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UAVSAR_POL_ML_CMPLX_SLANT·v1·dataset

Raw airborne radar that sees surface texture (UAVSAR)

UAVSAR_POLSAR_ML_COMPLEX_SLANT
deformation NASA ASF Level 1 active
In plain English

What it measures. A raw radar scene from an aircraft-mounted instrument, holding detailed complex radar signal data about how the surface scatters radar energy. The abstract is brief, so specifics beyond this aren't stated.

How it's made. Collected by the UAVSAR radar flown aboard a NASA G-III aircraft, in an early multi-look complex form laid out in the radar's own slant geometry rather than a map projection.

How & where you'd use it. A low-level building-block product; most people work with it through more finished, map-ready radar products rather than using this raw scene directly.

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 Complex

Get the data

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

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