UAVSAR

Dec 19, 2022

Airborne NASA Radar Maps Mauna Loa Lava Changes in Hawaii

Teams from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) used UAVSAR's Ka-Band observations to map the thickness of lava flows during a series of flights in December

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Dec 13, 2021

NASA-NOAA Tech Will Aid Marine Oil Spill Response

NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists are teaming up to test remote sensing technology for use in oil spill response.

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Sep 15, 2020

NASA Takes Flight to Study California's Wildfire Burn Areas

The flights are being used to identify structures damaged in the fires while also mapping burn areas that may be at future risk of landslides and debris flows.

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Jun 2, 2020

New paper on landslide dynamics

New methods for integrating UAVSAR and satellite observations have produced 3D displacement maps with unprecedented amount of detail and shed light on the impact of rainfall.

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Feb 8, 2019

Drought then Deluge Turned a Stable Landslide into Disaster

For the first time, scientists have documented the transition of a stable, slow-moving landslide into a catastrophic collapse, showing how drought and extreme rains likely destabilized the slide

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Nov 20, 2018

NASA Mobilizes to Aid California Fires Response

UAVSAR observations collected over the Woolsey and Hill fires will be combined with optical and thermal data to characterize fire scars and aid studies on landslide hazards.

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Sep 14, 2018

Hurricane Florence Resources - UAVSAR

UAVSAR imagery provides an opportunity to map floodwater extent areas impacted by Hurricane Florence

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Jun 1, 2018

GLISTIN-A helps researchers understand the Kilauea eruption

The NASA Disasters Program webpage features a Story Map describing GLISTIN's contribution to Kilauea monitoring efforts.

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Feb 12, 2018

UAVSAR Shows Effects of Deadly California Debris Flows

Processed UAVSAR imagery show surface disruption caused by the debris flows following the Thomas Fire in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.

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Aug 31, 2017

NASA Working with Partners to Provide Harvey Response

The UAVSAR team is working in collaboration with Texas researchers and government to produce observations over rivers, flood plains and critical infrastructure.

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Aug 31, 2017

Sink or Swim? Using Radar to Protect California's Water Supply

Dr. Cathleen Jones talks on Oct 19 and 20 about her research on monitoring California levees with Synthetic Aperture Radar. A live stream is available.

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May 24, 2017

NASA's Arctic Ecosystem Science Flights Begin

A NASA-led effort to advance our ability to monitor changing Arctic and boreal ecosystems has started its second season

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Feb 28, 2017

NASA Data Show California's San Joaquin Valley Still Sinking

JPL scientists compared multiple satellite and airborne InSAR images of Earth's surface to produce maps showing how subsidence varies over space and time.

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Feb 8, 2017

NASA-Led Campaign Studies Hawaii's Iconic Volcanoes

A multi-instrument deployment will help us better understand volcanic processes and help mitigate volcanic hazards.

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Feb 8, 2017

NASA Studies a Rarity: Growing Louisiana Deltas

Instruments mounted on aircraft can be used to study the growing deltas.

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Dec 21, 2016

NASA Releases New, Detailed Greenland Glacier Data

The Oceans Melting Greenland campaign has released new, more accurate maps of Greenland's coastal glaciers

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May 16, 2016

New Study Maps Rate of New Orleans Sinking

Scientists from California and Louisiana use UAVSAR imagery to produce estimates of land sinking rates in New Orleans.

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Feb 25, 2016

NASA, Partner Space Agencies Measure Forests In Gabon

A contingent of NASA airborne instruments and scientists to study the dense African tropical forests in Gabon.

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Jan 27, 2016

NASA Radar Brings a New View of World Heritage Site

Airborne NASA synthetic aperture radar proved it could pinpoint areas of disturbance in Peru's Nazca lines World Heritage Site.

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Oct 20, 2015

NASA Study Improves Understanding of LA Quake Risks

A new NASA-led analysis of a moderate magnitude 5.1 earthquake that shook Greater Los Angeles in 2014 finds that the earthquake deformed the Earth's crust across a broad region.

