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- 2014-08-04T00:00:00Z–2024-11-19T19:52:50Z
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ee.ImageCollection("JAXA/ALOS/PALSAR-2/Level2_2/ScanSAR")
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Description
The 25 m PALSAR-2 ScanSAR is normalized backscatter data of PALSAR-2 broad area observation mode with observation width of 350 km. The SAR imagery was ortho-rectificatied and slope corrected using the ALOS World 3D - 30 m (AW3D30) Digital Surface Model. Polarization data are stored as 16-bit digital numbers (DN). The DN values can be converted to gamma naught values in decibel unit (dB) using the following equation:
- γ0 = 10*log10(DN2) - 83.0 dB
Level 2.2 data are ortho-rectified and radiometrically terrain-corrected.
This dataset is compatible with the Committee on Earth Observation (CEOS) Analysis Ready Data for LAND (CARD4L) standard.
Bands
Resolution
25 meters
Bands
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HH |
HH polarization Terrain-flattened Gamma-Nought backscatter coefficient. |
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HV |
HV polarization Terrain-flattened Gamma-Nought backscatter coefficient. |
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LIN |
deg | 0.01 | Local incidence angle. The angle formed by the radar irradiation direction and the normal of the slope. |
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MSK |
Data quality bitmask. |
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Image Properties
Image Properties
Name | Type | Description |
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AntennaPointing | STRING | Antenna pointing direction ("Right" or "Left"). |
AzimuthPixelSpacing | DOUBLE | Azimuth pixel spacing. |
AzimuthResolution | DOUBLE | Azimuth resolution. |
BeamID | STRING | Beam ID. |
DataAccess_ProcessingTime | STRING | Processing time of this product (ISO8601 string). |
DataAccess_SoftwareVersion | STRING | Software version of this product. |
DigitalElevationModel | STRING | Type of DEM used ("Elevation" or "Surface"). |
EasternBias | DOUBLE | Bias of easting error. |
EasternSTDev | DOUBLE | Standard deviation of easting error. |
Easting_LR | DOUBLE | Easting of Lower Right of Product. |
Easting_UL | DOUBLE | Easting of upper left of product. |
Estimates_HH | DOUBLE | Estimated HH value in Noise Equivalent Intensity (NESZ). |
Estimates_HV | DOUBLE | Estimated HV value in Noise Equivalent Intensity (NESZ). |
FilterApplied | STRING | Whether a filter was applied ("TRUE" or "FALSE"). |
FilterType | STRING | Filter type (N/A if no filtering was applied). |
FirstAcquisitionDate | STRING | Observation date of the first acquisition (ISO8601 string). |
IDCMethod | STRING | Ionospheric delay correction ("TEC model" or "Coregistration"). |
IncAngleFarRange | DOUBLE | Incident angle in far range. |
IncAngleNearRange | DOUBLE | Incident angle in near range. |
IonosphericDelayCorrectionApplied | DOUBLE | Whether ionospheric delay correction was applied ("TRUE" or "FALSE"). |
LastAcquisitionDate | STRING | Observation date of the last acquisition (ISO 8601 string). |
NRAlgorithm | STRING | Noise removal algorithm. |
NoiseRemovalApplied | STRING | Whether noise removal algorithm was applied ("TRUE" or "FALSE"). |
NorthernBias | DOUBLE | Bias of northing error. |
NorthernSTDev | DOUBLE | Standard deviation of northing error. |
Northing_LR | DOUBLE | Northing of lower right of product. |
Northing_UL | DOUBLE | Northing of upper left of product. |
ObservationMode | STRING | Observation mode. |
OrbitDataSource | STRING | Orbit data source (e.g., predicted, definite, precise, downlinked). |
PassDirection | STRING | Pass direction ("Ascending" or "Descending"). |
Polarizations | STRING_LIST | Transmit/Receive polarisation for the data. There is one element for each Tx/Rx combination: ['VV'], ['HH'], ['VV', 'VH'], or ['HH', 'HV']. |
ProductColumnSpacing | DOUBLE | Product column spacing. |
ProductRowSpacing | DOUBLE | Product row spacing. |
Product_Version | DOUBLE | Product version. |
RSP_Frame_Number | INT | Scene frame number. |
RSP_Path_Number | INT | Scene path number. |
RadarCenterFrequency | DOUBLE | Center frequency. |
RangePixelSpacing | DOUBLE | Range pixel spacing. |
RangeResolution | INT | Range resolution. |
SlantRangeCorrection | INT_LIST | The correction for each scan described from the first scan. |
SourceProcParam_ProcessingDate | STRING | Processing date of the source product (ISO8601 string). |
SourceProcParam_ProcessingFacility | STRING | Processing facility of the source product. |
SourceProcParam_ProductID | STRING | Product ID of the source product. |
SourceProcParam_SoftwareVersion | DOUBLE | Software version of the source product. |
Terms of Use
Terms of Use
Anyone can use this data free of charge subject to the to the attribution requirements. For detailed terms of use see JAXA G-Portal Terms of service (Section 7. Condition concerning of G-Portal data).
Citations
The data used for this paper have been provided by Earth Observation Research Center (EORC) of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
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Code Editor (JavaScript)
var collection = ee.ImageCollection('JAXA/ALOS/PALSAR-2/Level2_2/ScanSAR') .filterBounds(ee.Geometry.Point(143, -5)); var image = collection.first(); Map.addLayer(image.select(['HH']), {min: 0, max: 8000}, 'HH polarization'); Map.centerObject(image);