NISAR Level-2 GIFs

Building on the previous post, we show how easy it is to update our Sentinel-1 GIF generator to point at NASA's NISAR collections to create similar backscatter and coherence GIFs on our EarthOne platform.

This update required minimal changes: 1. Use NISAR frame IDs instead of Sentinel-1 burst IDs. 2. Use hh polarization as the default for NISAR backscatter as opposed to vv for Sentinel-1. 3. Use NISAR catalog product IDs instead of Sentinel-1 product IDs. 4. Update value range for backscatter to use linear units instead of dB.

Shown below is a GIF of 12-day coherence over a Solar Farm under construction in Saudi Arabia. The coherence layer is read in directly from GUNW products. The current beta product stack only has 3 scenes, but the strength of EarthOne API's and quality of NISAR data over this arid environment is clear to see.

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