This document defines the calibration and validation of Earth observing (EO) data acquired by synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors and products derived from SAR data. The specified SAR sensors include general working modes and advanced working modes.

In this document, calibration addresses the process to correct the data, not only geometrically and radiometrically, but also characteristically for qualitative and quantitative applications. Validation addresses an evaluation of the quality and accuracy of the calibrated data and derived products.

This document also addresses the associated metadata related to calibration and validation that has not been defined in other geographic information International Standards.

This document does not apply to the calibration of SAR sensors and validation of SAR sensor calibration, which are covered by ISO/TS 19159-3. However, the calibration and validation procedure can be also applied and referenced among others.