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Copernicus Sentinel-2 Calibration and Products Validation Status

Ferran Gascon
* ,
Olivier Thépaut
,
Mathieu Jung
,
Benjamin Francesconi
,
Jérôme Louis
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Vincent Lonjou
,
Bruno Lafrance
,
Stéphane Massera
,
Angélique Gaudel-Vacaresse
,
Florie Languille
,
Bahjat Alhammoud
,
Françoise Viallefont
,
Jakub Bieniarz
,
Bringfried Pflug
,
Sébastien Clerc
,
Laëtitia Pessiot
,
Thierry Trémas
,
Enrico Cadau
,
Roberto De Bonis
,
Claudia Isola
,
Philippe Martimort
,
Valérie Fernandez
Version 1 : Received: 18 October 2016 / Approved: 19 October 2016 / Online: 19 October 2016 (10:59:29 CEST)

How to cite: Gascon, F.; Thépaut, O.; Jung, M.; Francesconi, B.; Louis, J.; Lonjou, V.; Lafrance, B.; Massera, S.; Gaudel-Vacaresse, A.; Languille, F.; Alhammoud, B.; Viallefont, F.; Bieniarz, J.; Pflug, B.; Clerc, S.; Pessiot, L.; Trémas, T.; Cadau, E.; De Bonis, R.; Isola, C.; Martimort, P.; Fernandez, V. Copernicus Sentinel-2 Calibration and Products Validation Status. Preprints 2016, 2016100078. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201610.0078.v1 Gascon, F.; Thépaut, O.; Jung, M.; Francesconi, B.; Louis, J.; Lonjou, V.; Lafrance, B.; Massera, S.; Gaudel-Vacaresse, A.; Languille, F.; Alhammoud, B.; Viallefont, F.; Bieniarz, J.; Pflug, B.; Clerc, S.; Pessiot, L.; Trémas, T.; Cadau, E.; De Bonis, R.; Isola, C.; Martimort, P.; Fernandez, V. Copernicus Sentinel-2 Calibration and Products Validation Status. Preprints 2016, 2016100078. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201610.0078.v1

Abstract

As part of the Copernicus programme of the European Union (EU), the European Space Agency (ESA) has developed and is currently operating the Sentinel-2 mission that is acquiring high spatial resolution optical imagery. This paper provides a description of the calibration activities and the current status of the mission products validation activities. Measured performances, from the validation activities, cover both Top-Of-Atmosphere (TOA) and Bottom-Of-Atmosphere (BOA) products. Results presented in this paper 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.

Keywords

calibration; validation; optical; instrument; processing; imagery; spatial; operational

Subject

Environmental and Earth Sciences, Environmental Science

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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