Welcome to the GeoEarthscope Project SAR Data Archive at UNAVCO.
A goal of
EarthScope
is the improved understanding of the tectonic evolution of the North American continent.
Identifying and understanding deformation rates in all tectonic regimes is critical to reaching that goal.
The GeoEarthScope project, a part of the EarthScope Program,
included the acquisition of SAR data, aerial and satellite imagery,
and geochronology data,
to examine the strain field beyond the time scales available from the PBO geodetic instrumentation.
UNAVCO provides support for EarthScope-related data aquisition, archiving, and distribution.
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The UNAVCO GeoEarthscope SAR Archive
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As part of Earthscope's GeoEarthscope project, UNAVCO
created an archive of SAR imagery, with
data supplied by the European Space Agency (ESA; ERS1, ERS2, and
Envisat missions) and the Alaska Satellite Facility (ERS1, ERS2 and Radarsat 1).
This SAR data will aid research into earth deformation in
North America caused by earthquakes, volcanoes, and other plate tectonic processes.
UNAVCO's main tasks included placing, managing, and tracking data
orders, working with ASF and ESA,
and creation and operation of the data archives, web site, and online services.
UNAVCO
designed and implemented a database to support archiving and and data search, built the
physical data archive including hardware and
selection and purchase of more than 40 terabytes of storage,
implemented data access permission mechanisms,
and created online services for users to find and download data available in the archive.
UNAVCO continues to work with SAR scientists to ensure the best data is archived and available
in the most efficient manner, and to add new services as needed.
The online
search tool shows the archive contents, is used to create requests for
data downloads, and
provides KML files for display of SAR scenes in Google Earth.
Proposed, submitted, and received data and tasking orders are available on the
data orders page.
Details regarding the scenes in the Basin and Range Cat-1 proposal are available
here.
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UNAVCO Earthscope SAR Archive Status
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There are more than 39,000 SAR scenes in this archive
(see current status page),
stored in more than 16 terabytes.
| Access to the GeoEarthscope Project SAR Data
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Institutions with a basic research mission are eligible to apply for access to the GeoEarthscope
project's SAR data.
Access to SAR data files is limited to approved and registered users. To apply for data access use the
Mini Cat-1 submission form.
Be sure to see the WInSAR Archive at UNAVCO.
Check out the new Supersites SAR archive at UNAVCO.
| Funding for UNAVCO GeoEarthscope operations and
data acqusitions is provided by NSF and NASA. Important assistance has also been provided by the ESA, the USGS, and the ASF. |
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