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Tectonic Landforms Data Access and Tools
Access the datasets and tools you need to make the most of tectonic landform research.
Featured Tectonics Observation Method: Sentinel-1 C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar
The ESA (European Space Agency's) Sentinel-1A/B satellites are equipped with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) instruments that record continuous all-weather, day-and-night imagery. SAR energy beams can penetrate cloud and tree canopy cover to detect very small changes to the height, shape, and position of Earth surfaces. The ability of Sentinel-1 to capture detailed SAR images anywhere at any time makes them excellent tools for producing interferograms and digital elevation models to track the movement of Earth's tectonic landforms.
Join us as we show new and experienced users how to use Vertex to discover and access Sentinel-1 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data at NASA's Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC).
NASA's ASF DAAC released the Global Seasonal Sentinel-1 Interferometric Coherence and Backscatter Dataset.
Get to know on-demand Sentinel-1 InSAR products from NASA’s Alaska Satellite Facility Distributed Active Archive Center (ASF DAAC).
This data recipe demonstrates InSAR processing by analyzing a pair of Sentinel-1 images captured pre and post the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake in Japan.
Tectonic Landforms Datasets
| Dataset | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Location Keywords | Spatial Extent | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALOS PALSAR High Resolution Radiometric Terrain Corrected Product | ALOS | PALSAR | 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | ||
| ALOS PALSAR Level 1.0 Product | ALOS | PALSAR | 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | ||
| ALOS PALSAR Level 1.1 Product | ALOS | PALSAR | 2006-01-23 to 2011-05-23 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | ||
| ALOS PALSAR Level 1.5 Product | ALOS | PALSAR | 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | ||
| ALOS PALSAR Low Resolution Radiometric Terrain Corrected Product | ALOS | PALSAR | 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | ||
| ALOS_PALSAR_KMZ | ALOS | PALSAR | 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | ||
| ALOS_PALSAR_LEVEL2.2 | ALOS | PALSAR | 2006-01-23 to 2011-05-23 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | ||
| JERS-1 Level 0 Product | JERS-1 | SAR | 1992-05-20 to 1998-10-11 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | ||
| JERS-1 Level 1 Product | JERS-1 | SAR | 1992-05-20 to 1998-10-11 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | ||
| RADARSAT-1 Level 0 Product | RADARSAT-1 | SAR | 1996-02-01 to 2009-03-17 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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