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Aug 26, 2015

NASA's OMG Mission Maps Greenland's Coastline

The Ka-band sensor GLISTIN-A will be part of a multi-instrument effort to study the impacts of rising temperatures in Greenland.

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Aug 20, 2015

California Drought Causing Valley Land to Sink

UAVSAR and other SAR instruments are used by JPL researchers to map ground subsidence in California's Central Valley.

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Jun 18, 2015

NASA Joins North Sea Oil Cleanup Training Exercise

UAVSAR participated for the first time in Norway's annual oil spill cleanup exercise in the North Sea on June 8 through 11.

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Jun 16, 2015

NASA Eyes Study Louisiana's Changing Wetlands

NASA recently completed an intensive study of Louisiana Gulf Coast levees and wetlands, making measurements with three advanced imaging instruments on two research aircraft.

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Sep 10, 2014

NASA Research Aids Response to Napa Quake

NASA data and expertise are proving invaluable in California's ongoing response to the Aug. 24 earthquake in Napa Valley.

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Aug 29, 2014

NASA Radar System Surveys Napa Quake Area

NASA scientists are conducting an airborne survey of earthquake fault displacements in the Napa Valley area of California using UAVSAR.

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Apr 30, 2014

California Faults Moved Quietly After Baja Quake

A new NASA study finds that a major 2010 earthquake in northern Mexico triggered quiet, non-shaking motions on several Southern California faults

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Apr 1, 2014

NASA Radar Watches Over California's Aging Levees

NASA's UAVSAR is monitoring levees for early signs of stress that could lead to failure.

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Mar 6, 2014

NASA Radar Demonstrates Ability to Foresee Sinkholes

UAVSAR data reveal indications of a huge sinkhole before it collapsed and forced evacuations.

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Jan 28, 2014

NASA Radar Maps the Winter Pace of Iceland's Glaciers

UAVSAR data will help scientists better understand processes involved in melting glaciers - contributors to rising sea levels.

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Apr 3, 2013

NASA Flies Radar South on Wide-Ranging Expedition

UAVSAR showcases its broad scientific prowess for studying our home planet during a month-long expedition over the Americas.

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Oct 25, 2012

NASA Radar Penetrates Thick, Thin of Gulf Oil Spill

JPL researchers demonstrate that UAVSAR can be used to characterize oil

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Oct 2, 2012

NASA Radar to Study Volcanoes in Alaska, Japan

UAVSAR left CA for a 10-day campaign to study volcanoes in Alaska and Japan

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Aug 10, 2012

NASA Conducts Airborne Study of Colorado Landslide

UAVSAR data is used to create a detailed 3D map of landslide motion

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Jun 7, 2012

NASA Airborne Radar Studies Icelandic Ice Caps

UAVSAR heads back to Iceland to study the glacial velocity of ice caps

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Feb 9, 2012

3-D Map Study Shows Before-After of 2010 Mexico Quake

UAVSAR continues to track deformation after the 2010 Mexicali earthquake

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Jan 17, 2012

Hawaiian Volcano Study

UAVSAR returns to Hawaii to understand processes occuring under Earth''s surface

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Dec 20, 2011

Soil Moisture Vegetation

UAVSAR flies with other airborne instruments over California''s San Joaquin Valley

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Apr 27, 2011

Costa Rica Deployment

UAVSAR flies to Central America on volcano mission

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Dec 16, 2010

Mexicali Earthquake

Quake studies uncover suprises for California

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Jul 1, 2010

Gulf Oil Spill

UAVSAR images the coastline to track the extent of the oil spill on wetlands

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Jan 26, 2010

Haiti Earthquake

UAVSAR flies over Haiti to study earthquake faults

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Jun 29, 2009

Arctic Ice Radar Mission

UAVSAR flies to Greenland Iceland to study glaciers, ice streams, and topography

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