The size of the ozone hole fluctuates – usually forming each year in August, with its peak in October, before finally closing in late November or December. Not only will the hole close earlier than usual in 2019, but it is also the smallest it has been in 30 years owing to unusual atmospheric conditions.
Further to the recent news, all Copernicus Sentinel-5P NRTI level 2 data from 27 July on orbits 14441 - 14449 are also of potentially degraded quality due to unreliable irradiance input - in particular L2_CLOUD, L2___O3, L2___SO2 and L2__HCHO.
Due to a ground segment anomaly the near real time processing (NRTI) and dissemination of Copernicus Sentinel-5P data from orbits 14432 (26 July 2020 15:13:16) to 14441 (27 July 2020 07:26:26) has not been performed.
With reference to the news of 17 July, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 Long Term Archive service was resumed as of the evening on 24 July.
The Copernicus Sentinel-1 POD configuration will evolve by end of July 2020 to improve the orbital accuracy of Sentinel-1 PRE, NRT and NTC products by correcting the GPS Antenna Reference Point (ARP) location. The impact on the POD was identified by the CPOD Quality Working Group (QWG), by the presence of non-negligible empirical forces and significant differences between Sentinel-1A and Sentinel-1B, but a thorough investigation was necessary to identify the root cause of it. The new ARP values are documented in the Sentinel-1 Properties for GPS POD document.
The recent development of MasTer tool – an InSAR automated Mass processing toolbox for multidimensional time series, is making a difference in the systematic and automatic use of Copernicus Sentinel-1 data for ground deformation monitoring.
As a consequence of a ground segment contingency, the restoration of Copernicus Sentinel-2 long term archived products is temporarily suspended as of yesterday evening.
With reference to the recent news for upcoming changes to the Copernicus Sentinel-5P products, the new processor has been transferred into operations on 16 July 2020.
Calling on all interested users of Sentinel data, who would like to submit their results, turning their experiences into 'success stories'.
If you have a good story to tell, of how any of the Sentinel satellites are producing data that bring benefit to your work and/or to society, please contact the Sentinel Online Editor Malì Cecere at: mali.cecere@ejr-quartz.com with your proposals.
