Sentinel-2: High-Resolution Optical Satellite Imagery for Global Land Monitoring

Sentinel-2 is a land monitoring constellation of two satellites providing high-resolution optical imagery. The mission offers global coverage of Earth's land surface every 5 days, with Level-1C data available globally from June 2015 and Level-2A data available from November 2016 over Europe and globally since January 2017. The data is hosted by Element 84 on AWS Open Data.

Use Cases

• Monitor land use and land cover change based on high-resolution optical imagery.
• Track agricultural development and crop health based on frequent global coverage.
• Assess natural resources and environmental impacts based on satellite-derived data.
• Support disaster response and damage assessment based on up-to-date Earth observation.

Strengths

• Provides global coverage of Earth's land surface every 5 days.
• Offers continuity for SPOT and Landsat missions.
• Level-1C data has been available globally since June 2015.
• Data access is free, full, and open under specified terms.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Element 84 via AWS Open Data.

Collection Method

Collected by the Sentinel-2 satellite constellation operated by the European Space Agency.

Time Range

Level-1C: from June 2015. Level-2A: from November 2016 (Europe) / January 2017 (global).

Freshness

Update frequency is unknown.

Geography

Global coverage of Earth's land surface.