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
- Python (earthaccess):
search by 'NISAR' keyword (naming finalizing) - Portal: https://search.asf.alaska.edu/
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
Related
- Other datasets: d029
Sources
The access details, code, and sources below are kept in the original English for technical accuracy.
Quick access (cloud-direct)
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. 📚 Problem Finder KB
Not yet tracked in the KB.