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2024-07-10Notice, New dataset, Sentinel-1The ASF Sentinel-1 Burst Archive is complete!
2024-07-10Notice, Update, Sentinel-1Compressed Sentinel-1 data files again available through ASF
2024-06-11Notice, NASA, surveyAnnual NASA Customer Survey Time!
2024-04-17Notice, Update outage, Sentinel-1Thruster anomaly affects Sentinel-1 orbit control
2023-12-23Notice, New dataset, Sentinel-1, Hyp3HyP3 On Demand offers Sentinel-1 SLC burst processing
2023-12-22Notice, New dataset, OPERAJPL OPERA Level 2 products available from ASF
2023-12-19Notice, New dataset, NISARNISAR Sample Data Now Available
2023-12-13Notice, Satellite, Sentinel-1Sentinel-1B satellite mission ends
2023-10-18Notice, Update, Sentinel-1Sentinel-1 data file size increases
2023-10-02Notice, Update dataset, RADARSAT-1NASA announces that RADARSAT-1 data are Open Data at ASF
2023-08-07Notice, New dataset, GlobalGlobal SAR Mosaic Datasets Available from JAXA
2023-06-27Notice, ASFASF Receives New NASA Contract Award
2023-06-22Notice, VertexASF Vertex Data Search is now available in Spanish!
2023-05-31Notice, Data, ARIA, ASFJPL uses data from ASF for the ARIA Project
2023-05-31Notice, OSLASF OpenScienceLab featured this month
2022-12-14Notice, Science FridayASF Science Friday series continues August 26
2022-12-14Notice, TrainingNASA schedules second OPERA workshop
2022-03-12Notice, Data, Sentinel-1Sentinel-1 images reveal changes in the Earth’s surface over one year
2021-11-17Notice, Data, Sentinel-1Sentinel-1 InSAR StoryMap
2021-10-06Notice, PythonPython search library now available
2021-09-06Notice, ASFASF Celebrates 30 Years of Operations
2021-05-27Notice, Bowman, NASADr. Steve Bowman is profiled on the NASA Earthdata website
2021-02-16Notice, Sentinel-1, VertexOn Demand Sentinel-1 GAMMA InSAR and RTC Products Now Available in Vertex
2020-04-16Notice, RAMPMapping Antarctica: On the 20th Anniversary of the Radarsat Antarctic Mapping Project
2020-04-16Notice, Data, ERS-1, ERS-2ERS-1 and ERS-2, Free and Open
2019-05-15Notice, ASFTributes for ASF's 25th Anniversary
2018-12-10Notice, ASF, AGUASF Presentations and Posters at AGU 2018
2017-11-15Notice, Data, NISARGetting Ready for NISAR — and for Managing Big Data using the Commercial Cloud
2017-11-15Notice, TrainingData Recipes Help Users Accomplish Their Research Goals
2017-09-15Notice, ASF, AGUASF at AGU 2017
2017-09-15Notice, NASAASF DAAC supporting NASA's hurricane Irma response using ESA Sentinel-1 data
2017-07-09News and Notes, ASF, Enterprise, Ground StationA New Antenna for ASF Ground Station
2017-06-15News and Notes, ASF,Enterprise, Ground StationNew Antenna for ASF Ground Station
2017-06-15News and Notes, TrainingWebinar: Access Sentinel-1 SAR Data with NASA ASF DAAC's Vertex
2017-06-15News and Notes, Data, NISAR, Sentinel-1Getting Ready for NISAR; Sentinel-1 Interferometric Beta Imagery Available
2017-06-15News and Notes, Change detectionWindow Into Ground Movemen
2017-06-15News and Notes, ASF,Ground StationNew Antenna for ASF Ground Station
2016-11-15News and Notes, EnterpriseCreating a Service for Event-Based Processing
2016-11-15News and Notes, ASF, AGUASF at AGU
2016-11-15News and Notes, ASF, Data, Sentinel-1, ALOS-PALSARSentinel-1A Data Available at ASF DAAC; Data Feeds Launched!Great Lakes Wetlands Mapping; New Access, ALOS-1 PALSAR; Radiometric Terrain Correction PALSAR RTC complete; ASF DAAC Webinar:SAR Solutions; ASF to Celebrate 25th Anniversary
2016-11-09News and Notes, ASFASF 25th-Anniversary Celebration
2016-09-15News and Notes, SARNew Relevance for SAR
2016-09-15News and Notes, Data, ASF, NISARASF To Distribute NISAR Satellite Imagery
2014-09-15News and Notes, Data, ALOS-PALSARSpecial Issue: Seven research highlights from the ASF SAR DAAC* User Working Group: Insights into Aleutian Volcanism from InSAR Observations; ALOS-Based Constraints on Tree Heights in the Pacific Northwest; Ice Velocity Mapping in Antarctica; A Forest-Height Map for the State of Maine; Hurricane Morphology and Wind-Speed Climatology from SAR; Monitoring Land Subsidence and Floodplains; Extent of Inundated Wetlands from ALOS SCANSAR Data
