Alaska Satellite Facility - Distributed Active Archive Center

DOIs (Digital Object Identifier) for ALOS PALSAR data

Northwest Passage sea ice contrasts with the coast of Baffin Island, Canada, in this ALOS-PALSAR image taken 8 March 2011. © JAXA, METI 2011

DOI (Digital Object Identifier) 10.5067/J4JVCFDDPEW1

ALOS PALSAR data has been processed to Level 1, which contains 8-bit data of one scene area. The number of SAR data files is the same as the number of polarizations, however, the data in SCAN SAR mode is not divided into individual scans.

-Adapted from the JAXA ALOS User Handbook

DOI (Digital Object Identifier) 10.5067/PAFUZQHBZF3A

ALOS PALSAR data has been processed to Level 1.1, which has had its range and 1-look azimuth compressed. The data is complex data on the slant range coordinate and the phase history is included.

-Adapted from the JAXA ALOS User Handbook

DOI (Digital Object Identifier) 10.5067/NXY378J3DFZQ

ALOS PALSAR data has been processed to Level 1.5, which has had its range and 1-look azimuth compressed in addition to being radiometrically and geometrically corrected.

-Adapted from the JAXA ALOS User Handbook