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The Alaska Satellite Facility's Vertex is the search interface for finding synthetic aperture radar data for Earth science. The tool includes a multilingual component where you can search for data in Spanish and English, a location component for searching by area of interest, and a service for pre-processing data before download to cut down data volume and processing time. 

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As an expert in interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR), Dr. Bekaert is on the cutting edge of data science.
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Join us for an introductory webinar to learn how to use asf_search, a new Python library for search and discovery of SAR data, created by NASA's Alaska Satellite Facility Distributed Active Archive Center (ASF DAAC).
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Join us as we show new and experienced users how to use Vertex to discover and access Sentinel-1 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data at NASA's Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC).
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Learn how NASA’s GES DISC is working to increase access to NASA Earth science data through interoperable GIS image services such as Web maps, StoryMaps, Web applications, and desktop applications including ArcGIS Pro or QGIS. We will also show you how to access the image service through open science frameworks such as Jupyter Notebooks.
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