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AIRSAR_POL_SYN_3FP·v1·dataset

Airborne radar imaging in three frequencies (AIRSAR)

AIRSAR_POLSAR_SYNOPTIC_3_FREQ_POLARIMETRY
land NASA ASF Level 1
In plain English

What it measures. Radar images of the land captured at three different radar frequencies and in full polarization, giving multiple views of surface texture and structure.

How it's made. Collected by the AIRSAR radar instrument flown aboard a DC-8 aircraft rather than a satellite, as a synoptic three-frequency product.

How & where you'd use it. The abstract is sparse, but this kind of multi-frequency radar imagery is typically used to study land surfaces, vegetation, and terrain from the air.

What's measured

LAND SURFACE › LAND USE/LAND COVER › LAND RESOURCES

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span1990-03-29 → 1991-07-16
  • Measured byDC-8 (AIRSAR)
  • Processing levelLevel 1
  • StatusACTIVE

What you can do with it

  • Track deforestation, fire scars and land-cover change
  • Monitor crop and vegetation health (NDVI/EVI)
  • Map how built-up vs. green an area is over time
Official description

AIRSAR three-frequency polarimetric synoptic product

Get the data

airsar_pol_syn_3fp_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")          # free Earthdata Login

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="AIRSAR_POL_SYN_3FP",
    version="1",
    bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9),  # your area (W,S,E,N)
    temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"),       # your dates
)
files = earthaccess.open(results)   # stream straight from ASF
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