Measurements and Applications
Disaster monitoring, land monitoring, agricultural monitoring, natural resource exploration, global forest monitoring, potential use and interferometry.
Full Name
Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar-2
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Medium Heritage
Instrument Type
Imaging microwave radars 
Geometry
Side-looking
Instrument Technology
Imaging radar (SAR)
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
CEOS SAR and GeoTiFF
Resolution
Spotlight mode (1 to 3 m), stripmap mode (3 to 10 m).
[Best Resolution: 1m]
Swath
Spotlight mode: 25km, Stripmap mode: 50-70 km, Scan SAR mode: 350 - 490 km, Polarimetry: 30-50 km
[Max Swath: 490 km]
Accuracy
Surface Resolution: 1 to 3 m (Spotlight Mode), 3m (Ultra-Fine Mode), 6m (High sensitive Mode), 10m (Fine Mode),100 m (Scan Mode); Radiometric: ±1 dB
Waveband
Microwave: L-Band 1270 MHz
ALOS-2 - Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (2014 - 2025) |