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Description

The Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) is an airborne polarimetric radar instrument developed and operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

UAVSAR provides differential interferometric measurements that help characterize deformation from phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanic activity, and glacial motion.

This dataset contains Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (PolSAR) products acquired by UAVSAR operating in the L-band frequency. UAVSAR interferometric products can be found in the associated UAVSAR Repeat Pass Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar Product collection.

Product Summary

Platforms
G-III
Instruments
UAVSAR
Spatial Extent

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

Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2008-07-24 to Present
Data Partner
Earth and Space Science Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA (NASA/JPL/ESSD) ,
Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF)
Concept ID
C4261555796-ASF
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
9765
Processing Level
1
Science Keywords
Earthquakes ,
Plate Tectonics ,
Volcanic Activity ,
Glaciers/Ice Sheets ,
Vegetation

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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NASA/JPL. (2008). UAVSAR Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (PolSAR) Product [Dataset]. NASA Alaska Satellite Facility Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/7PEQV8SVR4DM Date Accessed: 2026-10-14

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