%7C5%7C-119.71431%2C36.08090%7C2023%7Cyear-to-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open Sentinel-1 Explorer<\/a> using the saved settings from the exercise steps above.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2541182,"id":2541182,"title":"s1e-34s","filename":"s1e-34s.png","filesize":112912,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-34s.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-34s","alt":"Water trend","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View larger image","name":"s1e-34s","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-22 23:21:53","modified":"2024-10-22 23:23:01","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":825,"height":405,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-34s-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-34s.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":228,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-34s.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":377,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-34s.png","large-width":825,"large-height":405,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-34s.png","1536x1536-width":825,"1536x1536-height":405,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-34s.png","2048x2048-width":825,"2048x2048-height":405,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-34s.png","card_image-width":825,"card_image-height":405,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-34s.png","wide_image-width":825,"wide_image-height":405}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-34.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><a href=\"#quick\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/02\/back.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-bottom: 30px;background-color: gray\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"change\">Change Detection<\/h2>\n<p>In this mode, you are able to select two scenes and calculate the difference between them. You can view change based on <strong>Water<\/strong> and <strong>Water Anomaly<\/strong> indices, and can also create a <strong>Log Difference<\/strong> image showing all changes in backscatter between the selected images.<\/p>\n<p>In this exercise, you will examine forest and crop change in the Brazilian Amazon, caused by a combination of cattle ranching and agricultural practices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong> \u2013 Click the button below to open Sentinel-1 Explorer in Dynamic view mode to an area near Porto Velho, Brazil.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2539302,"id":2539302,"title":"s1e-11b","filename":"s1e-11b.png","filesize":8648,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-11b","alt":"Open Sentinel-1 Explorer","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-11b","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-22 03:17:49","modified":"2024-10-22 03:18:12","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":289,"height":56,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b-213x56.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":56,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","medium-width":289,"medium-height":56,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","medium_large-width":289,"medium_large-height":56,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","large-width":289,"large-height":56,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","1536x1536-width":289,"1536x1536-height":56,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","2048x2048-width":289,"2048x2048-height":56,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","card_image-width":289,"card_image-height":56,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","wide_image-width":289,"wide_image-height":56}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel1explorer\/#mapCenter=-64.39744%2C-9.21844%2C11.000&amp;mode=dynamic&amp;mainScene=2016-09-11%7CFalse+Color+dB+with+DRA%7C142450&amp;sentinel1=Ascending%7CVH"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong> \u2013 Click <strong>Analyze<\/strong>, then choose <strong>Change detection<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2542582,"id":2542582,"title":"s1e-36","filename":"s1e-36.png","filesize":8218,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-36.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-36","alt":"Analyze: Change detection","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-36","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-23 23:53:54","modified":"2024-10-23 23:54:20","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":374,"height":275,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-36-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-36.png","medium-width":355,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-36.png","medium_large-width":374,"medium_large-height":275,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-36.png","large-width":374,"large-height":275,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-36.png","1536x1536-width":374,"1536x1536-height":275,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-36.png","2048x2048-width":374,"2048x2048-height":275,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-36.png","card_image-width":374,"card_image-height":275,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-36.png","wide_image-width":374,"wide_image-height":275}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong> \u2013 Click <strong>choose Scene A<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2542592,"id":2542592,"title":"s1e-37","filename":"s1e-37.png","filesize":11638,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-37.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-37","alt":"Scene A","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-37","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-23 23:57:42","modified":"2024-10-23 23:58:01","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":571,"height":269,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-37-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-37.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":219,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-37.png","medium_large-width":571,"medium_large-height":269,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-37.png","large-width":571,"large-height":269,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-37.png","1536x1536-width":571,"1536x1536-height":269,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-37.png","2048x2048-width":571,"2048x2048-height":269,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-37.png","card_image-width":571,"card_image-height":269,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-37.png","wide_image-width":571,"wide_image-height":269}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong> \u2013 Using the<strong> Scene Selection calendar<\/strong>, choose <strong>September 11, 2016<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2542602,"id":2542602,"title":"s1e-38","filename":"s1e-38.png","filesize":18457,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-38.