Will ASF HyP3 support NISAR? Any roadmap/timeline?

[iwa103]

Hi ASF/HyP3 team,

I currently use HyP3 for Sentinel-1 InSAR processing. However, Sentinel-1 is C-band and coherence often degrades over vegetated/mountainous areas. In my region (many mountainous/forested slopes), C-band InSAR frequently fails to maintain coherence, so I’m very interested in NISAR (L-band) for routine monitoring and evaluation.

Will NISAR data (e.g., GSLC / GUNW / RTC) be supported in ASF HyP3 in the future? If so, is there any public roadmap or tentative timeline for when HyP3 processing will become available for NISAR?

If others are also interested, please reply with your use case (e.g., landslides/infrastructure/agriculture), desired product types, and urgency—so community demand is visible.

Thank you.

Regards
Yoshi Iwasa
Ehime pref,Japan

[khogenso]

Yoshi,

Thank you for highlighting your use case. Forested, mountainous terrain is exactly where L-band shines, and your feedback helps us prioritize our efforts.

We are currently working with NASA ESDIS and JPL to find a cost-effective way to process NISAR’s massive data volume. Our goal is to provide interoperable, analysis-ready products while staying within our budgetary limits.

• Will HyP3 support NISAR? We are actively evaluating this. It is a high-priority option, but the final decision depends on available resources.
• Where is the roadmap? We will be adding a development roadmap to the NISAR Data User Guide around the time of the next data release (expected next month).

Please keep sharing your specific needs for L-band products; it provides the "community demand" data we need to justify these tools to NASA!

-- Kirk, ASF NISAR Project Manager