Data · dataset · 2026
BAID: RADARSAT and ERS satellite SAR Images
Listed in National Center for Atmospheric Research
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.
Description
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.
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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
Links
Get the data
- Publisher page data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.301 ↗
documentation · download · from data ucar edu
Where it is published
- data.ucar.edu /dataset/baid-radarsat-and-ers-satellite-sar-images ↗
National Center for Atmospheric Research dataset page
landing page · from data ucar edu
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.ucar.edu/api/3/action/package_show?id=8f1f1b04-55b1-40fb-9b7c-ee3a2c0d1… ↗
metadata API · from data ucar edu
Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Engineering · Ocean & Atmospheric Science
- Inferred from text
- Image 65% · Satellite remote sensing 65%
Provenance · 1 source records, 10 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Center for Atmospheric Research | 8f1f1b04-55b1-40fb-9b7c-ee3a2c0d1e21 | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:image | enrichment · data ucar edu | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:remote-sensing | enrichment · data ucar edu | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
| created_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | /notes |
| publication_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | /title |
| updated_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 |