CCSD3ZF0000100000001NJPL3IFOPDS200000001 = SFDU_LABEL RECORD_TYPE = STREAM OBJECT = TEXT NOTE = "This document describes the format of an AIRSAR image embedded label." END_OBJECT = TEXT END AIRSAR EMBEDDED HEADER FORMAT An AIRSAR data file contains one or more header records embedded at the beginning of the file. These records are composed of 50-byte ASCII text fields in a keyword=value format. The first header record (also called the "new" header in the SYNTHESIZE program) has the following information: field contents Fortran format for value ----- -------- -------------- 1 RECORD LENGTH IN BYTES I8 2 NUMBER OF HEADER RECORDS I8 3 NUMBER OF SAMPLES PER RECORD I8 4 NUMBER OF LINES IN IMAGE I8 5 NUMBER OF BYTES PER SAMPLE I8 6 JPL AIRCRAFT SAR PROCESSOR VERSION F5.2 7 DATA TYPE A20 8 RANGE PROJECTION A20 9 RANGE PIXEL SPACING (METERS) F9.4 10 AZIMUTH PIXEL SPACING (METERS) F9.5 11 BYTE OFFSET OF OLD HEADER I8 12 BYTE OFFSET OF USER HEADER I8 13 BYTE OFFSET OF FIRST DATA RECORD I8 14-20 RESERVED FOR LATER USE Note that character fields are right justified. Additional header records contain processing history and other ancillary information in the same 50-byte field keyword=value format.