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-38","alt":"Scene selection","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-38","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-24 00:03:22","modified":"2024-10-24 00:03:52","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1167,"height":258,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-38-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-38.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":103,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-38.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":170,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-38.png","large-width":1167,"large-height":258,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-38.png","1536x1536-width":1167,"1536x1536-height":258,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-38.png","2048x2048-width":1167,"2048x2048-height":258,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-38-826x183.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":183,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-38.png","wide_image-width":1167,"wide_image-height":258}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong> \u2013 Click <strong>choose Scene B<\/strong> and using the <strong>Scene Selection calendar<\/strong>, select <strong>September 5, 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2542622,"id":2542622,"title":"s1e-39","filename":"s1e-39.png","filesize":17979,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-39.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-39","alt":"Scene selection","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-39","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-24 00:07:42","modified":"2024-10-24 00:08:22","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1167,"height":258,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-39-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-39.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":103,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-39.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":170,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-39.png","large-width":1167,"large-height":258,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-39.png","1536x1536-width":1167,"1536x1536-height":258,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-39.png","2048x2048-width":1167,"2048x2048-height":258,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-39-826x183.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":183,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-39.png","wide_image-width":1167,"wide_image-height":258}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 6<\/strong> \u2013 Click <strong>View Change<\/strong> to compare the two scenes.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 7<\/strong> \u2013 Use the <strong>Change<\/strong> slider to compare the scenes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>a<\/strong> \u2013 Choose <strong>Log Difference<\/strong> from the drop-down. Log difference shows all changes in backscatter between the two scenes. Other options are Water and Water Anomaly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>b<\/strong> \u2013 Choose <strong>VH Amplitude<\/strong> from the polarization drop-down. Polarization defaults to VV Amplitude, or vertical-vertical. Vertical-horizontal, or VH Amplitude, provides the best results when examining decreases in backscatter, indicating a change in crops or removal of trees.<\/p>\n<p><strong>c<\/strong> \u2013 Adjust the slider to get a crisp rendering of the changes.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2542632,"id":2542632,"title":"s1e-41","filename":"s1e-41.png","filesize":8599,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-41.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-41","alt":"Change detection slider","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-41","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-24 00:28:24","modified":"2024-10-24 00:28:48","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":422,"height":260,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-41-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-41.png","medium-width":422,"medium-height":260,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-41.png","medium_large-width":422,"medium_large-height":260,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-41.png","large-width":422,"large-height":260,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-41.png","1536x1536-width":422,"1536x1536-height":260,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-41.png","2048x2048-width":422,"2048x2048-height":260,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-41.png","card_image-width":422,"card_image-height":260,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-41.png","wide_image-width":422,"wide_image-height":260}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>The areas with a decrease in backscatter are highlighted in orange to brown hues. A decrease in backscatter can be caused by a change in planted crops or clearing of trees.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 7<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Use the\u00a0<strong>Copy link<\/strong>\u00a0tool to capture the current settings.<\/p>\n<p>Click the image below to view a larger version to compare to your map, or <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel1explorer\/#mapCenter=-64.39744%2C-9.21844%2C11.000&amp;mode=analysis&amp;mainScene=2016-09-11%7CFalse+Color+dB+with+DRA%7C142450&amp;sentinel1=Ascending%7CVH&amp;tool=change&amp;secondaryScene=2024-09-05%7CFalse+Color+dB+with+DRA%7C2267981&amp;change=log+difference%7Ctrue%7C-0.5%2C-0.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open Sentinel-1 Explorer<\/a> using the saved settings from the exercise steps above.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2542562,"id":2542562,"title":"s1e-35s","filename":"s1e-35s.png","filesize":141355,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-35s.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-35s","alt":"Change detection","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View larger image","name":"s1e-35s","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-23 23:45:04","modified":"2024-10-23 23:46:28","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":825,"height":402,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-35s-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-35s.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":226,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-35s.