Notes on JERS-1 SAR data characteristics for geological applications

• Main Authors: Moon, Wooil M., Li, Bo, Singhroy, Vern H., So, C. S., Yamaguchi, Y.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1994
• Subjects: Northwest Territories
• Online Access: http://repository.ust.hk/ir/Record/1783.1-79472; http://lbdiscover.ust.hk/uresolver?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rfr_id=info:sid/HKUST:SPI&rft.genre=article&rft.issn=0703-8992&rft.volume=20&rft.issue=3&rft.date=1994&rft.spage=329&rft.aulast=Moon&rft.aufirst=Wooil%20M.&rft.atitle=Notes%20on%20JERS-1%20SAR%20data%20characteristics%20for%20geological%20applications&rft.title=Canadian%20Journal%20of%20Remote%20Sensing; http://www.scopus.com/record/display.url?eid=2-s2.0-0028509968&origin=inward

The JERS-1 is an Earth Resources Satellite launched by NASDA (National Space Development Agency) of Japan in February 1992. It has two sensors: SAR (L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar) and OPS (SWIR and VNIR radiometers). In this research note, the basic properties and data characteristics of the SAR data are summarized based on observations made on the data sets received for the Nahanni test site, Northwest Territories. The JERS-1 SAR data quality, including the spatial resolution of the data, is, in general, excellent for most geological applications.