Title :
Sentinel-2 optical high resolution mission for GMES operational services
Author :
Martimor, P. ; Arino, O. ; Berger, Marcel ; Biasutti, R. ; Carnicero, B. ; Del Bello, U. ; Fernandez, Victor ; Gascon, F. ; Silvestrin, P. ; Spoto, F. ; Sy, O.
Author_Institution :
ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk
Abstract :
In the frame of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security programme (GMES) jointly implemented by ESA and EC, ESA is developing the Sentinel-2 system, providing globally with systematic acquisition high resolution (10-20 m) optical observations with a high revisit tailored towards the needs of operational land services. This system will ensure data continuity of SPOT and Landsat satellite series and further enhancement to account of future service evolution.
Keywords :
data acquisition; image resolution; image retrieval; remote sensing by laser beam; EC; ESA; GMES operational services; Global Monitoring for Environment and Security programme; Landsat satellite series; SPOT satellite series; Sentinel-2 optical high resolution mission; data continuity; operational land services; systematic acquisition; Availability; Data security; Earth; Europe; Land surface; Monitoring; Payloads; Remote sensing; Satellite ground stations; Space vehicles; Earth Observation; GMES; Sentinel missions; high resolution; instrument; land monitoring; multispectral; optical payload;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1211-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1212-9
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423394
