THE COPERNICUS SPACE COMPONENT: Sentinels Data Products …Product… · • For Sentinel-5P, systematic acquisitions over the whole globe are performed (details will be provided

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THE COPERNICUS SPACE COMPONENT:

Sentinels Data Products List

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Removed NRT/STC/NTC acronyms 10/10/14 6 1.3 Definition of product geometry corrected for OLCI and

SLSTR L1 products in Table and graphical representation

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“Waveforms” added in STM L2 products content in Table and graphical representation

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Table of contents

1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 6 1.1 Document Scope and Objective ....................................................................................................................................... 6 1.2 Applicable documents ...................................................................................................................................................... 7 1.3 List of acronyms ............................................................................................................................................................... 7 1.4 Recall of Products Generation Concept .......................................................................................................................... 8 1.5 User Products Documentation ........................................................................................................................................ 9 2 SENTINEL CORE USER PRODUCTS LIST .......................................................................................... 9 3 PRODUCTS GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION ................................................................................. 15


1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Document Scope and Objective The present document provides the list of the Sentinels products generated by the Copernicus Space Component (CSC) core ground segment for access by the Copernicus users. The intended readership is the European Commission as well as the Copernicus users. This first issue of the document lists the products that have been developed as part of the GMES Segments 1 & 2 and from the GMES Initial Operations programmatic phases and currently deployed in response to the EU-ESA GMES delegation agreement ([AD 1] ). Future revisions of the document will reflect evolutions of the Copernicus Space Component core products according to the change process described in [AD 1] and [AD 7] Notes: This document provides a comprehensive summary list of the product types described within the CSC System Requirements document [AD 2] and the CSC Infrastructure Architecture Document [AD 3] These documents shall take precedence in case of any conflicting or inconsistent information. The current version of this document fully covers Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, Sentinel-3 and Sentinel-5P. Future revisions of the document will include details covering Sentinel-4, Sentinel-5 and Sentinel-6 to be elaborated jointly with EUMETSAT.


1.2 Applicable documents [AD 1] Agreement on the Implementation of the Space Component of Global Monitoring

for Environment and Security (GMES) between the European Union and the European Space Agency concluded on 28 February 2008 as subsequently amended on 28 January 2009 and on 15 June 2011

[AD 2] GSC Systems Requirements Document. Ref. EOP-E/GSC-SRD-01 [AD 3] The GSC Infrastructure Architecture Document. Ref. GMES-GSEG-EOPG-AD-13-

0010 [AD 4] GSC Operations Concept. Ref. GMES-GSEG-EOPG-PD-12-0056 [AD 5] Sentinel High Level Operations Plan (HLOP), 2003(1), Sept. 2013, Available:

https://sentinel.esa.int/documents/247904/351367/Sentinel+High+Level+Operations+Plan/530fd782-6386-4d26-9e05-36970bf91b85

[AD 6] The CSC Data Access High Level Description, Ref. COPE-GSEG-EOPG-PD-14-0015 [AD 7] Agreement between the European Union, represented by the European

Commission, and the European Space Agency on the Implementation of the Copernicus programme

[AD 8] Sentinel-3 Payload Data Ground Segment Products Definition Document. Ref. GMES-S3GS-EOPG-TN-12-0004, v1.1 and Ref. /EUM/LEO-SEN3/TEN/13/720910 v1A

1.3 List of acronyms CSC Copernicus Space Component EW Extra Wide Swath GRD Ground Range Detected HLOP High Level Operations Plan IW Interferometric Wide Swath LRM Low resolution Mode MSI Multi-Spectral Instrument OLCI Ocean and Land Colour Instrument PLRM Pseudo Low Resolution Mode SAFE Standard Archive Format for Europe SLC Single Look Complex SAR Synthetic Aperture Radar SLSTR Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer SM Stripmap SRAL SAR Radar Altimeter STM Surface Topography Mission TOA Top of Atmosphere WV Wave


1.4 Recall of Products Generation Concept The Sentinel missions are dedicated to Copernicus. Their operations concept relies on systematic1 data acquisition, processing and dissemination, as extensively described in [AD 3] and [AD 4] 2. The acquisition strategy can be summarized as follows:

• For Sentinel-1, given its limited instrument duty cycle, acquisitions are performed according to a mission background plan detailed in the High Level Operations Plan (HLOP), elaborated by ESA following users needs. An on-line version of the observation scenario is available for the public.

• For Sentinel-2, systematic acquisitions are performed between 56°S and 84°N over land, coastal areas as well as larger islands. For more details see the on-line description of the Sentinel-2 geographic coverage.

• For Sentinel-3, systematic acquisitions cover the whole globe. Details for the various instruments’ coverage are available on the web for SLSTR, OLCI and STM.

• For Sentinel-5P, systematic acquisitions over the whole globe are performed (details will be provided in future releases of the document).

• For Sentinel-4, systematic acquisition of Europe is performed from a geostationary orbit (details will be provided in future releases of the document).

