Below is a collection of headlines, notices, and archived newsletters from the Alaska Satellite Facility’s News & Notes. View the latest newsletters below, and for training notices click here.
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 (2006-11), and ALOS-2 (2014-present) satellites. These free and open Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) datasets from JAXA are intended to help our understanding of global environmental changes, including deforestation and forest degradation.
The L-band SAR backscatter data used to produce the mosaics and maps have been radiometrically terrain corrected to remove geometric distortions and topographic effects. The mosaics are compiled from acquisition swaths, and improved processing techniques make them as seamless as possible. The maps define areas of forest/non-forest and are useful for detecting changes in forested land cover over time.
Find out more about these newly available datasets and how to download them on the Global PALSAR-2/PALSAR/JERS-1 Mosaics and Forest/Non-Forest Maps website!
ASF Receives New NASA Contract Award
The Alaska Satellite Facility was recently awarded NASA’s Earth Radar Data Operations Management contract for another 5 years. The continued …
ASF Vertex Data Search is now available in Spanish!
In response to many requests from our users, the powerful Vertex search application is now available in a Spanish version. …
ASF OpenScienceLab featured this month
The NASA Earthdata website currently highlights OpenSciecneLab (OSL) in its Data Tool in Focus section. OSL is an ASF service …
JPL uses data from ASF for the ARIA Project
The JPL/CalTech ARIA Project utilizes SAR data and GPS for detecting and measuring ground deformation and creating predictive models. Cloud-based …
ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 data available over the Turkey/Syria earthquake region
ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 ScanSAR L1.1 (SLC, full-aperture focusing) products acquired over the area of the recent Turkey/Syria earthquakes are now freely available …
On Demand Sentinel-1 RTC is now available at 10-m pixel spacing and in dB scale!
The Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF) has released new processing options for On Demand Sentinel-1 Radiometric Terrain Correction (RTC). RTC products can now be …
Sentinel-1B satellite mission ends
The European Space Agency announced today that efforts to repair the failed C-band SAR sensor onboard the Sentinel-1B satellite have …
ASF Science Friday series continues August 26
Monthly Lecture ASF is playing an increasing role in support of NASA’s Earth Science mission. A monthly lecture series features …
NASA schedules second OPERA workshop
NASA and JPL will host a second OPERA project workshop on September 2, 2022. Participation is available in-person or virtually. …
Sentinel-1 images reveal changes in the Earth’s surface over one year
A new set of satellite radar derived images provide a novel view of the face of Earth in unprecedented detail, …
Sentinel-1 InSAR StoryMap
In honor of National GIS Day 2021, ASF published a StoryMap exploring the ASF Sentinel-1 On Demand InSAR products. The …
Python search library now available
We are pleased to announce asf_search, a new python module available through PyPI and Conda. Greatly simplifying search and download …