Copernicus Sentinel-2 has systematically mapped Earth’s southernmost continent, as part of an ad-hoc acquisition campaign implemented by ESA.
Triggered by a request from scientists working in Antarctica, the campaign is expected to enable a range of investigations into processes impacted by climate change, from long-term ice losses to seasonal snow melt, and many more.
It was completed by Sentinel-2B over a one-month period earlier this year and will be repeated every 12 months during each Austral summer.
The enhanced coverage offered by Sentinel-2B will enable collaborative investigations with NASA's Landsat-8 satellite, which is already systematically covering Antarctica.
Sentinel-2B data collected as part of the campaign could support research completed by the dozens of research facilities located on the continent, including the French-Italian Concordia station on the Antarctic plateau.
The initial request that triggered the campaign came from the University of Grenoble in France, and the data are free and open to all scientists and researchers.
Copyright: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2023)/processed by ESA
The image shows a mosaic made up of 3000 individual cloud free products, representing the first time the mission has covered the entire continent
Copernicus Sentinel-2 has systematically mapped Earth’s southernmost continent, as part of an ad-hoc acquisition campaign implemented by ESA.
Triggered by a request from scientists working in Antarctica, the campaign is expected to enable a range of investigations into processes impacted by climate change, from long-term ice losses to seasonal snow melt, and many more.
It was completed by Sentinel-2B over a one-month period earlier this year and will be repeated every 12 months during each Austral summer.
The enhanced coverage offered by Sentinel-2B will enable collaborative investigations with NASA's Landsat-8 satellite, which is already systematically covering Antarctica.
Sentinel-2B data collected as part of the campaign could support research completed by the dozens of research facilities located on the continent, including the French-Italian Concordia station on the Antarctic plateau.
The initial request that triggered the campaign came from the University of Grenoble in France, and the data are free and open to all scientists and researchers.