Copernicus Sentinel-2A Calibration and Products Validation Status

As part of the Copernicus programme of the European Commission (EC), the European Space Agency (ESA) has developed and is currently operating the Sentinel-2 mission that is acquiring high spatial resolution optical imagery. This article provides a description of the calibration activities and the st...

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Published in:Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2017-06, Vol.9 (6), p.584-81
Main Authors: Gascon, Ferran, Bouzinac, Catherine, Thépaut, Olivier, Jung, Mathieu, Francesconi, Benjamin, Louis, Jérôme, Lonjou, Vincent, Lafrance, Bruno, Massera, Stéphane, Gaudel-Vacaresse, Angélique, Languille, Florie, Alhammoud, Bahjat, Viallefont, Françoise, Pflug, Bringfried, Bieniarz, Jakub, Clerc, Sébastien, Pessiot, Laëtitia, Trémas, Thierry, Cadau, Enrico, De Bonis, Roberto, Isola, Claudia, Martimort, Philippe, Fernandez, Valérie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alliances
Atmosphere
Calibration
Engineering Sciences
Imagery
instrument
operational
optical
Optics
Photonic
Physics
processing
Radiometry
Remote sensing
Space Physics
spatial
Spatial discrimination
Spatial resolution
validation
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Summary:As part of the Copernicus programme of the European Commission (EC), the European Space Agency (ESA) has developed and is currently operating the Sentinel-2 mission that is acquiring high spatial resolution optical imagery. This article provides a description of the calibration activities and the status of the mission products validation activities after one year in orbit. Measured performances, from the validation activities, cover both Top-Of-Atmosphere (TOA) and Bottom-Of-Atmosphere (BOA) products. The presented results show the good quality of the mission products both in terms of radiometry and geometry and provide an overview on next mission steps related to data quality aspects.
ISSN:2072-4292
2072-4292
DOI:10.3390/rs9060584