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UAVSAR_INSAR_META·v1·dataset

Helper info for airborne radar ground-shift maps (UAVSAR)

UAVSAR_INSAR_METADATA
deformation NASA ASF Level 1 active
In plain English

What it measures. Supporting descriptive information (metadata) about scenes captured by the UAVSAR airborne radar when it flies the same path twice to detect ground movement.

How it's made. Comes from NASA's UAVSAR radar carried on a G-III aircraft, capturing the scene details that accompany its repeat-pass interferometry imagery.

How & where you'd use it. A helper file used alongside the actual radar ground-shift maps; on its own it mainly tells users what each scene contains rather than providing measurements directly.

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 Metadata

Get the data

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

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="UAVSAR_INSAR_META",
    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.