An Operational Analysis Ready Radar Backscatter Dataset for the African Continent
Digital Earth Africa is now providing an operational Sentinel-1 normalized radar backscatter dataset for Africa. This is the first free and open continental scale analysis ready data of this kind that has been developed to be compliant with the CEOS Analysis Ready Data for Land (CARD4L) specificatio...
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| author | Fang Yuan Marko Repse Alex Leith Ake Rosenqvist Grega Milcinski Negin F. Moghaddam Tishampati Dhar Chad Burton Lisa Hall Cedric Jorand Adam Lewis |
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| description | Digital Earth Africa is now providing an operational Sentinel-1 normalized radar backscatter dataset for Africa. This is the first free and open continental scale analysis ready data of this kind that has been developed to be compliant with the CEOS Analysis Ready Data for Land (CARD4L) specification for normalized radar backscatter (NRB) products. Partnership with Sinergise, a European geospatial company and Earth observation data provider, has ensured this dataset is produced efficiently in the cloud infrastructure and can be sustained in the long term. The workflow applies radiometric terrain correction (RTC) to the Sentinel-1 ground range detected (GRD) product, using the Copernicus 30 m digital elevation model (DEM). The method is used to generate data for a range of sites around the world and has been validated as producing good results. This dataset over Africa is made available publicly as a AWS public dataset and can be accessed through the Digital Earth Africa platform and its Open Data Cube API. We expect this dataset to support a wide range of applications, including natural resource monitoring, agriculture, and land cover mapping across Africa. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-10765caa818d4fd386ca48b5071dc0a12023-11-23T15:16:19ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922022-01-0114235110.3390/rs14020351An Operational Analysis Ready Radar Backscatter Dataset for the African ContinentFang Yuan0Marko Repse1Alex Leith2Ake Rosenqvist3Grega Milcinski4Negin F. Moghaddam5Tishampati Dhar6Chad Burton7Lisa Hall8Cedric Jorand9Adam Lewis10Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra 2601, AustraliaSinergise, Cvetkova Ulica 29, SI-1000 Ljubljana, SloveniaGeoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra 2601, Australiasolo Earth Observation (soloEO), Tokyo 104-0054, JapanSinergise, Cvetkova Ulica 29, SI-1000 Ljubljana, SloveniaGeoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra 2601, AustraliaGeoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra 2601, AustraliaGeoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra 2601, AustraliaGeoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra 2601, AustraliaGeoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra 2601, AustraliaGeoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra 2601, AustraliaDigital Earth Africa is now providing an operational Sentinel-1 normalized radar backscatter dataset for Africa. This is the first free and open continental scale analysis ready data of this kind that has been developed to be compliant with the CEOS Analysis Ready Data for Land (CARD4L) specification for normalized radar backscatter (NRB) products. Partnership with Sinergise, a European geospatial company and Earth observation data provider, has ensured this dataset is produced efficiently in the cloud infrastructure and can be sustained in the long term. The workflow applies radiometric terrain correction (RTC) to the Sentinel-1 ground range detected (GRD) product, using the Copernicus 30 m digital elevation model (DEM). The method is used to generate data for a range of sites around the world and has been validated as producing good results. This dataset over Africa is made available publicly as a AWS public dataset and can be accessed through the Digital Earth Africa platform and its Open Data Cube API. We expect this dataset to support a wide range of applications, including natural resource monitoring, agriculture, and land cover mapping across Africa.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/2/351synthetic aperture radarSentinel-1analysis ready datanormalized radar backscatterOpen Data Cube |
| spellingShingle | Fang Yuan Marko Repse Alex Leith Ake Rosenqvist Grega Milcinski Negin F. Moghaddam Tishampati Dhar Chad Burton Lisa Hall Cedric Jorand Adam Lewis An Operational Analysis Ready Radar Backscatter Dataset for the African Continent Remote Sensing synthetic aperture radar Sentinel-1 analysis ready data normalized radar backscatter Open Data Cube |
| title | An Operational Analysis Ready Radar Backscatter Dataset for the African Continent |
| title_full | An Operational Analysis Ready Radar Backscatter Dataset for the African Continent |
| title_fullStr | An Operational Analysis Ready Radar Backscatter Dataset for the African Continent |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Operational Analysis Ready Radar Backscatter Dataset for the African Continent |
| title_short | An Operational Analysis Ready Radar Backscatter Dataset for the African Continent |
| title_sort | operational analysis ready radar backscatter dataset for the african continent |
| topic | synthetic aperture radar Sentinel-1 analysis ready data normalized radar backscatter Open Data Cube |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/2/351 |
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