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2024-07-10The ASF Sentinel-1 Burst Archive is complete!https://asf.alaska.edu/notices/the-asf-sentinel-1-burst-archive-is-complete/
2024-07-10Compressed Sentinel-1 data files again available through ASFhttps://asf.alaska.edu/notices/compressed-sentinel-1-data-files-again-available-through-asf/
2024-06-11Annual NASA Customer Survey Time!https://asf.alaska.edu/notices/annual-nasa-customer-survey-time/
2024-04-17Thruster anomaly affects Sentinel-1 orbit control
https://asf.alaska.edu/notices/thruster-anomaly-affects-sentinel-1-orbit-control/
2023-12-23HyP3 On Demand offers Sentinel-1 SLC burst processinghttps://asf.alaska.edu/notices/hyp3-offers-sentinel-1-slc-burst-processing/
2023-12-22JPL OPERA Level 2 products available from ASFhttps://asf.alaska.edu/notices/jpl-opera-level-2-products-available-from-asf/
2023-12-19NISAR Sample Data Now Availablehttps://asf.alaska.edu/notices/nisar-sample-data-now-available/
2023-12-13Sentinel-1B satellite mission endshttps://asf.alaska.edu/notices/sentinel-1b-satellite-mission-ends/
2023-10-18Sentinel-1 data file size increaseshttps://asf.alaska.edu/notices/sentinel-1-data-file-size-increases/
2023-10-02NASA announces that RADARSAT-1 data are Open Data at ASFhttps://asf.alaska.edu/notices/nasa-and-the-canadian-space-agency-announce-that-radarsat-1-are-open-data-at-asf/
2023-08-07Global SAR Mosaic Datasets Available from JAXAhttps://asf.alaska.edu/notices/global-sar-mosaic-datasets-available-from-jaxa/
2023-06-27ASF Receives New NASA Contract Awardhttps://asf.alaska.edu/notices/asf-receives-new-nasa-contract-award/
2023-06-22ASF Vertex Data Search is now available in Spanish!https://asf.alaska.edu/notices/vertex-is-now-available-in-spanish/
2023-05-31JPL uses data from ASF for the ARIA Projecthttps://asf.alaska.edu/notices/jpl-uses-data-from-asf-for-the-aria-project/
2023-05-31ASF OpenScienceLab featured this monthhttps://asf.alaska.edu/notices/asf-opensciencelab-featured-this-month/
2022-12-14ASF Science Friday series continues August 26https://asf.alaska.edu/notices/asf-science-friday-series-continues-august-26/
2022-12-14NASA schedules second OPERA workshophttps://asf.alaska.edu/notices/nasa-schedules-second-opera-workshop/
2022-03-12Sentinel-1 images reveal changes in the Earth’s surface over one yearhttps://asf.alaska.edu/news-and-notes/sentinel-1-images-reveal-changes-in-the-earths-surface-over-one-year/
2021-11-17Sentinel-1 InSAR StoryMaphttps://asf.alaska.edu/news-and-notes/sentinel-1-insar-storymap/
2021-10-06Python search library now availablehttps://asf.alaska.edu/news-and-notes/python-search-library-now-available/
2021-09-06ASF Celebrates 30 Years of Operations

Link broken
https://asf.alaska.edu/news-and-notes/asf-celebrates-30-years-of-operations/
2021-05-27Dr. Steve Bowman is profiled on the NASA Earthdata website

Odd article, no link etc.
