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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- PALSAR-3
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Full Name
Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar-3
Status
Being developed
Instrument Agencies
JAXA
Maturity
Instrument Type
Imaging microwave radars
Geometry
Side-looking
Instrument Technology
Imaging radar (SAR)
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Data Format
CEOS SAR and GeoTiFF
Measurements and Applications
Disaster monitoring, land monitoring, agricultural monitoring, natural resource exploration, global forest monitoring, potential use and interferometry.
Resolution Summary
Spotlight mode (1 to 3 m), stripmap mode (3 to 10 m).
[Best Resolution: 1m]
Swath Summary
Spotlight mode: 35km, Stripmap mode: 100-200 km, Scan SAR mode: 700 km, Polarimetry: 100-200 km
[Max Swath: 700 km]
Accuracy Summary
Waveband Summary
Microwave: L-Band 1270 MHz
L-Band (2 - 1 GHz)
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
Category
Parameter
Albedo and reflectance
Earth surface albedo
Atmospheric Winds
Oil spill cover
Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements
Crustal Motion
Ice sheet topography
Sea-ice sheet topography
Landscape topography
Land surface topography
Multi-purpose imagery (land)
Fire fractional cover
Land surface imagery
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)
Ocean imagery and water leaving spectral radiance
Ocean surface winds
Wind vector over sea surface (horizontal)
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness
Sea-ice cover
Sea-ice type
Iceberg fractional cover
Glacier motion
Snow cover, edge and depth
Snow cover
Snow melting status (wet/dry)
Soil moisture
Soil moisture at the surface
Vegetation
Vegetation type
Above Ground Biomass (AGB)
Thematic Links
Global Climate Observing System Essential Climate Variables (GCOS ECVs)
ECV
Description
Product(s)
ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)
Above-ground biomass
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Albedo
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Fire
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Ocean Colour
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Sea Ice
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Snow
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Soil Moisture
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Instrument Missions
ALOS-4 - Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 (2024 - 2030)
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