陸域観測技術衛星2号「だいち2号」(ALOS-2)の概要
Overview of Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2)

Takeshi MOTOHKA, Yukihiro KANKAKU, Shinichi SUZUKI
2016 Journal of The Remote Sensing Society of Japan  
Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2) is a Japanese earth observation satellite operated over two years after the launch on May 24, 2014. The mission objective of ALOS-2 are disaster monitoring, environmental monitoring, land monitoring, and technology development. To achieve these missions, ALOS-2 carries the Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar-2 (PALSAR-2) that has many improved performances compared to previous L-band SAR satellite in Japan. This paper introduces the
more » ... -2 missions, specifications of the satellite and PALSAR-2, current operation status such as data acuisition and emergency observation, and examples of PALSAR-2 applications.
doi:10.11440/rssj.36.320 fatcat:m6rkjrhsrjfezosk57bieot7pe