
Alaska Satellite Facility
The Alaska Satellite Facility is part of the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, located on the Troth Yehhda’ campus.
- ASF downlinks, processes, archives, and distributes remote-sensing data to scientific users around the world
- ASF promotes, facilitates, and participates in the advancement of remote sensing to support national and international Earth science research, field operations, and commercial applications
- ASF is committed to providing high-quality data and services quickly and reliably
- Coming Soon! NISAR — A dedicated NASA and ISRO SAR satellite mission, optimized for studying hazards and global environmental change. ASF has been selected to be the NISAR Data Hub!
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NASA and the Canadian Space Agency announce that RADARSAT-1 data are Open Data at ASF
The Canadian Space Agency and NASA have announced that all RADARSAT-1 data archived at the Alaska Satellite Facility Distributed Active

Global SAR Mosaic Datasets Available from JAXA
Explore the Earth like never before with Global Mosaics and Maps created from data acquired by the JERS-1 (1992-98), ALOS

New ASF StoryMap Tutorial: Sentinel-1 Interferometric Coherence and Backscatter Image Services
The Global Seasonal Sentinel-1 Interferometric Coherence and Backscatter (GSSICB) dataset provides a unique perspective of changes in seasonal global coherence
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR): Applications – Professional Certificate
This is a new intermediate-level AlaskaX Professional Certification program. This self-paced course is offered in three sections focusing on SAR
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