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PALSAR Data Access and Tools

Data collected by NASA’s Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR) are integral for efforts including tree species classification and forest canopy estimation, geologic structure interpretation, land surface and soil moisture analysis, topographical change detection, and oil slick assessment. Explore PALSAR datasets and learn more about relevant data tools.

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ALOS PALSAR Low Resolution Radiometric Terrain Corrected Product 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22 1 COMPLETE 2 Reforestation, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Permafrost, Rock Glaciers, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
LiDAR and PALSAR-Derived Forest Aboveground Biomass, Paragominas, Para, Brazil, 2012 2012-01-01 to 2013-12-31 1 COMPLETE 3 GeoTIFF Carbon, Forests, Lidar Backscatter, Biomass
ABoVE: Ecosystem Map, Great Slave Lake Area, Northwest Territories, Canada, 1997-2011 1997-09-25 to 2011-09-14 1 COMPLETE 3 multiple Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Dominant Species
NACP Peatland Land Cover Map of Upper Peninsula, Michigan, 2007-2011 2007-03-01 to 2011-10-01 1 COMPLETE 4 GeoTIFF Wetlands, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
ABoVE: Wetland Type, Slave River and Peace-Athabasca Deltas, Canada, 2007 and 2017 2006-06-14 to 2019-05-28 1 COMPLETE 3 multiple Wetlands, Wetlands, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Carbon Pools across CONUS using the MaxEnt Model, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2016, and 2017 2005-01-01 to 2017-12-31 1 COMPLETE 4 GeoTIFF Biomass, Litter Characteristics, Carbon, Forests
MEaSUREs InSAR-Based Ice Velocity of the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica V001 1996-01-01 to 1996-12-31, 2000-01-01 to 2000-12-31, 2002-01-01 to 2002-12-31, 2006-01-01 to 2012-12-31 1 COMPLETE 3 netCDF-3, Binary, ASCII Ice Velocity
CMS: Terrestrial Carbon Stocks, Emissions, and Fluxes for Conterminous US, 2001-2016 2001-01-01 to 2016-12-31 1 COMPLETE 4 netCDF-4 Terrestrial Ecosystems, Biomass, Litter Characteristics, NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE), Gross Primary Production (gpp)
MEaSUREs Multi-year Greenland Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaic V001 1995-12-01 to 2015-10-31 1 COMPLETE 3 GeoTIFF, JPEG Ice Velocity
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PALSAR Data Tools

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ASF MapReady Terrain-correct, geocode, and apply polarimetric decompositions to multi-pol SAR data Processing
Biomass Earthdata Dashboard Observe global forest biomass harmonization activity with the Biomass Earthdata Dashboard. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
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