In English
This post intends to answer a question about Sentinel-HR, that we have had quite often inside or outside CNES : Securing continuity in a critical timeseries requires user community foresight, Programme justification, 10 yrs Agency prep, and finances. Whilst Sentinel-HR may well be an excellent/valid idea, I’m left asking why certain Copernicus contributing missions couldn’t […]
En Français
Trois mois après le dépôt de poussières sahariennes qui avait coloré le manteau neigeux en orange, et grâce à la participation de nombreux citoyens-scientifiques, nous sommes en mesure d’annoncer que la masse de poussière tombée dans les Alpes et les Pyrénées varie entre 0.2 et 30 grammes par mètre carré ce qui représente des centaines […]
En Français
=> Si vous travaillez avec des produits Sentinel2, vous avez probablement entendu dire que le nouveau traitement géométrique de l’ESA est actif depuis le 1er avril 2021. Ce nouveau traitement se base sur l’affinage des paramètres de prise de vue par rapport à un ensemble d’images de reference (Global Reference Image, GRI), et doit diminuer l’erreur […]
Image quality
=> If you are working with Sentinel2 products, you probably heard that ESA new geometric processing is active since 1st of April 2021. This new processing, based on the geometric refinement of viewing parameters with respect to a Global Reference Image (GRI), should bring absolute location error from 11 meters (95.5% of products) to better […]
BRDF
=> Field work rarely goes without a few small hazards. In the case of our new ROSAS station, newly installed a month ago, the hazard unfortunately took the form of a farm machine hitting the mast while tilling the soil on April 15th. The base of the mast twisted under the impact, leaving the structure […]
BRDF
=> L’acquisition de mesures sur le terrain se passe rarement sans quelques petits aléas. Dans le cas de notre nouvelle station ROSAS fraîchement installée il y a un mois, l’aléa a malheureusement pris la forme d’un engin agricole venu percuter le mât lors d’un travail du sol le 15 avril dernier. La base du mât […]
Sentinel-1
Muldrow Glacier (McKinley Glacier) is a large glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska, USA. It is now moving 100 times faster than normal, which means that it is undergoing a « surge ». The abrupt acceleration of the glacier movement is clearly visible in the recent series of Sentinel-1 SAR backscatter images (animation below). […]
In English
The distribution of MAJA L2A processor, as an executable software, started in april 1997, but we started counting the number of downloads only since October 2017. The cumulative number of downloads just reached 2000 on April the 2nd 2021. It is on average 1.56 downloads per day, and more than 2 downloads per work day […]
Comment ça marche /how it works
=> Here is a frequently asked question : I noticed, in such L2A product processed by MAJA, that some pixels had negative reflectances, is it normal ? No, it should not happen, but the fact it happens is not entirely surprising, I will explain it below. Unlike negative reflectances, reflectances greater than one can exist, […]