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Description

ASF's SAR Radiometric Terrain Corrected (RTC) dataset gives terrestrial world-wide coverage; excluding Antarctica, Greenland, Iceland, and Asia north of 60 degrees latitude. Users can analyze radiometry with the effects of topography removed. Topography can be analyzed with the effects of layover and shadow corrected. This SAR product works well with optical Landsat 8.

Product Summary

Platforms
ALOS
Instruments
PALSAR
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22
Data Partner
Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF)
Concept ID
C1206487217-ASF
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
507017
Processing Level
2
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Reforestation ,
Terrestrial Ecosystems ,
Permafrost ,
Rock Glaciers ,
Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation ,
Glacier Motion/Ice Sheet Motion ,
Glacier Motion/Ice Sheet Motion ,
Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness ,
Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography ,
Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography ,
Glaciers ,
Ice Sheets ,
Icebergs ,
Ice Deformation ,
Ice Depth/Thickness ,
Ice Edges ,
Ice Extent ,
Ice Floes ,
Ice Growth/Melt ,
Ice Roughness ,
Ice Temperature ,
Ice Types ,
Icebergs ,
Leads ,
Pack Ice ,
Polynyas ,
Reflectance ,
Sea Ice Motion ,
Ice Extent ,
Ice Growth/Melt ,
Ice Motion ,
Ice Velocity ,
Lake Ice ,
Permafrost ,
River Ice ,
Snow Cover ,
Landslides ,
Aeolian Landforms ,
Coastal Landforms ,
Fluvial Landforms ,
Glacial Landforms ,
Karst Landforms ,
Tectonic Landforms ,
Land Use/Land Cover Classification ,
Landscape Ecology ,
Landscape Patterns ,
Landscape Processes ,
Reforestation ,
Surface Roughness ,
Terrain Elevation ,
Topographic Effects ,
Barrier Islands ,
Beaches ,
Deltas ,
Dunes ,
Estuaries ,
Fjords ,
Inlets ,
Lagoons ,
Mangroves ,
Marshes ,
Rocky Coasts ,
Shorelines ,
Wind Waves ,
Surface Winds ,
Ice Deformation ,
Ice Depth/Thickness ,
Ice Edges ,
Ice Extent ,
Ice Floes ,
Ice Roughness ,
Ice Types ,
Icebergs ,
Leads ,
Pack Ice ,
Polynyas ,
Sea Ice Motion ,
Glacial Landforms ,
Caldera ,
Cinder Cone ,
Faults ,
Folds ,
Geyser ,
Graben ,
Horst ,
Lava Dome ,
Lava Plain ,
Maar ,
Mountains ,
Plateau ,
Ridge ,
Rift Valley ,
Tuya ,
Volcano ,
Tectonic Landforms ,
Earthquakes ,
Plate Tectonics ,
Volcanic Activity ,
Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation ,
Glacier Motion/Ice Sheet Motion ,
Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography ,
Glaciers ,
Ice Sheets ,
Icebergs ,
Ice Extent ,
Ice Growth/Melt ,
Ice Motion ,
Ice Velocity ,
Lake Ice ,
Permafrost ,
River Ice

Citation

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ASF DAAC. (2014). ALOS PALSAR Low Resolution Radiometric Terrain Corrected Product [Dataset]. NASA Alaska Satellite Facility Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/JBYK3J6HFSVF Date Accessed: 2026-10-08

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