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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-1577-2023
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Data description paper
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12 Apr 2023
Data description paper |
| 12 Apr 2023
| 12 Apr 2023
A global long-term, high-resolution satellite radar backscatter data record (1992–2022+): merging C-band ERS/ASCAT and Ku-band QSCAT
Shengli Tao
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Beidou Research Institute, Faculty of Engineering, South China Normal University, Foshan 528000, China
Jean-Pierre Wigneron
INRAE, UMR1391 ISPA, Université de Bordeaux, 33140 Villenave d'Ornon, France
Sassan Saatchi
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
Philippe Ciais
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement/IPSL,
CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Jérôme Chave
CNRS, Université Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier, IRD, UMR 5174,
Evolution et Diversité Biologique (EDB), 31062 Toulouse, France
Thuy Le Toan
Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphère, CNRS-CNES-UPS-IRD,
Toulouse, France
Pierre-Louis Frison
LaSTIG, Université Gustave Eiffel, ENSG, IGN, 77420 Champs-sur-Marne, France
Xiaomei Hu
Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Lei Fan
Chongqing Jinfo Mountain Karst Ecosystem National Observation and
Research Station, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
Mengjia Wang
School of Geoscience and Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China
Jiangling Zhu
Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Xia Zhao
State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change,
Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
Xiaojun Li
INRAE, UMR1391 ISPA, Université de Bordeaux, 33140 Villenave d'Ornon, France
Xiangzhuo Liu
INRAE, UMR1391 ISPA, Université de Bordeaux, 33140 Villenave d'Ornon, France
Yanjun Su
State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change,
Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
Tianyu Hu
State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change,
Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
Qinghua Guo
Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Institute of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems,
School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Zhiheng Wang
Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Zhiyao Tang
Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Yi Y. Liu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New
South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Jingyun Fang
Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Data sets
A global satellite radar backscatter data record (1992-2022+): Merging C-band ERS/ASCAT and Ku-band QSCAT S. Tao, Z. Ao, J.-P. Wigneron, S. Saatchi, P. Ciais, J. Chave, T. Le Toan, P.-L. Frison, X. Hu, C. Chen, L. Fan, M. Wang, J. Zhu, X. Zhao, X. Li, X. Liu, Y. Su, T. Hu, Q. Guo, Z. Wang, Z. Tang, Y. Y. Liu, and J. Fang https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.20407857
Short summary
We provide the first long-term (since 1992), high-resolution (8.9 km) satellite radar backscatter data set (LHScat) with a C-band (5.3 GHz) signal dynamic for global lands. LHScat was created by fusing signals from ERS (1992–2001; C-band), QSCAT (1999–2009; Ku-band), and ASCAT (since 2007; C-band). LHScat has been validated against independent ERS-2 signals. It could be used in a variety of studies, such as vegetation monitoring and hydrological modelling.
We provide the first long-term (since 1992), high-resolution (8.9 km) satellite radar...
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