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ALOS PALSAR products
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Description
The dataset contains all ESA acquisitions over the ADEN zone (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) plus some products received from JAXA over areas of interest around the world. Further information on ADEN zones can be found in this technical note.
ALOS PALSAR products are available in following modes:
- Fine Beam Single polarisation (FBS), single polarisation (HH or VV), swath 40-70 km, resolution 10 m, temporal coverage from 02/05/2006 to 30/03/2011
- Fine Beam Double polarisation (FBD), double polarisation (HH/HV or VV/VH), swath 40-70 km, resolution 10 m, temporal coverage from 02/05/2006 to 30/03/2011
- Polarimetry mode (PLR), with four polarisations simultaneously: swath 30 km, resolution 30 m, temporal coverage from 26/08/2006 to 14/04/2011
- ScanSAR Burst mode 1 (WB1), single polarisation: swath 250-350 km, resolution 100 m, temporal coverage from 12/06/2006 to 21/04/2011.
Following processing levels are available:
- RAW (Level 1.0): Raw data generated by every downlink segment and every band. Divided into an equivalent size to one scene
- SLC (Level 1.1): Slant range single look complex product. Not available for WB1
- GDH (Level 1.5): Ground range Detected, Normal resolution product
- GEC (Level 1.5): Geocoded product.
The table summarises the ALOS PALSAR offer.
Instrument mode | Product type | Processing level description | JAXA processing level equivalent |
Fine Beam Single polarisation (HH or VV) | FBS_RAW_0P | Raw data generated by every downlink segment and every band. Divided into an equivalent size to one scene | 1.0 |
FBS_GDH_1P | Ground range Detected, Normal resolution product | 1.5 | |
FBS_GEC_1P | Geocoded product | 1.5 | |
FBS_SLC_1P | Slant range single look complex product | 1.1 | |
Fine Beam Double polarisation (HH/HV or VV/VH) | FBD_RAW_0P | Raw data generated by every downlink segment and every band. Divided into an equivalent size to one scene | 1.0 |
FBD_GDH_1P | Ground range Detected, Normal resolution product | 1.5 | |
FBD_GEC_1P | Geocoded product | 1.5 | |
FBD_SLC_1P | Slant range single look complex product | 1.1 | |
Polarimetry mode (4 polarisation) | PLR_RAW_0P | Raw data generated by every downlink segment and every band. Divided into an equivalent size to one scene | 1.0 |
PLR_GDH_1P | Ground range Detected, Normal resolution product | 1.5 | |
PLR_GEC_1P | Geocoded product | 1.5 | |
PLR_SLC_1P | Slant range single look complex product | 1.1 | |
ScanSAR Burst mode 1 (single polarisation) | WB1_RAW_0P | Raw data generated by every downlink segment and every band. Divided into an equivalent size to one scene | 1.0 |
WB1_GDH_1P | Ground range Detected, Normal resolution product | 1.5 | |
WB1_GEC_1P | Geocoded product | 1.5 |
Details
DATA SET SPECIFICATIONS
- European Space Agency, 2017, ALOS PALSAR Fine Beam Single Polarisation RAW Data/Level 1.0 - ESA Archive, Version 1.0.https://doi.org/10.5270/AL1-d9d4874
- European Space Agency, 2017, ALOS PALSAR Fine Beam Double Polarisation RAW Data/Level 1.0 - ESA Archive, Version 1.0.https://doi.org/10.5270/AL1-18554f4
- European Space Agency, 2017, ALOS PALSAR Polarimetry Mode RAW Data/Level 1.0 - ESA Archive, Version 1.0.https://doi.org/10.5270/AL1-abf58b4
- European Space Agency, 2017, ALOS PALSAR ScanSAR Burst Mode 1 RAW Data/Level 1.0 - ESA Archive, Version 1.0.https://doi.org/10.5270/AL1-11764f8
PROCESSING LEVEL
APPLICABLE TERMS & CONDITIONS
Utilisation of this data is subject to ESA's Earth Observation Terms and Conditions.
DATA CITATION
RESOURCES
ADEN Zone Definition
Technical Note
ESA Product Handbook
Product Specifications
ESA CEOS Product Format Specification
Product Specifications
JAXA Level 1.0 Data Format
Product Specifications
JAXA Level 1.1 and 1.5 Data Format
Product Specifications
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