Sample Datasets

The small collection of datasets below is provided for demonstration purposes only, intended to enable users to practice using POLSARPRO and develop a better understanding of POLSAR and POLInSAR techniques.

We would like to thank all the Agencies, Research Institutes and Universities who donated datasets free of charge.

AIRSAR Courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech

Death Valley (CA), US

STK-MLC format with header: 1279 rows x 1024 cols
Download (11Mb)

Generated with processor v3.56

Flevoland, NL

STK-MLC format with header: 750 rows x 1024 cols
Download (7Mb)

Generated with processor v3.56

San Francisco Bay (CA), US STK-MLC format without header: 900 rows x 1024 cols Download (9Mb) Generated with processor v3.56 These Demonstration Sample Datasets have been extracted from the SIR-C Education Program CD ROM, Volume Id: SIRCED01.

CONVAIR Thanks to Dr Daniel DELISLE and Dr Sahebi Mahmod REZA

Ottawa, CA

2x2 Complex Sinclair format [S2]: 222 rows x 3429 cols
Download (22Mb)

Note for Win32 Users: Click on "Convert Input IEEE binary Format (LE<>BE)" during CONVAIR data conversion.

Note: The Pauli RGB image (left) has been obtained by applying a 10x Azimuth MultiLooking during the CONVAIR data extraction and conversion.

Ice Area, CA

2x2 Complex Sinclair format [S2]: 544 rows x 5238 cols
Download (83Mb)

Note for Win32 Users: Click on "Convert Input IEEE binary Format (LE<>BE)" during CONVAIR data conversion.

Note: The Pauli RGB image (left) has been obtained by applying a 10x Azimuth MultiLooking during the CONVAIR data extraction and conversion.

EMISAR Thanks to Prof. Henning SKIVER and Dr Jorgen DALLl

Foulum, DK

2x2 Complex Sinclair format [S2]: 1750 rows x 1000 cols
Download (22Mb)

Note for Win32 Users: Click on "Convert Input IEEE binary Format (LE<>BE)" during EMISAR data conversion.

Foulum, DK

3x3 Complex Covariance format [C3]: 1100 rows x 1772 cols
Download (64Mb)

ESAR Thanks to Dr Kostas PAPATHANASSIOU

Oberpfaffenhofen, DE

2x2 Complex Sinclair format [S2] without header: 2816 rows x 1540 cols
Download (127Mb)

6x6 Coherence matrix [T6] without header: 1300 rows x 1200 cols;
Download (206Mb)

PISAR Thanks to Prof. Yoshio YAMAGUCHI

Niigata, JP

2x2 Complex Sinclair format [S2], MGPSSC Format: 1200 rows x 1200 cols
Download (38Mb)

Note for Win32 Users: Click on "Convert Input IEEE binary Format (LE<>BE)" during PISAR data conversion.

Tsukuba, JP STK-MGP Format: 2000 rows x 2000 cols Download (36Mb) Note for Win32 Users: Click on "Convert Input IEEE binary Format (LE<>BE)" during PISAR data conversion. This Demonstration Sample Dataset has been extracted from the CD ROM Dataset of CRL / NASDA (PI-SAR) vol. 1.

RADARSAT-2 (simulated) Thanks to Dr Daniel DELISLE and Dr Sahebi Mahmod REZA

Quebec City, CA

Fine Beam Mode Quad-pol: 2055 rows x 1720 cols
Download (41Mb)

Note for Win32 Users: Click on "Convert Input IEEE binary Format (LE<>BE)" during RADARSAT-2 data conversion.

Quebec City, CA Standard Beam Mode Quad-pol: 2055 rows x 683 cols Download (16Mb) Note for Win32 Users: Click on "Convert Input IEEE binary Format (LE<>BE)" during RADARSAT-2 data conversion. These Demonstration Sample Datasets have been extracted from the CAS CD ROM Getting ready for RADARSAT-2: Pre-launch Products and Activities. RADARSAT-2 products are SIMULATED from Convair-580 data.