https://asf.alaska.edu/news-and-notes/dr-steve-bowman-is-profiled-on-the-nasa-earthdata-website/
2021-02-16On Demand Sentinel-1 GAMMA InSAR and RTC Products Now Available in Vertexhttps://asf.alaska.edu/trainings/on-demand-sentinel-1-gamma-insar-and-rtc-products-now-available-in-vertex/
2020-04-16Mapping Antarctica: On the 20th Anniversary of the Radarsat Antarctic Mapping Projecthttps://asf.alaska.edu/news-and-notes/mapping-antarctica/
2020-04-16ERS-1 and ERS-2, Free and Openhttps://asf.alaska.edu/news-and-notes/ers-free-and-open/
2019-05-15Tributes for ASF’s 25th Anniversaryhttps://asf.alaska.edu/news-and-notes/tributes-for-asfs-25th-anniversary/
2018-12-10ASF Presentations and Posters at AGU 2018https://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ASF-Presentations-and-Posters-at-AGU-2018-_-ASF.pdf
2017-11-15Getting Ready for NISAR — and for Managing Big Data using the Commercial Cloudhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2017-Winter-_-Getting-Ready-for-NISAR.pdf
2017-11-15Data Recipes Help Users Accomplish Their Research Goalshttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2017-Winter-_-ASF-Data-Recipes.pdf
2017-09-15ASF at AGU 2017Missing
2017-09-15ASF DAAC supporting NASA’s hurricane Irma response using ESA Sentinel-1 datahttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Hurricane-Irma-Satellite-Coverage.pdf
2017-08-12Main page News and Notes Archivehttps://asf.alaska.edu/asf-news-and-notes/
2017-07-09A New Antenna for ASF Ground Stationhttps://asf.alaska.edu/news-and-notes/a-new-antenna-for-asf-ground-station/
2017-06-15New Antenna for ASF Ground Stationhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2017-Summer-_-New-Antenna-for-ASF-Ground-Station.pdf
2017-06-15Webinar: Access Sentinel-1 SAR Data with NASA ASF DAAC’s Vertexhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2017-Summer-_-Webinar_-Access-Sentinel-1-Data.pdf
2017-06-15Getting Ready for NISAR; Sentinel-1 Interferometric Beta Imagery Availablehttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2017-Summer-_-Getting-Ready-for-NISAR.pdf
2017-06-15Window Into Ground Movemenhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2017-Summer-_-Window-Into-Ground-Movement.pdf
2017-06-15New Antenna for ASF Ground Stationhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2017-Summer-_-New-Antenna-for-ASF-Ground-Station.pdf
2016-11-15Creating a Service for Event-Based Processinghttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2016-Fall-_-Students-in-the-Cloud.pdf
2016-11-15ASF at AGUhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2016-Fall-_-ASF-at-AGU.pdf
2016-11-15Sentinel-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 Anniversaryhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/asfnn_winter_2016.pdf
2016-11-09ASF 25th-Anniversary Celebrationhttps://asf.alaska.edu/news-and-notes/asf-25th-anniversary-celebration/
2016-09-15New Relevance for SARhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2016-Fall-_-New-Relevance-for-SAR.pdf
2016-09-15ASF To Distribute NISAR Satellite Imageryhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2016-Fall-_-NISAR-News.pdf
2014-09-15Special 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 Datahttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_fall_2014_pdf.pdf
2014-03-15Mapping Glacier Flow Speeds Throughout Alaska With ALOS PALSAR; Radar Reveals Thinning Lake Icehttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_spring_2014.pdf
2013-06-15ALOS PALSAR Reveals Volcanoes Sink After Large Earthquakes; Insights on Southwest Sinkholes Through InSARhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_9-2.pdf
2013-03-15New 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 ASFhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_9-1.pdf
2012-11-16The 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 Processhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_8-4.pdf
2012-09-15The UAVSAR Gulf Oil-Spill Campaign, 2010-2012; Visualizing and Assessing Sea-Ice Motion Below the Continuum Scalehttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_8-3.pdf
2012-06-15Greenland Ice Mapping Project; Dr. Ian Joughin Receives 2012 Louis Agassiz Medalhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_8-2.pdf
2012-03-15RADARSAT-1 Observations of Circulation Features Associated With a Bowhead Whale Feeding Hotspot Near Barrow, Alaska; ASF Student Intern From Karlsruhe, Germany, Improves PolSAR Classificationhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_8-1.pdf
2011-11-15Characterizing and Correcting Residual RFI Signatures in Operationally Processed ALOS-PALSAR Imagery; Vertex: ASF’s Data Portalhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_7-4.pdf
2011-09-15ASF Celebrates 20 Years of SAR Data; The ASF APIhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_7-3.pdf
2011-06-15Radar Satellite Images From ASF Used to Study Icebergs in the Weddell Sea; SAR Data for Terrestrial Ecologists From ASFhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_7-2.pdf
2011-03-15InSAR Observations Revealed Surface Subsidence Over Permafrost in Northern Alaska; The JPL UAVSARhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_7-1.pdf
2010-11-15Utility 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 Directionhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_6-5.pdf
2010-09-15ALOS Data for Land Subsidence Monitoring in Arizona; The M7.2 El Major-Cucapa Earthquake in Baja California: Extensive Liquefaction Identified in ALOS InSAR Datahttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_6-4.pdf
