Measurements and Applications
High resolution microwave imaging of land and ice for use in environmental monitoring, agriculture and forestry, disaster monitoring, Earth resource management and interferometry.
Full Name
Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar
Status
No longer 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
Resolution
(depending on looks, incident angle and bandwidth) Hi-res: 7 - 44 m or 14 - 88 m, ScanSAR mode: 35 - 77 m or 70 - 154 m, Polarimetry: 24 - 88 m
[Best Resolution: 7m]
Swath
High resolution mode: 70 km, Scan SAR mode: 250 - 360 km, Polarimetry: 30 km
[Max Swath: 360 km]
Accuracy
Surface Resolution:10 m (Fine Mode); Surface Resolution:100 m (Scan Mode); Radiometric: ±1 dB
Waveband
Microwave: L-Band 1270 MHz
| MW (~0.1 cm - ~100 cm) |
| L-Band (2 - 1 GHz) |
ALOS - Advanced Land Observing Satellite (2006 - 2011) |