2014-03-15News and Notes, Data, ALOS-PALSARMapping Glacier Flow Speeds Throughout Alaska With ALOS PALSAR; Radar Reveals Thinning Lake Ice
2013-06-15News and Notes, ALOS-PALSARALOS PALSAR Reveals Volcanoes Sink After Large Earthquakes; Insights on Southwest Sinkholes Through InSAR
2013-03-15News and Notes, Data, SeasatNew Digital Imagery from Historic 1978 Seasat Satellite; ASF Wetlands Data Portal Provides Suite of Web Resources for Exploring Derived SAR Data Products; NASA EOSDIS User Registration System at ASF
2012-11-16News and Notes, Data, ALOS-PALSARThe 2008 Eruption of Chaitén Volcano, Chile, as Viewed From ALOS, and the Importance of Complementary Satellite Looks; Integrating ALOS PALSAR into the Forest Service Vegetation Classification and Mapping Process
2012-09-15News and Notes, Data, UAVSARThe UAVSAR Gulf Oil-Spill Campaign, 2010-2012; Visualizing and Assessing Sea-Ice Motion Below the Continuum Scale
2012-06-15News and Notes, Data, GreenlandGreenland Ice Mapping Project; Dr. Ian Joughin Receives 2012 Louis Agassiz Medal
2012-03-15News and Notes, Data, RADARSAT-1RADARSAT-1 Observations of Circulation Features Associated With a Bowhead Whale Feeding Hotspot Near Barrow, Alaska; ASF Student Intern From Karlsruhe, Germany, Improves PolSAR Classification
2011-11-15News and Notes, Data, ALOS-PALSARCharacterizing and Correcting Residual RFI Signatures in Operationally Processed ALOS-PALSAR Imagery; Vertex: ASF’s Data Portal
2011-09-15News and Notes, ASF, APIASF Celebrates 20 Years of SAR Data; The ASF API
2011-06-15News and Notes, IcebergsRadar Satellite Images From ASF Used to Study Icebergs in the Weddell Sea; SAR Data for Terrestrial Ecologists From ASF
2011-03-15News and Notes, Data, INSARInSAR Observations Revealed Surface Subsidence Over Permafrost in Northern Alaska; The JPL UAVSAR
2010-11-15News and Notes, SAR, Habitat monitoringUtility of SAR and Forward-Looking Infrared (FLIR) Imagery for Identification of Salmon Spawning Habitat During Winter in a Large, Glacial River; INTERFEROGRAM: A Bold New Direction
2010-09-15News and Notes, Data, ALOS-PALSARALOS Data for Land Subsidence Monitoring in Arizona; The M7.2 El Major-Cucapa Earthquake in Baja California: Extensive Liquefaction Identified in ALOS InSAR Data
2009-11-15News and Notes, Change detectionIlluminating Physical Facets of an Ecological Gem: Monterey Bay, California; Afterslip on Normal Faults Following Several Moderate-Sized Earthquakes on the Tibetan Plateau Observed Using InSAR
2009-09-15News and Notes, Change detectionLatin America Volcano Monitoring With ALOS; Quad Polarization PALSAR Radar, Radar Texture, and Optical Data for Land-Cover Classification
2008-03-15News and Notes, Data, RADARSAT-1RADARSAT-1 IPY Legacy Datasets Available; Faraday-Rotation Prediction Values on URSA; EDG to WIST Transition
2007-11-15News and Notes, Data, ALOS-PALSARALOS PALSAR Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR); Faraday Rotation Effects in ALOS/PALSAR Data
2007-09-15News and Notes, Data, RADARSAT-1, ALOS-PALSARA Comprehensive Ice Velocity Map of Greenland from RADARSAT-1 and Other Satellite Data; ASF Provides Open Source Software for Increasing the Usability of SAR Data
2007-06-15News and Notes, IPY, GIIPSYThe International Polar Year 2007/08: Opportunities and Challenges; Global Interagency International Polar Year Polar Snapshot Year (GIIPSY)
2007-03-15News and Notes, Data, Change detection, RADARSAT-1Anomalous Surface Deformation Associated With the December 22, 2003, San Simeon Earthquake – From RADARSAT-1 Interferometry; Summer SAR Class; NASA Recognizes Data Center Excellence; ASF Provides Scientific and Technical Support for Education and Outreach
2006-11-09News and Notes, ASF2006 Anniversary Edition – Message from the ASF Director
