Identification

Title

BAID: RADARSAT and ERS satellite SAR Images

Alternative title(s)

106.301

Abstract

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data are incorporated into the Barrow Area Information Database (BAID) in support of science logistics planning and subsistence hunters working on the sea ice along the coast of Barrow, Alaska. SAR is an active sensor, mounted on both the Canadian Space Agency RADARSAT-1 satellite and the European Remote Sensing Agency ERS-2 satellite. As the sensors orbit the earth, the radar signals are transmitted and then it measures how strongly those signals are scattered back. The SAR sensors can "see" both at night and through clouds. RADARSAT-1 data are in "R" files, ERS data are in "E" files. Each zip file contains documentation in an .xml file. These images from the Barrow Area Information Database are included as a result of efforts of the Systems Ecology Lab at the University of Texas at El Paso. Access to this data set is restricted. To obtain SAR source data from the Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF), users must submit a proposal to NASA for approval. Once a user has been approved to access the data and has required login information, one must use the online search tools for ASF's Data Active Archive Center (DAAC) to locate relevant scenes and to place orders. Please contact uso@asf.alaska.edu

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu//dataset/106.301

protocol: https

name: BAID: RADARSAT and ERS satellite SAR Images homepage

description: Dataset homepage

Unique resource identifier

code

106.301

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Resource Type

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

European Remote Sensing Satellite-2 (ERS-2)

Satellite, RADARSAT

Keyword set

keyword value

Radar

Satellite

Arctic

Ancillary Info

Land Character

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE

EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY

EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > RADAR BACKSCATTER

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-02-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-161.00000

East bounding longitude

-153.00000

North bounding latitude

72.00000

South bounding latitude

70.00000

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2004-04-08T17:17:00Z

End position

2008-05-02T19:00:00Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-04-21T13:26:08Z

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

These data are restricted by a user agreement: https://data.eol.ucar.edu//file/download/41C9F3893F26/eula.html

Limitations on public access

none

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

organisation name

full postal address

PO Box 1483

Homer

USA

telephone number

(907) 852-4882

email address

nunatech@usa.net

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-02-07T22:49:14Z

Metadata language

eng; USA