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UAVSAR_POL_ML_CMPLX_GRD_3X3·v1·dataset

Processed radar imagery on a 3x3 grid (UAVSAR)

UAVSAR_POLSAR_ML_COMPLEX_GRD_3X3
deformation NASA ASF Level 1 active
In plain English

What it measures. Processed airborne radar imagery of the land surface, arranged on a regular grid. It captures how surfaces scatter radar signals.

How it's made. Collected by NASA's UAVSAR radar flown on a G-III aircraft, then projected and averaged ('multilooked') onto a 3-by-3 grid to reduce noise.

How & where you'd use it. A building-block radar product that researchers use for surface mapping and analysis, typically as input to more specialized studies rather than as a finished picture.

What's measured

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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 Projected Multilook 3x3

Get the data

uavsar_pol_ml_cmplx_grd_3x3_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")          # free Earthdata Login

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="UAVSAR_POL_ML_CMPLX_GRD_3X3",
    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.