Customer: Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Programme: DTQTIS
Supply Chain: CNES > CS Group SPACE
Context
CS Group responsabilities for Studies for the calibration of OLCI and SLSTR / Sentinel-3 sensors are as follows:

The features are as follows:
- Realization / Analysis of OLCI and SLSTR calibrations
- Evaluation of the impact of air mass on Rayleigh OLCI calibration
- Study of calibration defects of the S6 SLSTR band (Deserts & Glitter Method)
- S3 extraction on instrumented sites (La Crau / Gobabeb)
- Other miscellaneous studies (Gas transmissions, marine BRDF correction, Climzoo interpolation, etc.)
Project implementation
The project objectives are as follows:
- Provide support for the calibration of OLCI and SLSTR sensors on board Sentinel-3A and 3B
The processes for carrying out the project are:
- Studies, Regular progress updates, Reports
Technical characteristics
The solution key points are as follows:
The main technologies used in this project are:
| Domain |
Technology(ies) |
| Programming language(s) |
Python, IDL, KSH |
| Main COTS library(ies) |
MUSCLE, SOS-ABS, SMAC, 4AOP |