diff --git a/Utilities/otbossimplugins/ossim/ossimGeometricSarSensorModel.cpp b/Utilities/otbossimplugins/ossim/ossimGeometricSarSensorModel.cpp
index 4b4d097fb17f4b7952200a26e34c448ee745617a..f9fc4ba3c7aa4271971bce63b902bd9e7cc2387f 100644
--- a/Utilities/otbossimplugins/ossim/ossimGeometricSarSensorModel.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/otbossimplugins/ossim/ossimGeometricSarSensorModel.cpp
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ void ossimGeometricSarSensorModel::lineSampleHeightToWorld(
    }
 
    JSDDateTime azimuthTime = getTime(line) ;
+
    int etatLoc = sensor.ImageToWorld(slantRange, azimuthTime, heightEllipsoid, lon, lat);
 
    if(traceDebug())
diff --git a/Utilities/otbossimplugins/ossim/otb/SarSensor.cpp b/Utilities/otbossimplugins/ossim/otb/SarSensor.cpp
index 8aebed47065d4060e4cae9b246597a2483deb2f7..157720e77a8bf9edea19d6a54a2c37a95af850f2 100644
--- a/Utilities/otbossimplugins/ossim/otb/SarSensor.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/otbossimplugins/ossim/otb/SarSensor.cpp
@@ -51,8 +51,10 @@ int SarSensor::ImageToWorld(double distance, JSDDateTime time, double height, do
 
   RectangularCoordinate cart;
 
+  double dopplerCentroid = _params->get_dopcen();
+
   // note : the Doppler frequency is set to zero
-  int etatLoc = localisationSAR(*geoEph, lambda, distance, 0.0, sensVisee, semiMajorAxis , semiMinorAxis , height, &cart);
+  int etatLoc = localisationSAR(*geoEph, lambda, distance, dopplerCentroid, sensVisee, semiMajorAxis , semiMinorAxis , height, &cart);
 
   GeodesicCoordinate geo;
   cart.AsGeodesicCoordinates(semiMajorAxis , semiMinorAxis, &geo);
diff --git a/Utilities/otbossimplugins/ossim/otb/SensorParams.cpp b/Utilities/otbossimplugins/ossim/otb/SensorParams.cpp
index 37c2df41783b187851808c58d6d83f533e304cbe..81315468c0ebcb75056ee2101263a8e13b787937 100644
--- a/Utilities/otbossimplugins/ossim/otb/SensorParams.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/otbossimplugins/ossim/otb/SensorParams.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ static const char SEMI_MAJOR_AXIS_KW[]   = "semi_major_axis";
 static const char SEMI_MINOR_AXIS_KW[]   = "semi_minor_axis";
 static const char NUM_AZIMUTH_LOOKS_KW[] = "number_azimuth_looks";
 static const char NUM_RANGE_LOOKS_KW[]   = "number_range_looks";
+static const char DOPCEN_KW[]            = "doppler_centroid";
 
 SensorParams::SensorParams():
    _prf(0.0),
@@ -39,7 +40,8 @@ SensorParams::SensorParams():
    _semiMajorAxis(6378137.0),
    _semiMinorAxis(6356752.3141),
    _nAzimuthLook(1),
-   _nRangeLook(1)
+   _nRangeLook(1),
+   _dopcen(0.0)
 {
 }
 
@@ -57,7 +59,8 @@ SensorParams::SensorParams(const SensorParams& rhs):
    _semiMajorAxis(rhs._semiMajorAxis),
    _semiMinorAxis(rhs._semiMinorAxis),
    _nAzimuthLook(rhs._nAzimuthLook),
-   _nRangeLook(rhs._nRangeLook)
+   _nRangeLook(rhs._nRangeLook),
+   _dopcen(rhs._dopcen)
 {
 }
 
@@ -75,6 +78,7 @@ SensorParams& SensorParams::operator=(const SensorParams& rhs)
    _nRangeLook = rhs._nRangeLook;
    _semiMajorAxis = rhs._semiMajorAxis;
    _semiMinorAxis = rhs._semiMinorAxis;
+   _dopcen = rhs._dopcen;
    return *this;
 }
 
@@ -97,7 +101,7 @@ bool SensorParams::saveState(ossimKeywordlist& kwl, const char* prefix) const
    kwl.add(pfx.c_str(), SEMI_MINOR_AXIS_KW, _semiMinorAxis);
    kwl.add(pfx.c_str(), NUM_AZIMUTH_LOOKS_KW, _nAzimuthLook);
    kwl.add(pfx.c_str(), NUM_RANGE_LOOKS_KW, _nRangeLook);
-
+   kwl.add(pfx.c_str(), DOPCEN_KW, _dopcen);
    return true;
 }
 
@@ -232,6 +236,16 @@ bool SensorParams::loadState(const ossimKeywordlist& kwl, const char* prefix)
       result = false;
    }
 
+   lookup = kwl.find(pfx.c_str(), DOPCEN_KW);
+   if (lookup)
+   {
+      s = lookup;
+      _dopcen = s.toDouble();
+   }
+   else
+   {
+      result = false;
+   }
    return result;
 }
 }
diff --git a/Utilities/otbossimplugins/ossim/otb/SensorParams.h b/Utilities/otbossimplugins/ossim/otb/SensorParams.h
index 33b68e3f47a43f0e82eae7cabcf666abee9bc0da..3335e7407212344e49458434fbf7bfd374058408 100644
--- a/Utilities/otbossimplugins/ossim/otb/SensorParams.h
+++ b/Utilities/otbossimplugins/ossim/otb/SensorParams.h
@@ -158,6 +158,15 @@ public:
       _semiMinorAxis = value;
    }
 
+   double get_dopcen() const
+   {
+     return _dopcen;
+   }
+
+   void set_dopcen(double value)
+   {
+     _dopcen = value;
+   }
    /**
     * @brief Method to save object state to a keyword list.
     * @param kwl Keyword list to save to.
@@ -226,6 +235,11 @@ protected:
     */
    double _nRangeLook ;
 
+   /**
+    * @brief Doppler centroid
+    */
+   double _dopcen;
+
 private:
 };
 }