• For Sentinel-5 and Sentinel-6, systematic acquistions cover the whole globe (details will be provided in future releases of the document).

Regardless the observation strategy, the acquired data are automatically downlinked to the receiving stations and systematically processed to generate a set of pre-defined core products (Levels 0, 1 and 2). These core products are made available to the Copernicus users according to committed, well defined timelines ranging from near-real time to non-time-critical, available typically within 3 to 24 or 48 hours of being sensed by the satellite. Such products are listed in the following Sections. Note that additional, complementary products might be available as part of complementary infrastructure not part of the Copernicus Space Component core ground segment, like e.g. the Sentinel collaborative ground segments. However, such products are not part of the CSC baseline and therefore are not described in the present document.

1 The only exception is Sentinel-1 which can be tasked to support dedicated acquisitions over crisis areas in case of emergencies. 2 The nominal geographical coverage acquisition and data distribution scenarios are progressively achieved during the first months of the mission, according to pre-defined, mission-specific ramp-up scenarios. For each mission, data distribution schedules are made available to the public in due time at https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel/missions .


1.5 User Products Documentation A complete Sentinel technical documentation set is made available for the users on the Sentinel On-line web site https://sentinel.esa.int. In particular, detailed products and formats descriptions are available in the “Product Definition” and in the “Product format” technical documents as referenced in [AD 3] and made available on-line in the on-line documents library. Interactive versions are available in the form of wikis on the same site as part of the Sentinel-1 Technical Guide, the Sentinel-2 Technical Guide and the Sentinel-3 Technical Guide for OLCI, SLSTR, SYNERGY and STM. Summary descriptions of Sentinel Products are also available on-line from the Sentinel-1 User Guide, the Sentinel-2 User Guide and Sentinel-3 User Guide (for OLCI, SLSTR, SYNERGY and STM). Complete and detailed product handbooks are available from the web as:

• Sentinel-1 Product User Handbook, • Sentinel-2 Product User Handbook, and • Sentinel-3 Product User Handbook.

Dedicated toolboxes, specifically developed by ESA, support users in handling the data products. Detailed information covering Sentinel-5 Precursor, Sentinel-4, Sentinel-5 and Sentinel-6 products will be progressively published in the Sentinel On-line web site in the future.

2 SENTINEL CORE USER PRODUCTS LIST

The Table below provides a general overview of Sentinel core products for users, including a brief description of the products content and the threshold timeliness of availability to the Copernicus core users. The Table complements the general description provided in [AD 2] and [AD 3] by introducing an explicit entry for each product type.


3 Timelines depend on the use typology to be served. Sentinel core products are made available from the CSC ground segment infrastructure primarily to the Copernicus Services (with committed timelines), and to other user typologies with intended timelines, see [AD 6] . Timeliness definitions are available in [AD 2] . 4 Timeliness is referred here as the elapsed time after data downlink. For near real time production, timeliness after downlink is compliant with availability of user products at pick-up points (i.e. the user entry point for data access) within 3h from sensing. In case multicast or broadcast products dissemination are used, this dissemination timeliness starts from the product availability at pick- up point for the re-dissemination system. The timeliness is applying to any satellite downloaded data. Near real time products are available at the acquisition station pick-up point from a rolling archive sized for one month of data and at the PACs within 24h (see [AD 3] ).

User Product Type Category

Product Type and/or Consolidation Level Product Content Timeliness for Copernicus Users 3

(from data downlink4)

L0 Sentinel-1 SAR L0

L0 Standard Product Stripmap Mode (SM)

Compressed unfocused SAR raw data.

< 1 h for areas defined in [AD 5] < 24 h for all acquired data

L0 Standard Product Interferometric Wide Swath Mode (IW)

L0 Standard Product Extra Wide Swath mode (EW)

Sentinel-1 SAR L1 SLC

SM Single Look Complex (SLC)

Focused SAR complex data, geo-referenced, provided in slant-range geometry.

< 1 h for areas defined in [AD 5] < 24 h for all systematic regional data as in [AD 5]

IW SLC

EW SLC

Sentinel-1 SAR L1

SM Ground Range Detected (GRD) Full Resolution


L1

GRD SM GRD High Resolution

Focused SAR complex data detected, georeferenced, multi-looked and projected to ground range geometry.

< 1 h for areas defined in [AD 5] < 24 h for all systematic regional data defined in [AD 5]

SM GRD Medium Resolution IW GRD High Resolution IM GRD Medium Resolution EW GRD High Resolution

EW GRD Medium Resolution

Sentinel-2 MSI L1

MSI L1b TOA Radiances in Sensor Geometry. < 1.5 h MSI L1c TOA Reflectances in Cartographic Geometry. < 1.5 h

Sentinel-3 OLCI L1

EO Mode OLCI L1 Full Resolution TOA Radiances, ortho-geolocated and re-sampled onto along-track and across-track grid.

< 1.5 h < 1 month (consolidated production)

EO Mode OLCI L1 Reduced Resolution

TOA Radiances, ortho-geolocated and re-sampled onto along-track and across-track grid.

