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Sentinel satellite missions

Sentinel-1​

Instrument: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) in C-Band

Acquisition Modes: Stripmap (SM), Interferometric Wide swath (IW), Extra-Wide swath (EW), and Wave (WV)

Acquisition Date: April 2014 - present

Geographical Coverage: 90° N - 90° S

Polarisation: single (HH or VV) or dual polarisation (HH+HV or VV+VH)

Processing LevelPixel spacingProduct guideData SourceCitation
Single Look Complex (SLC)10 m (SM, IW)
20 m (EW)		LinkCDSECopernicus Sentinel data [year of data acquisition]
Ground Range Detected (GRD)10 m (SM, IW)
20 m (EW)		LinkCDSECopernicus Sentinel data [year of data acquisition]
Normalized Radar Backscatter (NRB)10 m (IW)
20 m (EW)		LinkDLRDLR [year of data acquisition]

Sentinel-2​

Instrument: MultiSpectral Instrument (MSI)

Acquisition Date: July 2015 - present

Geographical Coverage: 84° N - 56° S

Spatial Resolution: 10 m - 60 m

Spectral Range: 0.49 - 2.20 µm (table with bandwidth)

Processing LevelProduct guideData SourceCitation
Level-1CLinkCDSECopernicus Sentinel data [year of data acquisition]
Level-2ALinkCDSECopernicus Sentinel data [year of data acquisition]

Sentinel-3​

Instruments:

  • SRAL (Sentinel-3 Radar Altimeter)
  • MWR (MicroWave Radiometer)
  • OLCI (Ocean and Land Color Instrument)
  • SLSTR (Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer)

Acquisition Date: 2016 - present

Website: https://sentinels.copernicus.eu/web/sentinel/missions/sentinel-3

Data Source: CDSE

Citation: Copernicus Sentinel data [year of data acquisition]

InstrumentLevelProduct NameDocuments
SRAL/MWRLevel-2SR_2_WAT (Water)User Guides - Sentinel-3 OLCI - Product Types - Sentinel Online - Sentinel Online (esa.int)
SR_2_LAN (Land)Sentinel-3 SRAL/MWR Land User Handbook (esa.int)
OLCILevel-1BOL_1_EFR (EO processing mode for Full Resolution)User Guides - Sentinel-3 OLCI - Level-1b - Sentinel Online - Sentinel Online (esa.int)
OL_1_ERR (EO processing mode for Reduced Resolution)Level-1 Algorithms and Products - Sentinel-3 OLCI Technical Guide - Sentinel Online - Sentinel Online (esa.int)
Level-2 LandOL_2_LFR (Land Full Resolution)User Guides - Sentinel-3 OLCI - Level-2 Land - Sentinel Online - Sentinel Online (esa.int)
OL_2_LRR (Land Reduced Resolution)Copernicus Sentinel-3 SLSTR Land User Handbook
Level-2 WaterOL_2_WRR (Water Reduced Resolution)User Guides - Sentinel-3 OLCI - Level-2 Water - Sentinel Online - Sentinel Online (esa.int)
OL_2_WFR (Water Full Resolution)Level-2 Algorithms and Products - Sentinel-3 OLCI Technical Guide - Sentinel Online - Sentinel Online (esa.int)
SLSTRLevel-1BRBT (Radiance and Brightness Temperature)User Guides - Sentinel-3 SLSTR - Level-1b Product - Sentinel Online - Sentinel Online (esa.int)
Level-2WST (Water Single Temperature)User Guides - Sentinel-3 SLSTR - Level-2 WST Product - Sentinel Online - Sentinel Online (esa.int)
Level-2WCT (Water Combined Temperature)User Guides - Sentinel-3 SLSTR - Level-2 WCT Product - Sentinel Online - Sentinel Online (esa.int)
Level-2LST (Land Surface Temperature)Level-2 LST product type - Sentinel-3 SLSTR User Guide - Sentinel Online - Sentinel Online (esa.int)
Level-2FRP (Fire Radiative Power)Level-2 FRP and AOD product type - Sentinel-3 SLSTR User Guide - Sentinel Online - Sentinel Online (esa.int)
Level-2AOD (global Aerosol Optical Depth)Copernicus Sentinel-3 NRT Aerosol Optical Depth - EUMETSAT

Sentinel-5P​

Sentinel-5P has been studying the Earth's atmosphere since 2017. The TROPOMI instrument on board of Sentinel-5P measures the concentration of trace gases in the atmosphere. The data is used for air quality monitoring and for climate monitoring.

Instrument: TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI)

Acquisition Date: 2018 - present

Website: Sentinel-5P - Missions - Sentinel Online - Sentinel Online (esa.int)

Data Source: CDSE

Citation: Copernicus Sentinel data [year of data acquisition]

Level-1​

Metadata Specification: https://sentinel.esa.int/documents/247904/3119978/Sentinel-5P-L01B-metadata-specifications

Product Readme File: https://sentinel.esa.int/documents/247904/3541451/Sentinel-5P-Level-1b-Product-Readme-File

Product TypeProduct Type DescriptionSpectral range [nm]
L1B_IR_SIRIrradiance product SWIR module2305-2385
L1B_IR_UVNIrradiance product UVN module270-775
L1B_RA_BD1Radiance product band 1 (UV detector)270 - 300
L1B_RA_BD2Radiance product band 2 (UV detector)300 - 320
L1B_RA_BD3Radiance product band 3 (UVIS detector)320 - 405
L1B_RA_BD4Radiance product band 4 (UVIS detector)405 - 500
L1B_RA_BD5Radiance product band 5 (NIR detector)675 - 725
L1B_RA_BD6Radiance product band 6 (NIR detector)725 - 775
L1B_RA_BD7Radiance product band 7 (SWIR detector)2305-2345
L1B_RA_BD8Radiance product band 8 (SWIR detector)2345-2385

Level-2​

Product User Manual: https://sentinel.esa.int/documents/247904/2474726/Sentinel-5P-Level-2-Product-User-Manual-Cloud

Product TypeProduct Type Description
L2__AER_AIAerosol index product
L2__AER_LHAerosol layer height product
L2__CH4___Methane (CH4) vertical column
L2__CLOUD_Cloud parameters
L2__CO____Carbon monoxide (CO) total column
L2__FRESCO *Cloud product
L2__HCHO__Formaldehyde (CH2O) vertical column
L2__NO2___Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) vertical column
L2__NP_BD3Suomi-NPP cloud product – band 3
L2__NP_BD6Suomi-NPP cloud product – band 6
L2__NP_BD7Suomi-NPP cloud product – band 7
L2__O3____Ozone (O3) total vertical column
L2__O3__PROzone (O3) full vertical profile
L2__O3_TCLOzone (O3) tropospheric vertical column
L2__SO2___Sulphur dioxide (SO2) vertical column

(*) Note: by (political) decision, L2__FRESCO is no longer a L2 but AUX data for ESA / CDSE despite its nomenclature; within PDGS it remains a L2 candidate

Selected auxiliary data​

Product TypeProduct Type Description
AUX_CTMFCTNO2 profile data from TM5 Model running in forecast mode
AUX_CTMANANO2 profile data from TM5 Model running in assimilation mode