S3B_OL_1_ERR: Sentinel-3B Ocean Color Satellite Imagery

Sentinel-3B's Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) Level-1B product provides Top of Atmosphere radiance measurements. The dataset includes 21 spectral bands at a 300-meter ground resolution, calibrated to geophysical units and resampled onto an evenly spaced grid across a 1270km swath. Seven annotation files provide supplementary data on geometry, meteorological conditions, and quality flags.

Use Cases

• Ocean color monitoring based on calibrated radiance in 21 spectral bands.
• Land surface change detection based on high-resolution georeferencing data.
• Atmospheric correction algorithm development based on Top of Atmosphere radiance measurements.
• Time-series analysis of environmental parameters based on time stamp annotations and wide-swath coverage.

Strengths

• Provides data from 21 distinct spectral bands, enabling detailed spectral analysis.
• Includes seven annotation files with geometry, meteorological, and quality data, enhancing contextual analysis.
• Offers a wide 1270-kilometer swath, facilitating broad-area monitoring.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, specific column names, and temporal coverage are not provided in the input sources.
• The dataset's license is ambiguously listed as 'other-license-specified' without further detail.
• Conflicting metadata exists between platforms regarding tags, size, and author information.

Provenance

Source

European Earth Observation satellite mission SENTINEL-3, Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI).

Collection Method

Satellite remote sensing via push-broom imaging spectrometer.

Freshness

2026-04-09 23:18:32.746851

Geography

Global coverage over all surfaces (land and ocean).