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UAVSAR_INSAR_KMZ·v1·dataset

Airborne radar ground-movement maps for Google Earth

UAVSAR_INSAR_KMZ
deformation NASA ASF Level 1 active
In plain English

What it measures. Maps of ground movement detected by airborne radar, showing how the land surface has shifted between two passes of the aircraft.

How it's made. Created from UAVSAR radar flown on a NASA aircraft using repeat-pass interferometry, packaged as KMZ files for viewing in Google Earth. (The provided description is very brief.)

How & where you'd use it. Lets people visualize ground deformation, such as from earthquakes, landslides, or subsidence, directly on a Google Earth-style map.

What's measured

SOLID EARTH › TECTONICS › VOLCANIC ACTIVITY

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2008-04-28 → ongoing
  • Measured byG-III (UAVSAR)
  • Processing levelLevel 1
  • StatusACTIVE

What you can do with it

  • Measure ground motion and subsidence (InSAR)
  • Track earthquakes, volcanoes and landslides
  • Map elevation and terrain change
Official description

UAVSAR Repeat Pass Interferometry Scene KMZ

Get the data

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

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="UAVSAR_INSAR_KMZ",
    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
Browsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package.