2009-11-15Illuminating Physical Facets of an Ecological Gem: Monterey Bay, California; Afterslip on Normal Faults Following Several Moderate-Sized Earthquakes on the Tibetan Plateau Observed Using InSARhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_6-2.pdf
2009-09-15Latin America Volcano Monitoring With ALOS; Quad Polarization PALSAR Radar, Radar Texture, and Optical Data for Land-Cover Classificationhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_6-1.pdf
2008-03-15RADARSAT-1 IPY Legacy Datasets Available; Faraday-Rotation Prediction Values on URSA; EDG to WIST Transitionhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_5-1.pdf
2007-11-15ALOS PALSAR Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR); Faraday Rotation Effects in ALOS/PALSAR Datahttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_4-4.pdf
2007-09-15A Comprehensive Ice Velocity Map of Greenland from RADARSAT-1 and Other Satellite Data; ASF Provides Open Source Software for Increasing the Usability of SAR Datahttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_4-3.pdf
2007-06-15The International Polar Year 2007/08: Opportunities and Challenges; Global Interagency International Polar Year Polar Snapshot Year (GIIPSY)https://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_4-2.pdf
2007-03-15Anomalous 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 Outreachhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_4-1.pdf
2006-11-092006 Anniversary Edition – Message from the ASF Directorhttps://asf.alaska.edu/news-and-notes/2006-anniversary-edition-message-from-the-asf-director/
2006-11-092006 Anniversary Edition – Global Forest Mapping with JERS-1 SARhttps://asf.alaska.edu/news-and-notes/2006-anniversary-edition-global-forest-mapping-with-jers-1-sar/
2006-11-092006 Anniversary Edition – Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar: Building Tomorrow’s Tools Todayhttps://asf.alaska.edu/news-and-notes/2006-anniversary-edition-interferometric-synthetic-aperture-radar-building-tomorrows-tools-today/
2006-11-092006 Anniversary Edition – ALASKA SAR FACILITY: In the Beginninghttps://asf.alaska.edu/news-and-notes/2006-anniversary-edition-alaska-sar-facility-in-the-beginning/
2006-11-092006 Anniversary Edition – A Brief History of the RADARSAT-1 Antarctic Mapping Projecthttps://asf.alaska.edu/news-and-notes/2006-anniversary-edition-a-brief-history-of-the-radarsat-1-antarctic-mapping-project/
2006-11-092006 Anniversary Edition – Sea Ice Motion: Science Driving U.S. SAR Researchhttps://asf.alaska.edu/news-and-notes/2006-anniversary-edition-sea-ice-motion-science-driving-u-s-sar-research/
2006-11-092006 Anniversary Edition – From Airborne to Spaceborne: Reflections on the Alaska Satellite Facility by a Userhttps://asf.alaska.edu/news-and-notes/2006-anniversary-edition-from-airborne-to-spaceborne-reflections-on-the-alaska-satellite-facility-by-a-user/
2006-09-15Anomalous 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 Outreachhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_3-3.pdf
2006-07-15Message 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 Researchhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_15th-anniversary-special-edition.pdf
2006-06-15InSAR Captures Rifting and Volcanism in East Africa; Asymmetric Opening and Episodic Faulting in the Asal Rift, Djibouti; URSA Goes Live!https://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_3-2.pdf
2006-03-15Characterization 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, Siberiahttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_3-1.pdf
2005-11-15SAR-Derived Coastal Winds; NIC Charts Smooth Sailing; NOAA’s Synthetic Aperture Radar Marine User’s Manualhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_2-4.pdf
2005-09-15Comparison 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 Fishinghttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_2-3.pdf
2005-06-15Examining Landfast Sea Ice on Alaska’s Northern Coast; Estimating Ice Thickness in Polynyas with Multiple Sensors;
Observing a Red Tide with Multiple Sensors
https://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_2-2.pdf
2005-05-15Response 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 Sessionhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_2-1.pdf
2004-11-15Using InSAR to Study Earthquakes in South America; Building an Integrated View of Antarctica; The ASF RADARSAT-1 Interferometric Baseline Catalog; Mapping Glacier Velocity in Greenlandhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_1-5.pdf
2004-09-15DEM Control in Arctic Alaska Using ICESat Laser Altimetry; Corner Reflectors — TEXAS STYLE; Unrestricted Data Products: New SAR CD Availablehttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_1-4.pdf
2004-06-15Creating the Matsu Digital Elevation Model; Southern California Coastal Pollution Observed with SAR; Monitoring River Ice Breakup in Alaskahttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_1-3.pdf
2004-03-15GhostNet – Searching the Oceans for Dangerous Debris; The Reflector Array Maintained in Delta Junction, Alaska;
Software Tool Suite Updated; ASF Opens New Forum Online
https://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_1-2.pdf
2003-09-15Keeping an Eye on Hurricane Isabel, RADARSAT-1 – Today and Beyond; ASF Celebrates RADARSAT-1’s Eighth Anniversaryhttps://asf.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/asfnn_1-1.pdf