e6e8b3853eed7eeceedf347737643414 English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 47edf6f8790da0ebb5080feb810a630e dataset NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) +44(0)1235 446432 NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK neodc@rl.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-04-13T02:03:10 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) Phased Array type-L band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR) UK imagery 2014-08-18T13:42:26 publication 2014-08-18T13:42:26 creation https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/e6e8b3853eed7eeceedf347737643414 e6e8b3853eed7eeceedf347737643414 NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) Level 1 Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) Phased Array type-L band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR) data were acquired from ESA by the Landmap project and processed to produce greyscale 8 and 32-bit geotiff imagery for the UK and Republic of Ireland from 2007-2009. The UK data are projected onto the British National Grid whereas the Republic of Ireland data are projected onto the Irish National Grid. PALSAR is an active microwave sensor using L-band (2GHz) frequency and produces various products of different resolutions and performance. PALSAR data can be acquired during day or night, increasing the temporal coverage of data for a particular spatial extent. PALSAR is also unaffected by cloud cover allowing a better coverage of satellite data. PALSAR collects data in 4 different modes. The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) funded Landmap service which ran from 2001 to July 2014 collected and hosted a large amount of earth observation data for the majority of the UK. After removal of JISC funding in 2013, the Landmap service is no longer operational, with the data now held at the NEODC. When using these data please also add the following copyright statement: © ESA 2004/2005/2006/2007/2008…. Received and Distributed by University of Manchester under licence from the European Space Agency Landmap author unknown author European Space Agency (ESA) author unknown author NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) custodian +44(0)1235 446432 NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK neodc@rl.ac.uk custodian NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) distributor +44(0)1235 446432 NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK neodc@rl.ac.uk distributor NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) point_of_contact +44(0)1235 446432 NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK neodc@rl.ac.uk pointofContact NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) publisher +44(0)1235 446432 NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK neodc@rl.ac.uk publisher notPlanned dataset Not defined orthoimagery theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication otherRestrictions Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access. otherRestrictions Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/landmap.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under academic and specific use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. grid English imageryBaseMapsEarthCover -9.8 0.2 50.2 58.9 2007-01-01T00:00:00 2009-12-31T00:00:00 Data availability and file format The data are available in geotiff format which can be opened in many earth observation image processing software including open/free software such as Erdas ER viewer and the freely available Basic ERS & Envisat (A)ATSR and Meris Toolbox (BEAM) or NEST (Next ESA SAR Toolbox). Geotiff files are TIFF files which have geographic metadata embedded as tags within the TIFF file. The geographic metadata can then be used to position the image in the correct location and geometry on the screen of a geographic information display. The data are split into the three modes acquired by Landmap (Fine Beam Single (FBS), Fine Beam Dual (FBD) and Polarimetric). The various polarisations can be determined from the filename: HH - Horizontal polarisation transmitted, horizontal received. VV - Vertical transmitted, vertical received HV - Horizontal transmitted, vertical received VH - Vertical transmitted, horizontal received Specific products include 32 bit _geo GeoTiff, and 8 bit _geo_lia and _geo_ls_mask GeoTiffs. All the geotiff images are provided with GeoTiff World Files (.tfw) which are used to geo-reference images to an appropriate projection scheme. NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) Data Center Contact +44(0)1235 446432 NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK neodc@rl.ac.uk distributor https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/e6e8b3853eed7eeceedf347737643414 CEDA Data Catalogue Page Detail and access information for the resource information http://data.ceda.ac.uk/neodc/landmap/data/radar/palsar DOWNLOAD Download Data download http://www.neodc.rl.ac.uk/conditions/landmap.html Landmap terms of use No further details. information https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/missions/3rd-party-missions/historical-missions/alos/instruments/palsar The ESA PALSAR website No further details. information http://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/ALOS/en/about/palsar.htm Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) website on ALOS PALSAR No further details. information https://earth.esa.int/documents/10174/19584/PALSAR_info_users_v1.1.pdf/165e06e5-3973-45f1-921d-ea373f8ace6b?version=1.0 Information on ALSO PALSAR products No further details. information dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 Data collected and prepared by the Landmap team before a copy of the data were obtained by NEODC directly from Landmap.