ALOS PALSAR Low Resolution Radiometric Terrain Corrected Product

Published by ASF | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Metadata Last Checked: February 14, 2026 | Last Modified: 2026-02-10

ASF's SAR Radiometric Terrain Corrected (RTC) dataset gives terrestrial world-wide coverage; excluding Antarctica, Greenland, Iceland, and Asia north of 60 degrees latitude. Users can analyze radiometry with the effects of topography removed. Topography can be analyzed with the effects of layover and shadow corrected. This SAR product works well with optical Landsat 8.

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description	ASF's SAR Radiometric Terrain Corrected (RTC) dataset gives terrestrial world-wide coverage; excluding Antarctica, Greenland, Iceland, and Asia north of 60 degrees latitude. Users can analyze radiometry with the effects of topography removed. Topography can be analyzed with the effects of layover and shadow corrected. This SAR product works well with optical Landsat 8.
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landingPage	https://search.asf.alaska.edu/
modified	2026-02-10
programCode	[ "026:000" ]
publisher	{ "name": "ASF", "@type": "org:Organization" }
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temporal	2006-03-23/2006-03-23
theme	[ "Earth Science" ]
title	ALOS PALSAR Low Resolution Radiometric Terrain Corrected Product