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SAR imagery
lithium detection with satellites
Sentinel-1
The Sentinel-1 mission comprises a constellation of two polar-orbiting satellites, operating day and night performing C-band synthetic aperture radar imaging, enabling them to acquire imagery regardless of the weather. sentinel-1
Mode\Resolution\Pixel spacing > SM\9×9 m\3.5×3.5 m (acquisition-modes)
COSMO+SAOCOM
The main difference between the two sensors is the wavelength: 3 cm for COSMO-SkyMed X-band and 23 cm for SAOCOM L-Band. This translates in the fact that while X-band can detect even slight details, L-band is suitable to observe larger objects which would result unclear with X-band. Combining the two is possible to monitor both geometrical objects and small details. e-gos.it
TerraSAR-X
what is it?
NASA ARSET: Basics of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Session 1/4
DEEP LEARNING IN SAR-OPTICAL DATA FUSION arxiv
esa_sar_tutorial.pdf - great intro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic-aperture_radar
python library pyradar written by a spanish, we need to meet him
datasets
“The Alaska Satellite Facility provides production, archiving and distribution to the scientific community of SAR data products and tools from active and past missions, including the June 2013 release of newly processed, 35-year-old Seasat SAR imagery.”
see a helpful SA answer EOLi (Earth Observation Link ) is the European Space Agency's client for Earth Observation Catalogue Service. also > alska datasets > d/l with script pdf
https://daac.ornl.gov/daacdata/eos_land_val/sar_subsets/data/
https://dx.doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/993
sat imagery
planet
link to full resolution scan (cropped) for 18th in november
that is an excerpt from planets free samples on registration.
- 200sq/km scans
- 3sq/m resolution ("4.77m at the equator")
- a daily scan cycle
- with 7 day delay
access via a command line and a nice web based tool.