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UAVSAR
Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar

The Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) is an airborne polarimetric L-band radar developed and operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). It provides differential interferometric measurements which can be used to understand deformation from phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and glaciers. UAVSAR operates at a frequency of 1.26 GHz and has a range bandwidth of 80 MHz. It has a horizontal resolution of 6 m and a swath width of 20 km at an altitude of 12 km.

Image of the UAVSAR radar
NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

Instrument Details

Radar
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Radar Imagery
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Radar Backscatter
Land Surface
Variable
6 m
1.26 GHz
https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2014.2377637External Link
AfriSAR

AfriSAR

2015—2016
Gabon tropical forests
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1 Deployment
· 11 Data Products
SMAPVEX

Soil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment

2008—2022
United States, Canada, Iowa, Maryland, Arizona, Massachusetts, Manitoba
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5 Deployments
· 25 Data Products

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10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1577External Link
AfriSAR
10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1601External Link
AfriSAR
10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1589External Link
10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1796External Link
10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1823External Link
10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1816External Link
10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1821External Link
10.5067/1A09OKL9G4QWExternal Link