Sentinel-2: ESA's Optical High-Resolution Mission for GMES Operational Services

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 120, Issue , 2012, Pages 25-36

  Drusch, M ^a   Del Bello, U ^a   Carlier, S ^a   Colin, O ^b   Fernandez, V ^a   Gascon, F ^b   Hoersch, B ^b   Isola, C ^a   Laberinti, P ^a   Martimort, P ^a   Meygret, A ^c   Spoto, F ^a   Sy, O ^a   Marchese, F ^d   Bargellini, P ^d  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

^c CNES   (France)

^d ESA ESOC   (Germany)

Author keywords

GMES; Land cover classification; Optical multi spectral instrument; Remote sensing; Sentinel 2

Indexed keywords

CHANGE DETECTION MAPS; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; FIELD OF VIEWS; GLOBAL ACQUISITION; GLOBAL MONITORING FOR ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY; GMES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; LAND COVER; LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION; LEVEL-1; MISSION OBJECTIVES; MULTI-SPECTRAL; MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGERY; NEAR INFRARED; OPERATIONAL APPLICATIONS; OPERATIONAL MONITORING; OPERATIONAL PRODUCTS; OPERATIONAL SERVICE; OPTICAL OBSERVATIONS; PHASE DELAY; SATELLITE POUR L'OBSERVATION DE LA TERRE; SECURITY APPLICATION; SECURITY SERVICES; SENTINEL-2; SHORT WAVE INFRARED; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL BAND; SPECTRAL COVERAGE; SYSTEM ELEMENTS; TECHNICAL SYSTEMS; TERRESTRIAL SURFACE; USER REQUIREMENTS; WIDE FIELD OF VIEW;

DATA PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; REMOTE SENSING;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

DATA PROCESSING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EOS; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; IMAGERY; LAND COVER; SATELLITE MISSION; SECURITY; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPOT;

EID: 84859427372     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.11.026     Document Type: Article

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