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Chapter 2: Sentinel Collections

This chapter provides an overview of the Landsat collections and relevant quality information necessary for using the imagery.

Sentinel platform.

Sentinel-1

Sentinel-1 collection.

Short name: Sentinel-1 SAR GRD: C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar

  • Sentinel-1 SAR GRD: C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar Ground Range Detected, log scaling

Sentinel-2

Sentinel-2 collection.

Short name: Sentinel-2 MSI: Multispectral Instrument

  • Sentinel-2 MSI: MultiSpectral Instrument, Level-2A

  • Sentinel-2 MSI: MultiSpectral Instrument, Level-1C

Specifications and Quality

The Sentinel-2 MSI user guide, user handbook, and technical guide provide overview of the products and algorithms within the platform.

Specific to the Level-2A processing, the Level-2 Algorithm Overview provides additional information about Scene Classification (SC) and Atmospheric Correction (S2A2).

The Sentinel-2 MSI data quality reports (DQRs) provide regular updates about the geometric and radiometric performance of the data products.

Scene Classification Band

Table 13 Sentinel-2 MSI Scene Classification Values

Value

Classification

0

No Data

1

Saturated or Defective

2

Dark Area Pixels

3

Cloud Shadows

4

Vegetation

5

Not Vegetated

6

Water

7

Unclassified

8

Medium Probability Cloud

9

High Probability Cloud

10

Thin Cirrus

11

Snow

Quality Bands

Table 14 Sentinel-2 MSI Quality Bands

Band

Description

MSK_CLDPRB

Cloud Probability Map

MSK_SNWPRB

Snow Probability Map

QA60

Cloud Mask
Table 15 Sentinel-2 MSI Cloud Mask Bit Index

Bit

Attribute

10

Opaque Clouds
0 = No Opaque Clouds
1 = Opaque Clouds

11

Cirrus Clouds
0 = No Cirrus Clouds
1 = Cirrus Clouds

Sentinel-3

Sentinel-3 collection.

Short name: Sentinel-3 OLCI EFR: Ocean and Land Color Instrument

  • Sentinel-3 OLCI EFR: Ocean and Land Color Instrument Earth Observation Full Resolution

Sentinel-5P

Sentinel-5P collection.

Short name: Sentinel-5P TROPOMI: TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument

  • Sentinel-5P OFFL AER AI: Offline UV Aerosol Index

  • Sentinel-5P OFFL CLOUD: Near Real-Time Cloud

  • Sentinel-5P OFFL CO: Offline Carbon Monoxide

  • Sentinel-5P OFFL HCHO: Offline Formaldehyde

  • Sentinel-5P OFFL NO2: Offline Nitrogen Dioxide

  • Sentinel-5P OFFL O3: Offline Ozone

  • Sentinel-5P OFFL SO2: Offline Sulphur Dioxide

  • Sentinel-5P OFFL CH4: Offline Methane

Chapter 1: Landsat Collections Chapter 3: MODIS Collections