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":374,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-35s.png","large-width":825,"large-height":402,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-35s.png","1536x1536-width":825,"1536x1536-height":402,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-35s.png","2048x2048-width":825,"2048x2048-height":402,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-35s.png","card_image-width":825,"card_image-height":402,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-35s.png","wide_image-width":825,"wide_image-height":402}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-35.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><a href=\"#quick\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/02\/back.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-bottom: 30px;background-color: gray\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"comp\">Temporal Composite<\/h2>\n<p>Using the <strong>Temporal composite<\/strong> tool, you can view changes over time for up to three selected images at once. Each selected image is used as an individual band in a dynamically generated three band RGB composite image. Color variations in the resulting composite image represent changes in the land cover over time. For example, areas with high backscatter in the scene used as the red band will have a stronger red hue in the composite image. Areas with high backscatter in the red scene and the blue scene, and low backscatter in the green scene, will appear purple, and so on. Areas with more consistent backscatter, meaning little to no change over time, will appear as shades of gray.<\/p>\n<p>In this next exercise, you will create an agricultural application of the temporal composite showing agricultural related changes in Kansas, USA, throughout the 2024\u00a0spring growing season. The composite provides indicators of change related to growth patterns, crop types, soil moisture and more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong> \u2013 Click the button below to open Sentinel-1 Explorer in Dynamic view mode to an area of farmland in Kansas.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2539302,"id":2539302,"title":"s1e-11b","filename":"s1e-11b.png","filesize":8648,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-11b","alt":"Open Sentinel-1 Explorer","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-11b","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-22 03:17:49","modified":"2024-10-22 03:18:12","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":289,"height":56,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b-213x56.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":56,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","medium-width":289,"medium-height":56,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","medium_large-width":289,"medium_large-height":56,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","large-width":289,"large-height":56,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","1536x1536-width":289,"1536x1536-height":56,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","2048x2048-width":289,"2048x2048-height":56,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","card_image-width":289,"card_image-height":56,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-11b.png","wide_image-width":289,"wide_image-height":56}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel1explorer\/#mapCenter=-101.01708%2C37.62746%2C12.000&amp;mode=dynamic&amp;mainScene=%7CFalse+Color+dB+with+DRA%7C&amp;sentinel1=Ascending%7CVV"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong> \u2013 Click <strong>Analyze<\/strong>, then choose <strong>Temporal composite<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2543222,"id":2543222,"title":"s1e-43","filename":"s1e-43.png","filesize":7805,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-43.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-43","alt":"Analyze: Temporal composite","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-43","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-24 17:58:46","modified":"2024-10-24 17:59:03","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":373,"height":273,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-43-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-43.png","medium-width":357,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-43.png","medium_large-width":373,"medium_large-height":273,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-43.png","large-width":373,"large-height":273,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-43.png","1536x1536-width":373,"1536x1536-height":273,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-43.png","2048x2048-width":373,"2048x2048-height":273,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-43.png","card_image-width":373,"card_image-height":273,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-43.png","wide_image-width":373,"wide_image-height":273}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong> \u2013 Click <strong>Choose red band<\/strong> and select April 16, 2024, from the <strong>Scene Selection<\/strong> calendar.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2543252,"id":2543252,"title":"s1e-44","filename":"s1e-44-1.png","filesize":12244,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-44-1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-44-2","alt":"Scene selection for red band","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-44-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-24 18:13:09","modified":"2024-10-24 18:13:34","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":801,"height":262,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-44-1-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-44-1.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":152,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-44-1.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":251,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-44-1.png","large-width":801,"large-height":262,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-44-1.png","1536x1536-width":801,"1536x1536-height":262,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-44-1.png","2048x2048-width":801,"2048x2048-height":262,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-44-1.png","card_image-width":801,"card_image-height":262,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-44-1.png","wide_image-width":801,"wide_image-height":262}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong> \u2013 Do the same for the green band and blue band, choosing scenes for May 10, 2024, and June 15, 2024, respectively. When finished, click <strong>View Composite<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2543272,"id":2543272,"title":"s1e-45","filename":"s1e-45.png","filesize":5606,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-45.