The dataset contains all ESA acquisitions over the ADEN zone (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) plus some products received from JAXA over areas of interest around the world. Further information on ADEN zones can be found in this technical note (https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/documents/20142/37627/ALOS-ADEN-Zone.pdf). ALOS PALSAR products are available in following modes:• Fine Beam Single polarisation(FBS): single polarisation (HH or VV), swath 40-70km, resolution 10m, temporal coverage from 02/05/2006 to 30/03/2011 • Fine Beam Double polarisation (FBD): double polarisation (HH/HV or VV/VH) ), swath 40-70km, resolution 10m, temporal coverage from 02/05/2006 to 30/03/2011 • Polarimetry mode (PLR), with four polarisations simultaneously: swath 30km, resolution 30m, temporal coverage from 26/08/2006 to 14/04/2011 • ScanSAR Burst mode 1 (WB1), single polarization: swath 250-350km, resolution 100m, temporal coverage from 12/06/2006 to 21/04/2011 Following processing levels are available: • RAW( level 1.0): Raw data generated by every downlink segment and every band. Divided into an equivalent size to one scene. • GDH (level 1.5):Ground range Detected, Normal resolution product • GEC (level 1.5): Geocoded product

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ESA Short Name: ALOS.PALSAR.FBS.FBD.PLR.products Version ID: NA Unique ID: C1965336814-ESA

This collection provides access to the ALOS-1 PRISM (Panchromatic Remote-sensing Instrument for Stereo Mapping) OB1 L1C data acquired by ESA stations (Kiruna, Maspalomas, Matera, Tromsoe) in the _$$ADEN zone$$ https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/documents/20142/37627/Information-on-ALOS-AVNIR-2-PRISM-Products-for-ADEN-users.pdf , in addition to worldwide data requested by European scientists. The ADEN zone was the area belonging to the European Data node and covered both the European and African continents, a large part of Greenland and the Middle East. The full mission archive is included in this collection, though with gaps in spatial coverage outside of the; with respect to the L1B collection, only scenes acquired in sensor mode, with Cloud Coverage score lower than 70% and a sea percentage lower than 80% are published: • Time window: from 2006-08-01 to 2011-03-31 • Orbits: from 2768 to 27604 • Path (corresponds to JAXA track number): from 1 to 665 • Row (corresponds to JAXA scene centre frame number): from 310 to 6790. The L1C processing strongly improve accuracy compared to L1B1 from several tenths of meters in L1B1 (~40 m of northing geolocation error for Forward views and ~10-20 m for easting errors) to some meters in L1C scenes (< 10 m both in north and easting errors). The collection is composed by only PSM_OB1_1C EO-SIP product type, with PRISM sensor operating in OB1 mode and having the three views (Nadir, Forward and Backward) at 35km width. The most part of the products contains all the three views, but the Nadir view is always available and is used for the frame number identification. All views are packaged together; each view, in CEOS format, is stored in a directory named according to the JAXA view ID naming convention.

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ESA Short Name: alos-prism-l1c Version ID: 8.0 Unique ID: C2619280661-ESA

ALOS AVNIR-2 OBS ORI

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ASF Short Name: ALOS_AVNIR_OBS_ORI Version ID: 2 Unique ID: C1808440897-ASF

ALOS PALSAR Level 2.2

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ASF Short Name: ALOS_PSR_L2.2 Version ID: 1 Unique ID: C2011599335-ASF

On the background of these requirements for sensor calibration, intercalibration and product validation, the subgroup on Calibration and Validation of the Committee on Earth Observing System (CEOS) formulated the following recommendation during the plenary session held in China at the end of 2004, with the goal of setting-up and operating an internet based system to provide sensor data, protocols and guidelines for these purposes: Background: Reference Datasets are required to support the understanding of climate change and quality assure operational services by Earth Observing satellites. The data from different sensors and the resulting synergistic data products require a high level of accuracy that can only be obtained through continuous traceable calibration and validation activities. Requirement: Initiate an activity to document a reference methodology to predict Top of Atmosphere (TOA) radiance for which currently flying and planned wide swath sensors can be intercompared, i.e. define a standard for traceability. Also create and maintain a fully accessible web page containing, on an instrument basis, links to all instrument characteristics needed for intercomparisons as specified above, ideally in a common format. In addition, create and maintain a database (e.g. SADE) of instrument data for specific vicarious calibration sites, including site characteristics, in a common format. Each agency is responsible for providing data for their instruments in this common format. Recommendation : The required activities described above should be supported for an implementation period of two years and a maintenance period over two subsequent years. The CEOS should encourage a member agency to accept the lead role in supporting this activity. CEOS should request all member agencies to support this activity by providing appropriate information and data in a timely manner. Pseudo-Invariant Calibration Sites (PICS): Algeria 3 is one of six CEOS reference Pseudo-Invariant Calibration Sites (PICS) that are CEOS Reference Test Sites. Besides the nominally good site characteristics (temporal stability, uniformity, homogeneity, etc.), these six PICS were selected by also taking into account their heritage and the large number of datasets from multiple instruments that already existed in the EO archives and the long history of characterization performed over these sites. The PICS have high reflectance and are usually made up of sand dunes with climatologically low aerosol loading and practically no vegetation. Consequently, these PICS can be used to evaluate the long-term stability of instrument and facilitate inter-comparison of multiple instruments.

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USGS_LTA Short Name: CEOS_CalVal_Test_Sites-Algeria3 Version ID: Not provided Unique ID: C1220567099-USGS_LTA