Sentinel-3 SLSTR L1 Observation Mode SLSTR L1

Brightness temperatures and TOA Radiances ortho-geolocated and re-sampled onto along-track and across-track grid.


Sentinel-1 SAR L2 OCN

SM Standard L2 Ocean Product

Geolocated Geophysical Parameters: • Ocean Wind Field, • Ocean Wave Spectra, • Surface Radial Velocity.

< 1.5h for areas defined in [AD 5]

IW Standard L2 Ocean Product Geolocated Geophysical Parameters: • Ocean Wind Field, • Surface Radial Velocity.

EW Standard L2 Ocean Product Geolocated Geophysical Parameters: • Ocean Wind Field, • Surface Radial Velocity.

WV Standard L2 Ocean Product Geolocated Geophysical Parameters: • Ocean Wind Field, • Ocean Wave Spectra,


5 This is currently generated on the users’ side by using a processor running on ESA’s Sentinel-2 Toolbox. The possibility of making a standard core product systematically available from the Sentinels core ground segment is currently being assessed as part of the CSC evolution activities.

L2

• Surface Radial Velocity Sentinel-2 L25 MSI L2a Bottom of Atmosphere Reflectances in Cartographic

Geometry Not Applicable

Sentinel-3 STM L2

L2 STM Land

1Hz and 20Hz Ku and C bands waveforms and parameters retracking estimates over land, coastal areas, land ice and inland water (in LRM/SAR/PLRM modes). Geophysical parameters: • Surface Backscatter, • Surface Height, • Altimeter Range, • Snow Density and Depth.

< 1.5 h < 2 days (consolidated production) < 1 month (consolidated production)

L2 STM Marine

1Hz and 20Hz Ku and C bands waveforms and parameters retracking estimates over open ocean (LRM mode), coastal areas and sea ice (in SAR/PLRM modes). Geophysical parameters: • Surface Backscatter, • Sea Surface Height, • Significant Wave Height, • Ocean Depth, • Tide Height, • Sea ice concentration, • Sea ice freeboard, • Sea Surface Wind Speed, and • Rain Rate.


Sentinel-3 OLCI L2

OLCI L2 Water & Atmosphere FR

Geophysical Parameters: • Water Surface Directional Reflectance, • Algal Pigment Concentration, • Total Suspended Matter Concentration, • Diffused Attenuation Coefficient, • Coloured Dissolved Matter absorption, • Photosynthetically Active Radiation • Aerosols Load over Water, • Integrated Water Vapour. Full resolution.


OLCI L2 Water & Atmosphere RR Geophysical Parameters list as above. Reduced resolution.

OLCI L2 Land & Atmosphere FR

Geophysical Parameters: • Global Vegetation Index, FAPAR in Plant Canopy, • Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index, • Integrated Water Vapour. Full resolution.

OLCI L2 Land & Atmosphere RR Geophysical Parameters list as above. Reduced resolution. Sentinel-3 SLSTR L2

SLSTR L2 Marine Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST-like) < 1.5 h < 1 month (consolidated production) SLSTR L2 Land Land Surface Temperature

Sentinel-3 OLCI and SLSTR Synergy L2

OLCI-SLSTR synergy L2 synthesis product. Geophysical Parameters:

• Land Surface Reflectances, and • Aerosol Load over Land.

< 1 month

VGP VGT-P like TOA Reflectances < 1 month

VG1 1-km world map fully atmosphere corrected surface reflectances 1 day synthesis product ( VGT-S like) < 1 month

V10 1-km world map fully atmosphere corrected surface reflectances 10 days synthesis product ( VGT-S like) < 1 month

S-4 L2 TBW Geophysical Parameters (Air Quality) TBW < 1.5 h

O3 (3 products) containing: • Total Column • Profile

< 1.5 h < 14 days (consolidated production)


S-5P TROPOMI L2

Ozone • Tropospheric profile

O3 Tropospheric Colum < 14 days (consolidated production)

Nitrogen Dioxide NO2 (2 products) containing:

• Total Column • Tropospheric Column


Sulfure Dioxide SO2 Total Column


Formaldehyde HCHO Total Column


Carbon Monoxide CO Total Column


Methane CH4 Total Column < 14 days (consolidated production)

Aerosols

(2 products) containing: • Aerosol Index • Aerosol Layer Height


Clouds Cloud Information (e.g. cloud top height and cloud fraction) < 1.5 h < 14 days (consolidated production)


3 PRODUCTS GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION

Figure 1: Graphical Representation of Sentinel-1 Core Products.


Figure 2: Graphical Representation of Sentinel-2 Core Products. *Note that L2a BOA reflectances are generated at users’ side by a processor running on ESA’s Sentinel-2 Toolbox. The possibility to make it a standard systematic product from the core ground segment is currently under assessment at ESA as part of the CSC evolution activities.

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Figure 3: Graphical Representation of Sentinel-3 Core Products.


Figure 4: Graphical Representation of Sentinel-5P Core Products.

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