2006-11-09News and Notes, Data, ERS-1, ERS-2, Habitat monitoring2006 Anniversary Edition – Global Forest Mapping with JERS-1 SAR
2006-11-09News and Notes, ASF, SAR2006 Anniversary Edition – Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar: Building Tomorrow’s Tools Today
2006-11-09News and Notes, ASF, SAR2006 Anniversary Edition – ALASKA SAR FACILITY: In the Beginning
2006-11-09News and Notes, ASF, RADARSAT-12006 Anniversary Edition – A Brief History of the RADARSAT-1 Antarctic Mapping Project
2006-11-09News and Notes, Change detection2006 Anniversary Edition – Sea Ice Motion: Science Driving U.S. SAR Research
2006-11-09News and Notes, ASF2006 Anniversary Edition – From Airborne to Spaceborne: Reflections on the Alaska Satellite Facility by a User
2006-09-15News and Notes, Data, RADARSAT-1, Change detectionAnomalous Surface Deformation Associated With the December 22, 2003, San Simeon Earthquake – From RADARSAT-1 Interferometry; Summer SAR Class; NASA Recognizes Data Center Excellence; ASF Provides Scientific and Technical Support for Education and Outreach
2006-07-15News and Notes, Data, RADARSAT-1, Change detectionMessage from the ASF Director; ALASKA SAR FACILITY: In the Beginning; A Brief History of the RADARSAT-1 Antarctic Mapping Project; Global Forest Mapping with JERS-1 SAR; From Airborne to Spaceborne: Reflections on the Alaska Satellite Facility by a User; Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar: Building Tomorrow’s Tools Today; Sea Ice Motion: Science Driving U.S. SAR Research
2006-06-15News and Notes, Data, InSAR, Change detectionInSAR Captures Rifting and Volcanism in East Africa; Asymmetric Opening and Episodic Faulting in the Asal Rift, Djibouti; URSA Goes Live!
2006-03-15News and Notes, Data, InSAR, Change detection, Habitat monitoringCharacterization of Freeze-Thaw Process Heterogeneity with Spaceborne Radar; Assessing the Potential for Wildfire Using ERS-2 SAR Imagery; Use of SAR to Improve Paleo-Climate Investigations at Lake El’gygytgyn, Siberia
2005-11-15News and Notes, Data, SAR, Change detection, Habitat monitoringSAR-Derived Coastal Winds; NIC Charts Smooth Sailing; NOAA’s Synthetic Aperture Radar Marine User’s Manual
2005-09-15News and Notes, Data, SAR, Change detection, Habitat monitoringComparison of GPS and InSAR deformation measurements at Okmok volcano, Alaska; A Note from Dr. Gens: Summer SAR Class;Intern spends summer with ASF; Visiting Researcher Enjoys Alaska Fishing
2005-06-15News and Notes, Data, SAR, Change detection, Habitat monitoringExamining Landfast Sea Ice on Alaska’s Northern Coast; Estimating Ice Thickness in Polynyas with Multiple Sensors;
Observing a Red Tide with Multiple Sensors
2005-05-15News and Notes, Data, SAR, Disaster recovery, Habitat monitoringResponse to a Freighter Grounding Incident in the Bering Sea; Summer Interns Receive Hands-on Experience at ASF; Additional Antarctic Acquisition Opportunities; New Data Conversion Tool Simplifies Data Projection; SAR Course Offered During UAF Summer Session
2004-11-15News and Notes, Data, InSAR, Change detectionUsing InSAR to Study Earthquakes in South America; Building an Integrated View of Antarctica; The ASF RADARSAT-1 Interferometric Baseline Catalog; Mapping Glacier Velocity in Greenland
2004-09-15News and Notes, Data, DEM, SAR-CDDEM Control in Arctic Alaska Using ICESat Laser Altimetry; Corner Reflectors — TEXAS STYLE; Unrestricted Data Products: New SAR CD Available
2004-06-15News and Notes, Data, DEMCreating the Matsu Digital Elevation Model; Southern California Coastal Pollution Observed with SAR; Monitoring River Ice Breakup in Alaska
2004-03-15News and Notes, Habitat MonitoringGhostNet - Searching the Oceans for Dangerous Debris; The Reflector Array Maintained in Delta Junction, Alaska;
Software Tool Suite Updated; ASF Opens New Forum Online
2003-09-15News and Notes, Disaster recovery, Habitat Monitoring, RADARSAT-1Keeping an Eye on Hurricane Isabel, RADARSAT-1 - Today and Beyond; ASF Celebrates RADARSAT-1's Eighth Anniversary