GAF AG Support Distribution ERSDAC PALSAR L-Band SAR Data

GAF AG (Germany) has entered into an assistance agreement with Earth Remote Sensing Data Analysis Centre (ERSDAC) for distributing PALSAR products effective from July 2007.

ERS ERSDAC PALSAR L-band data provides full polarimetric L-band SAR capabilities to a wide range of applications, like monitoring forest biomass, soil moisture, rock properties, ocean waves and many others. GAF AG will provide all the necessary support in searching for, assessing and selecting PALSAR and other Geo-Data according to the customer's specific needs.  

Earth Observation Imagery is acquired by a large number of sensors and cameras, which are mounted on various air-borne and space-borne systems. Each application requires an accurate selection of practical data sources and individual datasets. PALSAR Products are produced at ERSDAC PALSAR Ground Data Systems (PALSAR GDS) from the observed raw data acquired by the Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR) onboard ALOS ("Daichi", launched on January 24, 2006), and they are offered in various product types. The continuously growing fleet of space-borne radar systems like PALSAR can provide an important additional value to the customer, by complementing the optical systems not only with their cloud penetrating capabilities. Detailed analysis of the backscattering coefficients of the full polarimetric L-band SAR system will in addition allow a level of information extraction, which further extends the possibilities of existing and future C- and X-band systems. This enhances efficiency and accuracy in a wide range of applications, like monitoring forest biomass, soil moisture, rock properties, ocean waves and many others