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Copernicus should keep S2A operational after S2C launch

The launch of Sentinel-2C (S2C) is scheduled on the 4th of September 2024, next week ! After 3 months of commissioning phase, S2C will replace S2A, to fulfill the Sentinel-2 mission together with S2B. S2B will later be replaced by S2D. The current plans are to keep S2A as a redundant satellite, in case something […]

30.08.2024

THEIA : a tricky transition period caused production delays, but the production resumes

=> Update the 8th of January, 2024 : A new change in the interface from the Copernicus Dataspace on January the 2nd, implemented without prior notice, has caused a new interruption of our downloads, and the real time processing at THEIA, at a moment when no one was available to change things on the our […]

21.12.2023

An update on the use of CAMS 48r1

As announced in a previous post, the aerosol definition of the new 48r1 release of the CAMS auxiliary data has changed as compared to the former 47r1. At that time, we recommended to disable the use of CAMS data with MAJA before we adapt the code. Meanwhile, we have also tested the actual impact on […]

20.07.2023

MAJA and the new CAMS aerosols 48r1

The Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS) is about to release a new version of its aerosol products on 27 June 2023, referred as 48r1. Their evolution has a direct impact on MAJA, and requires us to adapt the processor. MAJA will not be ready to support 48r1 before the next MAJA release scheduled for September […]

22.06.2023

A new article on the validation of MAJA’s Sentinel-2 surface reflectances

Whether you are a user of the atmospheric correction processor MAJA or THEIA’s Sentinel-2 Level 2 products, you will probably be interested to read our new article on the validation of MAJA Sentinel-2 surface reflectances. The article is published in open access in Remote Sensing : Colin, J.; Hagolle, O.; Landier, L.; Coustance, S.; Kettig, […]

22.05.2023

[VENµS] Full reprocessing of VM1 data available

The full reprocessing of VENµS VM1 data acquired between end 2017 and end 2020 has just been completed, with improvements for the Level 1C and level 2A processing. The data can be downloaded from the Theia website : https://theia.cnes.fr by clicking on VENµS VM1 (The data from VENµS new on-going phase, with a revisit of […]

19.01.2023

Disruptions in the availability of Theia products

=> You may have noticed an interruption in the availability of level 2 and 3 products on the THEIA portal. This is due to ongoing disruptions in the availability of CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) data used by the MAJA atmospheric correction chain. These disruptions are linked to the migration of the ECMWF data centre, […]

26.09.2022

After 6 years of Copernicus data, I have never seen France that yellow

=> What can we say, except that the vegetation situation in France has worsened significantly in July 2022 compared to an already alarming June. The monthly syntheses of Sentinel-2 for the month of July are available since a few days, and the comparison with previous years shows an exceptional drought on the whole territory. Only […]

02.09.2022

In June 2022, drought spreads to all South Western Europe and Maghreb

=> While Italy or Morocco have been alarmed for months, the drought has spread in June to all southwestern Europe (calling Brittany « southwestern » is a bit risky, I admit). The surface reflectance syntheses from Sentinel-2 have been delivered for the month of June a few days ago (I was on holidays), and the comparison with […]

02.08.2022

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