Summary of the ABoVE L-band and P-band Airborne SAR Surveys, 2012-2022

Description

This dataset contains tables containing Airborne flight metadata from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) surveys from 2012 to 2022 in Alaska and Canada. NASA's Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) conducted airborne SAR surveys of over 120,000 km2 in Alaska and northwestern Canada during 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2022. Legacy lines acquired between 2012 and 2015 by other projects are included for completeness and to enable longer times series creation. The data files and companion file contain L-band and P-band airborne SAR metadata acquired during the ABoVE airborne campaigns. Included are detailed descriptions of ~80 SAR flight lines and how each fits into the ABoVE experimental design. Extensive maps, tables, and hyperlinks give direct access to every flight plan as well as individual flight lines. This entry is a guide to enable interested readers to fully explore the ABoVE L- and P-band SAR data.

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Name Format Description Link
33 Summary of the ABoVE L-band and P-band Airborne SAR Surveys, 2012-2022: ABoVE_SAR_Surveys.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/above/ABoVE_SAR_Surveys/comp/ABoVE_SAR_Surveys.pdf
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F2150
21 This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login https://daac.ornl.gov/daacdata/above/ABoVE_SAR_Surveys/
21 ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation https://daac.ornl.gov/ABOVE/guides/ABoVE_SAR_Surveys.html
21 ABoVE project site https://above.nasa.gov
21 Data set Landing Page DOI URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/2150
22 Flight lines for L-band and P-band PolInSAR measurements capture critical bioclimatic, permafrost, and geographic gradients as well as key field sites and long-term measurement records across the ABoVE domain. The flight lines are collected into 10 composites which roughly correspond to the Alaskan (A1-A4) and Canadian (C1-C6) regions sampled on individual flight days. Basemap source: Google Maps. https://daac.ornl.gov/ABOVE/guides/ABoVE_SAR_Surveys_Fig1.jpg

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  • spectral-engineering
  • platform-characteristics
  • earth-science

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