Customer: European Space Agency (ESA)

Programme: HydroCoastal

Supply Chain: ESA > ACRI-ST > CS Group SPACE

Context

CS Group responsabilities for Mask of clouds and shadows for Sentinel-2 are as follows:

• Method for detecting clouds and their shadows
• Relief shadow detection method
• Integration of the operational chain under SNAP

The features are as follows:

• Cloud and shadow detection :
• Adaptation of FMASK for Sentinel-2
• Test on a selection of Sentinel-2 images Location of relief shadows :
• Development of the tool
• Using the Rugged Library
• Test on images Documentation: A.T.B.D., DPM, Interfaces.

Project implementation

The project objectives are as follows:

• The project aims to develop a chain of atmospheric corrections in a coastal environment, including the detection of clouds and shadows, as well as glitter.
• Integrate the channel into SNAP.

The processes for carrying out the project are:

• Study, development, regular meetings

Technical characteristics

The solution key points are as follows:

• Developments adapted to SNAP

The main technologies used in this project are:

Domain	Technology(ies)
Operating System(s)	Linux
Programming language(s)	Python
Main COTS library(ies)	FMASK, Rugged