MSI Sentinel-2 Imagery

MSI Sentinel-2 high spatial resolution imagery and data from Copernicus are served from CoastWatch for coastal US regions in near real time as the data become available.  JPEG and TIF images as well as zipped Level 1C data are available.

    Data Access
    Sample Filenames

    S2A_20181003_T15RVH_PVI.jpg
    S2A_20181003_T15RVH.tif
    S2B_MSIL1C_20181003T160509_N0206_R054_T17RNL_20181003T205947.zip

    MSI Imagery over the Gulf of Mexico
    Product Families
    True Color Imagery
    Measurements
    True Color Imagery (RGB)
    Processing Levels
    Level 1
    Latency Groups
    0 Hours <= 24 Hours (NRT)
    Spatial Resolution Groups
    0 m <= 100 m
    Spatial Resolution Details

    290 km swath with 13 spectral channels incorporating four visible and near-infrared bands at 10 m resolution, six red-edge/shortwave-infrared bands at 20 m and three atmospheric correction bands at 60 m

    Data Providers
    ESA
    Copernicus
    Spatial Coverage

    Selective Acquisitions

    Description

    Variable coverage. Observations taken as requested over targets of interest.

    Sentinel-2

    Description

    Sentinel - 2A / 2B

    Platform Type
    Low Earth Orbit Satellite (LEO)
    Instruments
    Organizations
    ESA
    Copernicus
    Orbital Altitude
    786 km
    Equatorial Crossing Times
    10:30 desc

    MSI

    Description

    Multi-Spectral Imager for Sentinel-2

    Platforms
    Instrument Types
    Imager
    Organizations
    ESA

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