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-45","alt":"View Composite","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-45","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-24 18:17:29","modified":"2024-10-24 18:17:48","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":198,"height":265,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-45-198x200.png","thumbnail-width":198,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-45.png","medium-width":195,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-45.png","medium_large-width":198,"medium_large-height":265,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-45.png","large-width":198,"large-height":265,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-45.png","1536x1536-width":198,"1536x1536-height":265,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-45.png","2048x2048-width":198,"2048x2048-height":265,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-45.png","card_image-width":198,"card_image-height":265,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-45.png","wide_image-width":198,"wide_image-height":265}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Color variations in the resulting composite image represent changes over time related to growth patterns, crop types, soil moisture and more. Areas with high backscatter in the scene used as the red band will have a stronger red hue in the composite image. Areas with high backscatter in the red scene and the blue scene, and low backscatter in the green scene, will appear purple. And so on. Areas with more consistent backscatter, meaning little to no change over time, will appear as shades of gray.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 6<\/strong> \u2013 Hover over different areas of the color chart in the lower right to get tips for interpreting the composite image.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2543452,"id":2543452,"title":"s1e-47","filename":"s1e-47.gif","filesize":178969,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-47.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-47","alt":"Color chart","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"s1e-47","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-24 20:20:00","modified":"2024-10-24 20:20:19","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":379,"height":244,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-47-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-47.gif","medium-width":379,"medium-height":244,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-47.gif","medium_large-width":379,"medium_large-height":244,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-47.gif","large-width":379,"large-height":244,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-47.gif","1536x1536-width":379,"1536x1536-height":244,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-47.gif","2048x2048-width":379,"2048x2048-height":244,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-47.gif","card_image-width":379,"card_image-height":244,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-47.gif","wide_image-width":379,"wide_image-height":244}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 7<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Use the\u00a0<strong>Copy link<\/strong> tool to capture the current settings. Experiment with different scene selections or different areas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> Click <strong>Clear all scene selections<\/strong> to reset current settings.<\/p>\n<p>Click the image below to view a larger version to compare to your map, or <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/sentinel1explorer\/#mapCenter=-100.98927%2C37.62392%2C12.000&amp;mode=analysis&amp;mainScene=%7CFalse+Color+dB+with+DRA%7C&amp;sentinel1=Ascending%7CVV&amp;hideMapLabels=true&amp;tool=temporal+composite&amp;composite=true%7CVV+dB+Colorized&amp;listOfScenes=2024-04-16%7C%7C2196320%2C2024-05-10%7C%7C2207195%2C2024-06-15%7C%7C2231043\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open Sentinel-1 Explorer<\/a> using the saved settings from the exercise steps above.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2543172,"id":2543172,"title":"s1e-42s","filename":"s1e-42s.png","filesize":171299,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-42s.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/learn-sentinel-1-explorer\/s1e-42s","alt":"Analyze: Temporal composite","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View larger image","name":"s1e-42s","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2531182,"date":"2024-10-24 17:45:39","modified":"2024-10-24 17:46:58","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":825,"height":404,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-42s-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-42s.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":227,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-42s.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":376,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-42s.png","large-width":825,"large-height":404,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-42s.png","1536x1536-width":825,"1536x1536-height":404,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-42s.png","2048x2048-width":825,"2048x2048-height":404,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-42s.png","card_image-width":825,"card_image-height":404,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-42s.png","wide_image-width":825,"wide_image-height":404}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s1e-42.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><a href=\"#quick\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/02\/back.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 1px;width: 15%;border: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-bottom: 30px;background-color: gray\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"more\">More information<\/h2>\n<p>For more information, see the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/imagery\/sentinel-1-explorer-observing-earth-in-a-different-light\/#temporalcomposite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sentinel-1 Explorer: Observing Earth in a different light<\/a> (Blog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/imagery\/detect-and-measure-wildfires-with-the-sentinel-1-explorer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Detect and measure wildfires with the Sentinel-1 Explorer<\/a> (Blog)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"}],"related_articles":"","authors":[{"ID":7641,"user_firstname":"Bernie","user_lastname":"Szukalski","nickname":"Bern Szukalski","user_nicename":"bszukalski","display_name":"Bern Szukalski","user_email":"bszukalski@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-26 17:55:14","user_description":"I am a corporate technology evangelist and geo advocate at Esri, focusing on ways to broaden access to geographic information and helping customers succeed with ArcGIS. \r\n\r\nOn a good day I'm making a map, on a great day I'm on one. 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