BAID: RADARSAT and ERS satellite SAR Images
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.301

Summary
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data are incorporated into the Barrow Area
Information Database (BAID) in support of science logistics planning and
subsistence hunters working on the sea ice along the coast of Barrow, Alaska.
SAR is an active sensor, mounted on both the Canadian Space Agency RADARSAT-1
satellite and the European Remote Sensing Agency ERS-2 satellite. As the
sensors orbit the earth, the radar signals are transmitted and then it
measures how strongly those signals are scattered back. The SAR sensors can
"see" both at night and through clouds. RADARSAT-1 data are in "R" files, ERS
data are in "E" files. Each zip file contains documentation in an .xml file.
These images from the Barrow Area Information Database are included as a
result of efforts of the Systems Ecology Lab at the University of Texas at El
Paso. Access to this data set is restricted. To obtain SAR source data from
the Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF), users must submit a proposal to NASA for
approval. Once a user has been approved to access the data and has required
login information, one must use the online search tools for ASF's Data Active
Archive Center (DAAC) to locate relevant scenes and to place orders. Please
contact uso@asf.alaska.edu

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 106.301

Citation
 Gaylord, A., Tweedie, C. 2010. BAID: RADARSAT and ERS satellite SAR Images.
 Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.301 Accessed 19 Apr 2024.

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 datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
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Acknowledgement
In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements,
please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as:

  Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of
  the National Science Foundation.
  https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

Related projects
 * ARCSS: NSF Arctic System Science
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/ARCSS

Additional information
 * Spatial Type: raster
 * Frequency: no set schedule
 * Language: English

ISO Topic Categories
 * imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

Categories
 * Ancillary Info
 * Arctic
 * Land Character
 * Radar
 * Satellite

Platforms
 * European Remote Sensing Satellite-2 (ERS-2)
 * Satellite, RADARSAT

Instruments
 * Synthetic Aperture Radar - SAR

Sites
 * Barrow

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > RADAR BACKSCATTER
 * EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE

Restrictions
 * EULA: eula.html [4 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41C9F3893F26/eula.html

Related links
 * companion: 106.ARCSS400: Barrow Area Information Database (BAID) Geospatial Data Sets, Barrow, AK, USA
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.ARCSS400
 * homepage: Barrow Area Information Database
   http://www.baidims.org/
 * info: ARCSS Data Policy
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/arctic_projects/arcss/Data_Policy.html
 * homepage: ARCSS EOL Webpage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/arcss

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2004-04-08 17:17:00 
 * End datetime: 2008-05-02 19:00:00 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 72.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 70.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -161.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -153.00

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: Allison Graves Gaylord <nunatech@usa.net>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/784

Additional contact information
 * author: Allison Graves Gaylord <nunatech@usa.net>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/784
 * author: Craig E. Tweedie <ctweedie@utep.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/326

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.301?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.301?format=isotc211