NASA Sentinel-3A Project

The OLCI+SLSTR/Sentinel-3A L2 Surface Reflectance and Aerosol parameters over Land product with shortname S3A_SY_2_SYN, is generated by combining data acquired by the Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) and the Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer (SLSTR), on-board SENTINEL-3. The OLCI is a push-broom imaging spectrometer that measures solar radiation reflected by the Earth at a ground spatial resolution of around 300m, over all surfaces, in 21 spectral bands whereas the SLSTR is a dual scan temperature radiometer. The principal objective of SLSTR products is to provide global and regional Sea and Land Surface Temperature (SST, LST) to a very high level of accuracy (better than 0.3 K) for both climatological and meteorological applications. For more information about the instrument and the mission, visit "Sentinel Online" at https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel/home . The S3A_SY_2_SYN is a Level 2 product which consist of surface reflectances for all SYN channels and aerosol parameters over Land. There are 29 Measurement Data Files and 9 Annotation Data Files included in this product. All measurement datasets are provided on the OLCI image grid, similar to the one included in the OLCI L1b product. For more information about the product, read the SENTINEL-3 Synergy User Guide at https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel/user-guides/sentinel-3-synergy 

S3A_OL_1_EFR

The OLCI/Sentinel-3A L1 Full Resolution Top of Atmosphere Reflectance product, S3A_OL_1_EFR is generated from the data aquired by the Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) on board European Earth Observation satellite mission, SENTINEL-3. The OLCI is a push-broom imaging spectrometer that measures solar radiation reflected by the Earth at a ground spatial resolution of around 300m, over all surfaces, in 21 spectral bands. OLCI is based on the imaging design of ENVISAT's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS). It has a 1270km wide swath. For more information about the instrument and the mission, visit "Sentinel Online" at https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel/home . The S3A_OL_1_EFR is a Level-1B product. This is composed of an information package map, called a manifest, 22 measurement data files, and seven annotation data files. The 21 measurement data files (one for each band) consist of Top Of Atmosphere (TOA) radiances, calibrated to geophysical units (W.m-2. sr-1 Micro meter-1), georeferenced onto the Earth's surface, and spatially resampled onto an evenly spaced grid. Seven annotation files provide information on illumination and observation geometry, environment data (meteorological data) and quality and classification flags. Both measurement data files and annotation data files are written in netCDF 4 format. The manifest file is in XML format and contains metadata associated with the instrument and the processing. The S3A_OL_1_EFR is generated in Earth Observation (EO) processing mode and all parameters in this product are provided for each re-gridded pixel on the product image and for each removed pixel. The OL_1_EFR product package is described below: Element name Description Manifest.safe SENTINEL-SAFE product manifest Oa##_radiance.nc Radiance for OLCI acquisition bands 01 to 21 Removed_pixels.nc Removed pixels information needed for Level-1C generation Time_coordinates.nc Time stamp annotations Geo_coordinates.nc High resolution georeferencing data Quality_flags.nc Classification and quality flags Tie_geo_coordinates.nc Low resolution georeferencing data Tie_geometries.nc Sun and view angles Tie_meteo.nc ECMWF meteorology data Instrument_data.nc Instrument data note: Oa## represents all the OLCI channels (Oa1 to Oa21). For more information about the product, read the SENTINEL-3 OLCI User Guide at https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel/user-guides/sentinel-3-olci .

S3A_OL_1_ERR

The OLCI/Sentinel-3A L1 Reduced Resolution Top of Atmosphere Reflectance, S3A_OL_1_ERR is generated from the data aquired by the Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) on board European Earth Observation satellite mission, SENTINEL-3. The OLCI is a push-broom imaging spectrometer that measures solar radiation reflected by the Earth at a ground spatial resolution of around 300m, over all surfaces, in 21 spectral bands. OLCI is based on the imaging design of ENVISAT's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS). It has a 1270km wide swath. For more information about the instrument and the mission, visit "Sentinel Online" at https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel/home . The S3A_OL_1_ERR is a Level-1B product. This is composed of an information package map, called a manifest, 22 measurement data files, and seven annotation data files. The 21 measurement data files (one for each band) consist of Top Of Atmosphere (TOA) radiances, calibrated to geophysical units (W.m-2. sr-1 Micro meter-1), georeferenced onto the Earth's surface, and spatially resampled onto an evenly spaced grid. Seven annotation files provide information on illumination and observation geometry, environment data (meteorological data) and quality and classification flags. Both measurement data files and annotation data files are written in netCDF 4 format. The manifest file is in XML format and contains metadata associated with the instrument and the processing. The S3A_OL_1_EFR is generated in Earth Observation (EO) processing mode and all parameters in this product are provided for each re-gridded pixel on the product image and for each removed pixel. The OL_1_EFR product package is described below: Element name Description Manifest.safe SENTINEL-SAFE product manifest Oa##_radiance.nc Radiance for OLCI acquisition bands 01 to 21 Time_coordinates.nc Time stamp annotations Geo_coordinates.nc High resolution georeferencing data Quality_flags.nc Classification and quality flags Tie_geo_coordinates.nc Low resolution georeferencing data Tie_geometries.nc Sun and view angles Tie_meteo.nc ECMWF meteorology data Instrument_data.nc Instrument data note: Oa## represents all the OLCI channels (Oa1 to Oa21). For more information about the product, read the SENTINEL-3 OLCI User Guide at https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel/user-guides/sentinel-3-olci 

S3A_SL_1_RBT

The SLSTR/Sentinel-3A L1 Full Resolution Top of Atmosphere Radiances and Brightness Temperature product with shortname S3A_SL_1_RBT, is generated from the data aquired by the Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer (SLSTR), on-board SENTINEL-3, is a dual scan temperature radiometer. The principal aim of the SLSTR instrument is to maintain continuity with the AATSR series of instruments. The SLSTR instrument design incorporates the basic functionality of AATSR in addition to new, more advanced features including a wider swath, new channels (including two channels dedicated to fire detection), and higher resolution in some channels. The principal objective of SLSTR products is to provide global and regional Sea and Land Surface Temperature (SST, LST) to a very high level of accuracy (better than 0.3 K) for both climatological and meteorological applications. For more information about the instrument and the mission, visit "Sentinel Online" at https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel/home . The S3A_SL_1_RBT is a Level 1B product which consist of full resolution, geolocated, co-located nadir and along track view, Top of Atmosphere (TOA) brightness temperatures (in the case of thermal IR channels) or radiances (in the case of visible, NIR and SWIR channels) from all SLSTR channels. It also contains quality flags, pixel classification information and meteorological annotations. Based on components activated by configuration which are not part of the operational production baseline, the S3A_SL_1_RBT may contain 77 or 111 files. Out of the these files, 22 or 34 files contain the actual measurements, where the other 54 or 76 files contain the annotations data. For more information about the product, read the SENTINEL-3 SLSTR User Guide at https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel/user-guides/sentinel-3-slstr 

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