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These products were delivered using the best knowledge at their processing time, in particular with respect to the radiometric calibration. As reprocessing of SAR data products is not foreseen in the nominal processing chain of Sentinel-1, changes of applied processing parameters impact the SAR data quality and can be a disturbing factor for long-term monitoring of radiometric features. In particular, antenna pattern updates produce artificial radiometric steps which are visible in radar backscatter time series, especially in case of monitoring radiometric stable reference targets. This paper introduces a method for correcting changes due to such updates without the need of reprocessing SAR data products. The method was applied to long-lasting time series of data acquisitions which are used to monitor the radiometric performance with reference targets at the DLR calibration site. It has been shown that artificial steps due to antenna pattern updates disappear in backscatter timelines after correct application. 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