Datasets/NISAR_L1_RSLC
d028·dataset

Ultra-precise radar of the moving Earth

NISAR L1B Range-Doppler Single-Look Complex
ASF DAAC NISAR_L1_RSLC cloud-native ~7 m (L-band) 12-day HDF5 landcryospherebiomassdeformation

Calibrated full-resolution L-band SAR products from NISAR — the foundation for InSAR + polarimetric analyses at unprecedented L-band global scale.

NISAR L1B Range-Doppler Single-Look Complex

Calibrated full-resolution L-band SAR products from NISAR — the foundation for InSAR + polarimetric analyses at unprecedented L-band global scale.

Access

Gotchas

  • Brand new; naming + product conventions still settling
  • L-band is NOT C-band; existing Sentinel-1 pipelines won’t work directly
  • Files are large; plan storage
  • Other datasets: d029

Sources

The access details, code, and sources below are kept in the original English for technical accuracy.

Quick access (cloud-direct)

nisar_l1_rslc_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="NISAR_L1*",
    bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9),
    temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"),
)
files = earthaccess.open(results)   # stream from ASF DAAC
Browsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package.

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