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Dataset

 

Sentinel 3B Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) Ocean Colour Full Resolution (EFR) data

Update Frequency: Continual
Latest Data Update: 2023-06-19
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2022-10-18
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 355.41K Files | 78TB

Abstract

This dataset contains ocean and land colour imagery data from the Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) aboard the European Space Agency (ESA) Sentinel 3B Satellite. Sentinel 3B was launched on the 25th April 2018. Data are provided by ESA and are made available via CEDA to any registered user. OLCI is an optical instrument used to provide data continuity for Environmental Satellite (ENVISAT's) Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS). OLCI is a push-broom imaging spectrometer that measures solar radiation reflected by the Earth. The OLCI radiometer images using 21 spectral bands ranging from 400nm to 1020nm. The Full Resolution (EFR) data is calibrated, geo-located and spatially re-sampled Top Of Atmosphere (TOA) radiance for all 21 OLCI spectral bands. For the normal orbit of Sentinel 3B the OLCI instrument provides a spatial resolution of 300m.

The OLCI files are collected into a SAFE container. Processed level-1 products are encapsulated in free-standing NetCDF 4 product files.

Citable as:  European Space Agency (2022): Sentinel 3B Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) Ocean Colour Full Resolution (EFR) data. European Space Agency, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/f06cd9965a344be190681e18a81159ee
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: Sentinel, Ocean and Land Colour Instrument, OLCI

Details

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Access rules:
Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: https://sentinel.esa.int/documents/247904/690755/Sentinel_Data_Legal_Notice. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Data lineage:

Data collected and prepared by European Space Agency (ESA). Downloaded from the ESA hubs for use by the CEDA community.

Data Quality:
Data are as given by the data provider, no quality control has been performed by the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA).
File Format:
Data are in NetCDF format.

Process overview

This dataset was generated by a combination of instruments deployed on platforms and computations as detailed below.

Instrument/Platform pairings

Sentinel 3 Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) Deployed on: Sentinel 3B

Computation Element: 1

Title Level 1 processing algorithm applied to Sentinel 3 Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) raw data
Abstract This computation involves the Level 1 processing algorithm applied to raw Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) data. This product consists of the physical measurements from the instrument. These are Top Of Atmosphere (TOA) radiances, calibrated to geophysical units (W.m-2. sr-1 µm-1), georeferenced onto the Earth's surface, spatially resampled onto an evenly spaced grid, and annotated with illumination and observation geometry, environment data (meteorological data) and quality and classification flags. The product is available at two spatial resolutions: full resolution and reduced resolution. The processing involves the following steps: 1. Data extraction and quality checks. 2. Radiometric scaling. 3. Stray light correction. 4. Georeferencing. 5. Pixel classification functions. 6. Spatial re-sampling. 7. Product formatting (into the two spatial resolutions) For more information please see the OLCI user guide in the docs tab.
Input Description None
Output Description None
Software Reference None
Output Description

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No variables found.

Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2016-04-25T00:00:00
End time:
Ongoing
Geographic Extent

 
90.0000°
 
-180.0000°
 
180.0000°
 
-90.0000°