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UAVSAR_POL_META·v1·dataset

Info files describing airborne radar flights (UAVSAR)

UAVSAR_POLSAR_METADATA
deformation NASA ASF Level 1 active
In plain English

What it measures. Descriptive information about UAVSAR radar scenes, essentially the accompanying notes (metadata) for the radar data rather than the radar imagery itself.

How it's made. Compiled from the UAVSAR airborne radar system, which flies aboard a G-III aircraft.

How & where you'd use it. A reference companion that helps users find and interpret the actual radar scenes; not something most people use on its own.

What's measured

SOLID EARTH › TECTONICS › VOLCANIC ACTIVITY

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2008-07-24 → 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 PolSAR Scene Metadata

Get the data

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

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="UAVSAR_POL_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.