Damage mapping of the 2016 Kumamoto EQ

Damage Mapping by SAR Remote Sensing

JAXA ALOS-2 data

The analysis was performed for damage mapping in the affected area of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, using the JAXA ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 data.

Results

Note that the results are preliminary and will be updated shortly.

Data specification
  Acquisition date Beam Mode Orbit
Post-event 17 April 2017 Strip Map , HH-polarization Ascending

The damage mapping was performed (Bai et al.,2016) by using JAXA ALOS2 PALSAR-2 post-event data (acquired on 17 April 2016) with the ground photos taken by Dr. Hideomi Gokon (The University of Tokyo).

Post-event PALSAR-2 data

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