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New Arrival

Apr. 28, 2023
PALSAR-2 global mosaic map in 2022 was released.
Apr. 7, 2023
"ALOS World 3D-30m (AW3D30)" updated version was released.
Jan. 31, 2023
"High Resolution Land Use Land Cover Map (Okinawa Island) ver.23.01" was released.
Sep. 21, 2022
Replaced some tiles of the PALSAR-2 global mosaic datasets were updated to Ver.2.1.2.
Aug. 5, 2022
Global Mangrove Watch (version 3.0) raster dataset was released.
Jul. 27, 2022
PALSAR-2 Level 2.2 product was released.
Jul. 26, 2022
PALSAR-2 global mosaic datasets from 2015 to 2021 were updated to Ver.2.1.1.
Jul. 26, 2022
A Report on the Increase of PALSAR-2 Geometric Errors due to Ionospheric Effects
Jun. 21, 2022
PALSAR-2 global mosaic datasets from 2015 to 2021 were updated to Ver.2.1.0
Apr. 12, 2022
• PALSAR-2 global mosaic datasets in 2015 and 2016 were updated.
• PALSAR-2 global mosaic dataset in 2021 was released.
• Forest/non-forest maps in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 were released.
Apr. 1, 2022
Three tiles of "High Resolution Land Use Land Cover Map (Japan) ver.21.11" have been updated.

What's NEW!

May 11, 2023
” Monitoring fluctuating forest carbon from space”
－ ESA Climate Change Initiative (CCI) releases the latest version of global forest biomass dataset using ALOS and ALOS-2－ (Link to JAXA’s “Satellite Navigator”)
Apr. 11, 2023
All PALSAR-2 ScanSAR L1.1/L2.2 products for the following period are now available from G-Portal.
Obs. period: August 2014 - February 2023
Apr. 5, 2023
• ALOS-2 / "PALSAR-2 Basic Observation Scenario Map/User Guideline" was updated.(CYCLE229 ~ CYCLE241)
• PALSAR-2 Basic Observation Mode per cycle (World/Japan) was updated.
• ALOS-2 Basic Observation Scenario (3rd Edition,Ver.J) was uploaded.
Mar. 16, 2023
The 2nd Earth Observation Research Announcement(ALOS series PI) List (EO-RA2) was updated.
Mar. 7, 2023
Launch Failure of the First H3 Launch Vehicle and Setting up a Special Task Force
Mar. 6, 2023
Calibration results of ALOS-2/PALSAR-2 standard products were updated.
[Announcement of deviation from orbit control window by the debris avoidance maneuver (Final)]
Mar. 1, 2023
ALOS-2/PALSAR-2 ScanSAR data for the Turkey earthquake released for free.
Feb. 10, 2023
Calibration results of ALOS-2/PALSAR-2 standard products were updated.
[Announcement of deviation from orbit control window by the debris avoidance maneuver (Final)]
Feb. 9, 2023
Calibration results of ALOS-2/PALSAR-2 standard products were updated.
[Announcement of deviation from orbit control window by the debris avoidance maneuver]
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Project

  • ALOS-4, DAICHI-4
    ALOS-4, "DAICHI-4"

    An L-band SAR mission achieving wide swath observation with high resolution, as successor of "DAICHI-2" (ALOS-2). To be launched in JFY2023.

  • ALOS-3, DAICHI-3
    ALOS-3, "DAICHI-3"

    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.

  • ALOS-2, DAICHI-2
    ALOS-2, "DAICHI-2"

    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.

  • ALOS, DAICHI
    ALOS, "DAICHI"

    This project aimed to contribute various earth observation field as mapping, disaster monitoring, and resource surveying in global.

  • JERS-1, FUYO-1
    JERS-1, "FUYO-1"

    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.

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