Topics
New Arrival
- Apr. 30, 2025
- "High-Resolution Land Use and Land Cover Map（Japan）Version 25.04" was released.
- Mar. 31, 2025
- PALSAR-2 global mosaic map of 2024 was released.
- Nov. 15, 2024
- JERS-1 SAR global mosaic dataset Ver.2 was released.
- Sep. 30, 2024
- High-Resolution map of forest above-ground carbon storage Products was released.
- May 17, 2024
- PALSAR-2 global mosaic map of 2023 was released.
- Apr. 30, 2024
- "ALOS World 3D-30m (AW3D30)" updated version was released.
- Dec. 27, 2023
- "High-Resolution Land Use and Land Cover Map（Japan）Version 23.12" was released.
What's NEW!
- May 12, 2025
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• PALSAR-3 map/kml of basic and thematic observation plans were uploaded.(Cycle18 ~ Cycle23)
• PALSAR-3 Basic Observation Mode per cycle (World/Japan) were uploaded.
• ALOS-4 shapefile of observation path/frame were uploaded. - Apr. 1, 2025
- End of Alternative provision of ALOS-2 Open and Free data (PALSAR-2 ScanSAR L1.1) service.
- Mar. 25, 2025
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Calibration results of ALOS-2/PALSAR-2 standard products were updated.
[Announcement of deviation from orbit control window was updated] - Mar. 21, 2025
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• ALOS-2 / "PALSAR-2 Basic Observation Scenario Map/User Guideline" was updated.(CYCLE281 ~ CYCLE293)
• PALSAR-2 Basic Observation Mode per cycle (World/Japan) was updated.
• ALOS-2 Basic Observation Scenario (3rd Edition,Ver.N) was uploaded. - Mar. 14, 2025
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Calibration results of ALOS-2/PALSAR-2 standard products were updated.
[Announcement of deviation from orbit control window was updated]
Project
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An L-band SAR mission achieving wide swath observation with high resolution, as successor of "DAICHI-2" (ALOS-2). In operation since 2024.
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An optical mission achieving high resolution observation with wide swath, as successor of optical mission of "DAICHI" (ALOS). The launch failed on Mar. 7, 2023.
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Follow-on mission of L-band SAR from "DAICHI" (ALOS), which contributes for a variety of purposes, including disaster monitoring, forest distribution, and analysis of crustal movement. In operation since 2014.
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This project aimed to contribute various earth observation field as mapping, disaster monitoring, and resource surveying in global.
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The first satellite in Japan equipped with L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and stereoscopic optical instrument and observed global land area for various purposes.
Dataset
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Global 25m-resolution mosaics using ALOS-2 PALSAR-2, ALOS PALSAR, and JERS-1 SAR images and global forest/non-forest maps.
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The reference dataset for the "ALOS Kyoto and Carbon Initiative Project".
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The precise global digital 3D map using ALOS PRISM. Version 3.2 of the global 30m-mesh digital surface model (DSM) is freely available.
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High-resolution land cover classification map dataset for Japan and Vietnam. Three temporal datasets are available for the Japan region.
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The Global Mangrove Watch (GMW) was established in 2011 under JAXA's Kyoto & Carbon Initiative.
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JJ-FAST is a web-based system using JAXA’s ALOS-2 to monitor tropical forests every 1.5 months and release deforestation data, even in the rainy season.
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Ortho-rectified image products of ALOS/AVNIR-2 for the Japan region.
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Monitoring the north and south polar regions using PALSAR for contributing "International Polar Year".
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Glacial lake inventory dataset of Bhutan using AVNIR-2 and PRISM.
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ALOS-2/PALSAR-2 scene-by-scene product with ortho-rectification and radiometric terrain correction.
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High-resolution biomass map was generated by constructing a model using machine learning based on satellite data from ALOS-2 , the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2 optical satellite, and other data