PALSAR is an active microwave sensor, which is not affected by weather conditions and operable both daytime and nighttime. Pixel spacing is from 5 to 100m. PALSAR data is used in many researching fields such as environment, natual resources, atmosphere, geology, mineral exploition and natural disaster such as flood, earthquake, landslide, oil spill, etc,.
Scene size of PALSAR products:
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Product
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Scene width
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Scene length
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Level 1.0
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Depend on observation mode
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70km (*)
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Level 1.1
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Depend on observation mode
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70km
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Level 1.5
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Approx. 70km
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70km (*)
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Level 4.1
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2 polarizations
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Approx. 70km
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70km (fixed)
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4 polarizations
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Approx. 30km
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70km (fixed)
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Level 4.2
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3-Scan
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250km
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Equal to scene width (fixed)
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4-Scan
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300km
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Equal to scene width (fixed)
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5-Scan
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350km
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Equal to scene width (fixed)
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*or GDS's original size (one of the 60s to 180s) is also available
PALSAR data has many level processing. They has been always updated in the newest time.
To get more detail information click here:
http://www.palsar.ersdac.or.jp/e/index.shtml
