ASF SAR processing system overview

The Alaska SAR Facility (ASF) situated at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) is currently undergoing an extensive development effort to increase its capabilities in handling new sensors and in the areas of throughput, data handling, archive, and distribution. The SAR Processing System (SPS) in particular will be much enhanced and will expand from the current single processor configuration to one that consists of three SAR processors in total. With the new SPS, the current processing capabilities for ERS-1 and JERS-1 will remain. Added will be processing capabilities for ERS-2 (late 1994) and RADARSAT (early 1995). Moreover, improvements in the areas of throughput, reliability, maintainability and operability will be achieved.<>