I am searching for optical and radar satellite image subsets in order to validate a new fusion algorithm. Ideally, images should have close acquisition date with different land cover/use. Thanks.
I would think any data of this type would be commercial and won't be provided for free. By the way, it might help if you say what you are trying to do. People might be more inclined to help if the project is non-military (surveying, environmental, mining, etc).
It is for pure academic civil research, where the results will be published in scientific journals [ probably Open access ones :) ]. As it is about fundamental issues in image processing, the algorithm can be used in different field including environmental, mining, etc