Data · collection
Shuttle Imaging Radar B (SIR-B) Earth Surface Imagery
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR
This data set contains earth images acquired by the imaging radar, SIR-B, on board the space shuttle Challenger in October 1985.
Description
This imagery includes several independent data takes which provide imagery over areas of Australia, Europe, western South America, North America, and north eastern Africa as well as limited areas of the middle east, Asia, and off the southern coast of Africa. This imagery can be very useful for several geographic, geologic, and oceanographic applications as well as photogrammetric applications for overlapping images acquired with different viewing geometry.
SIR-B is a horizontally polarized L-band radar operating at frequency 1.28 GHz (wavelength 23 cm). The SIR-B antenna had the capability of being mechanically tilted to acquire data at varying incidence angles from 15 to 60 degrees. The SIR-B obtained imagery at a resolution of approximately 25 m (varying with incidence angles) with a swath width of 20-50 km.
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The SIR-B provided both digitally recorded and optically recorded data. Information about SIR-B can be found at: 'southport.jpl.nasa.gov/scienceapps/sirb.html' Contact: Annie H. Richardson Jet Propulsion Laboratory Radar Data and Outreach Center Mail Stop 300-233 Pasadena, CA 91109-8099 Annie.Richardson@jpl.nasa.gov Shuttle Imaging Radar A (SIR-A), Spaceborne Imaging Radar C (SIR-C/X-SAR), the Seasat SAR and the Airborne Imaging Radar (AIRSAR) data may also be of interest.
See the JPL Imaging Radar Page at: 'southport.jpl.nasa.gov/' For the latest Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C images and data see: 'jpl.nasa.gov/sircxsar/'
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Catalogue records · 2
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1214584373-SCIOPS.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1214584373-SCIOPS.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Not provided · Radar Imagery · Shuttle Imaging Radar-B · SPACE SHUTTLES · Space Transport System STS-41G · Synthetic Aperture Radar
Provenance · 1 source records, 14 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C1214584373-SCIOPS | 9 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:sar | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:sir-b | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/radar/radar-imagery | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:image | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:imaging | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:not-provided | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:space-shuttles | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:sts-41g | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |