Radiometric uncertainty per pixel for the Sentinel-2 L1C products

Javier Gorroño; Ferran Gascon; Nigel P. Fox

doi:10.1117/12.2192974

12 October 2015 Radiometric uncertainty per pixel for the Sentinel-2 L1C products

Javier Gorroño, Ferran Gascon, Nigel P. Fox

Proceedings Volume 9639, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XIX; 96391G (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2192974
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2015, Toulouse, France

Abstract

In the framework of the European Union Copernicus programme, the European Space Agency (ESA) has launched the Sentinel-2 (S2) Earth Observation (EO) mission which provides optical high spatial resolution imagery. Here is presented a tool, S2-RUT, (Sentinel-2 Radiometric Uncertainty Tool) allowing estimation of the radiometric uncertainties associated to each pixel using as input the top-of-atmosphere (TOA) reflectance images provided by ESA. The Sentinel-2 radiometric analysis focuses on the review of the pre- and post-launch characterisations in order to specify the uncertainty contributors at a pixel level and allow changes to be proposed in the uncertainty contributors where necessary. The identified uncertainty contributors are combined using a metrological Guide to Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement’ (GUM) model that is validated by comparing the results to a multivariate Monte Carlo Method (MCM). Specific contributors of the TOA reflectance are initially characterised and its future integration in the tool is discussed. The software implementation of the S2-RUT tool relies on the flexibility of the JPEG2000 standard using partial decoding. Auxiliary information for the uncertainty calculation is extracted from the metadata and quality masks integrated in the L1C product. In addition, using the detector footprint mask it is possible to account for parameters dependent on the neighbouring pixels and/or detector module. The L1C uncertainty is coded using 1 byte with an extra optional byte for complementary information. The resulting images and the metadata are directly appended to the original L1C product.

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Javier Gorroño, Ferran Gascon, and Nigel P. Fox "Radiometric uncertainty per pixel for the Sentinel-2 L1C products", Proc. SPIE 9639, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XIX, 96391G (12 October 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2192974

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