Topics
New Arrival
- 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.
- Sep. 28, 2023
- "High-Resolution Land Use and Land Cover Map of Vietnam for 2020 (Version 23.09)" was released.
- Aug. 10, 2023
- PALSAR global mosaic maps of 2008 and 2009 were updated to Ver.2.3.0.
- Jun. 5, 2023
- PALSAR global mosaic maps of 2007 and 2010 were updated to Ver.2.3.0.
- Apr. 28, 2023
- PALSAR-2 global mosaic map of 2022 was released.
- Apr. 7, 2023
- "ALOS World 3D-30m (AW3D30)" updated version was released.
What's NEW!
- Jul 5, 2024
- ALOS-4 launch result was referred on this page.
- Jul 4, 2024
- The Fourth Research Announcement on the Earth Observation was issued.
The Proposal submission deadline is August 21, 2024. - May 23, 2024
- "ALOS World 3D-30m (AW3D30)" webpage was updated.
- May 21, 2024
- ALOS-4 PALSAR-3 Basic Observation Scenario (Rev. B) was released.
- May 16, 2024
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Calibration results of ALOS-2/PALSAR-2 standard products were updated.
[Announcement of deviation from orbit control window was updated] - May 13, 2024
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• ALOS-2 accumulated observation results (from observation start date to present: 2014/8/4~2023/12/10) were uploaded.
• ALOS-2 annual observation results (2023: 2022/12/12~2023/12/10) were uploaded.
• ALOS-2 Supersites observation results (from observation start date to present: 2014/8/4~2023/12/10) were uploaded.
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.