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OPERA Troposphere Zenith Radar Delays Dataset Released

Data Release
Issued
Sept. 19, 2025
Resolved

The Troposphere Zenith Radar Delays (TROPO) dataset released by NASA’s Observational Products for End-Users from Remote Sensing (OPERA) project is a new mission-agnostic product that allows radar and radar interferometry users to reduce the effect of atmospheric propagation delays for improved surface retrievals of ground motion. 

The TROPO dataset provides atmospheric corrections that can be used with any radar satellite, and can then be applied to radar acquisitions from several platforms, including the NASA/Indian Space Research Organization SAR (NISAR) satellite mission, the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-1 mission, and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) mission, as well as for airborne instruments such as the Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR).

Learn more about the TROPO dataset and its applications.

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Details

Last Updated

Sept. 22, 2025

Published

Sept. 22, 2025

Data Center/Project

Alaska Satellite Facility DAAC (ASF DAAC)