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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Sentinel-1 data file size increases
A result of the transition made by ESA to its new Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem is that Sentinel-1 data files
NASA announces that RADARSAT-1 data are Open Data at ASF
NASA has announced that all RADARSAT-1 data archived at the Alaska Satellite Facility Distributed Active Archive Center (ASF DAAC) are
ARSET – SAR for Detecting and Monitoring Floods, Sea Ice, and Subsidence from Groundwater Extraction
A follow-on to the SAR training held in October 2022, which covered the detection and monitoring of oil spills, landslides,
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
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