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ALOS_AVNIR_OBS_ORI·v2·dataset

Map-corrected daytime land images (ALOS)

ALOS AVNIR-2 Ortho Rectified Image Product
land NASA ASF Level 2
In plain English

What it measures. Daytime visible images of the land surface that have been geometrically corrected so features line up properly on a map.

How it's made. Taken by the AVNIR-2 camera on Japan's ALOS satellite and processed into an ortho-rectified image product. (The provided description is very brief.)

How & where you'd use it. Map-ready land imagery of this kind is generally used for land-cover mapping and observing the surface, though the supplied text gives little detail.

What's measured

LAND SURFACE › GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSESLAND SURFACE › LAND USE/LAND COVER › LAND RESOURCESLAND SURFACE › LAND USE/LAND COVER › LAND USE CLASSESLAND SURFACE › LAND USE/LAND COVER › LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATIONLAND SURFACE › TOPOGRAPHY › TERRAIN ELEVATION › CONTOUR MAPSLAND SURFACE › TOPOGRAPHY › TERRAIN ELEVATION › TOPOGRAPHICAL RELIEF MAPSLAND SURFACE › TOPOGRAPHY › TERRAIN ELEVATIONSPECTRAL/ENGINEERING › VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS › VISIBLE IMAGERY

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2006-01-23 → 2011-05-23
  • Measured byALOS (AVNIR-2)
  • Processing levelLevel 2
  • Spatial extent-180, -90, 180, 90
  • StatusCOMPLETE

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

ALOS AVNIR-2 OBS ORI

Get the data

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

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="ALOS_AVNIR_OBS_ORI",
    version="2",
    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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