The Sentinel-2 mission is a land monitoring constellation of two satellites that provide high resolution optical imagery and provide continuity for the current SPOT and Landsat missions. The mission provides a global coverage of the Earth's land surface every 5 days, making the data of great use in on-going studies. L1C data are available from June 2015 globally. L1C data provide Top of the atmosphere (TOA) reflectance.

After 2022-01-25, Sentinel-2 scenes with PROCESSING_BASELINE '04.00' or above have their DN (value) range shifted by 1000. The HARMONIZED collection shifts data in newer scenes to be in the same range as in older scenes. Sentinel-2 is a wide-swath, high-resolution, multi-spectral imaging mission supporting Copernicus Land Monitoring studies, including the monitoring of vegetation, soil and water cover, as well as observation of inland waterways and coastal areas. The Sentinel-2 data contain 13 UINT16 spectral bands representing TOA reflectance scaled by 10000. See the Sentinel-2 User Handbook for details. QA60 is a bitmask band that contained rasterized cloud mask polygons until Feb 2022, when these polygons stopped being produced. Starting in February 2024, legacy-consistent QA60 bands are constructed from the MSK_CLASSI cloud classification bands. For more details, see the full explanation of how cloud masks are computed.. Each Sentinel-2 product (zip archive) may contain multiple granules. Each granule becomes a separate Earth Engine asset. EE asset ids for Sentinel-2 assets have the following format: COPERNICUS/S2/20151128T002653_20151128T102149_T56MNN. Here the first numeric part represents the sensing date and time, the second numeric part represents the product generation date and time, and the final 6-character string is a unique granule identifier indicating its UTM grid reference (see MGRS). The Level-2 data produced by ESA can be found in the collection COPERNICUS/S2_SR. For datasets to assist with cloud and/or cloud shadow detection, see COPERNICUS/S2_CLOUD_PROBABILITY and GOOGLE/CLOUD_SCORE_PLUS/V1/S2_HARMONIZED. For more details on Sentinel-2 radiometric resolution, see this page.

What this collection is: A curated, binary-classified image dataset of grayscale (1 band) 400 x 400-pixel size, or image chips, in a JPEG format extracted from processed Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite scenes acquired over various regions of the world, and featuring clear open ocean chips, look-alikes (wind or biogenic features) and oil slick chips.

This binary dataset contains chips labelled as: - "0" for chips not containing any oil features (look-alikes or clean seas) - "1" for those containing oil features.

This binary dataset is imbalanced, and biased towards "0" labelled chips (i.e., no oil features), which correspond to 66% of the dataset. Chips containing oil features, labelled "1", correspond to 34% of the dataset.

Why: This dataset can be used for training, validation and/or testing of machine learning, including deep learning, algorithms for the detection of oil features in SAR imagery. Directly applicable for algorithm development for the European Space Agency Sentinel-1 SAR mission (https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel/missions/sentinel-1 ), it may be suitable for the development of detection algorithms for other SAR satellite sensors.

Overview of this dataset: Total number of chips (both classes) is N=5,630 Class \t 0\t 1 Total\t\t3,725\t1,905

Further information and description is found in the ReadMe file provided (ReadMe_Sentinel1_SAR_OilNoOil_20221215.txt)

The SEN12TP dataset (Sentinel-1 and -2 imagery, timely paired) contains 2319 scenes of Sentinel-1 radar and Sentinel-2 optical imagery together with elevation and land cover information of 1236 distinct ROIs taken between 28 March 2017 and 31 December 2020. Each scene has a size of 20km x 20km at 10m pixel spacing. The time difference between optical and radar images is at most 12h, but for almost all scenes it is around 6h since the orbits of Sentinel-1 and -2 are shifted like that. Next to the \(\sigma^\circ\) radar backscatter also the radiometric terrain corrected \(\gamma^\circ\) radar backscatter is calculated and included. \(\gamma^\circ\) values are calculated using the volumetric model presented by Vollrath et. al 2020.

The uncompressed dataset has a size of 222 GB and is split spatially into a train (~90%) and a test set (~10%). For easier download the train set is split into four separate zip archives.

Please cite the following paper when using the dataset, in which the design and creation is detailed:
T. Roßberg and M. Schmitt. A globally applicable method for NDVI estimation from Sentinel-1 SAR backscatter using a deep neural network and the SEN12TP dataset. PFG – Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41064-023-00238-y.

The file sen12tp-metadata.json includes metadata of the selected scenes. It includes for each scene the geometry, an ID for the ROI and the scene, the climate and land cover information used when sampling the central point, the timestamps (in ms) when the Sentinel-1 and -2 image was taken, the month of the year, and the EPSG code of the local UTM Grid (e.g. EPSG:32643 - WGS 84 / UTM zone 43N).

Naming scheme: The images are contained in directories called {roi_id}_{scene_id}, as for some unique regions image pairs of multiple dates are included. In each directory are six files for the different modalities with the naming {scene_id}_{modality}.tif. Multiple modalities are included: radar backscatter and multispectral optical images, the elevation as DSM (digital surface model) and different land cover maps.

The following bands are included in the tif files, for an further explanation see the documentation on GEE. All bands are resampled to 10m resolution and reprojected to the coordinate reference system of the Sentinel-2 image.

Checking the file integrity
After downloading and decompression the file integrity can be checked using the provided file of md5 checksum.
Under Linux: md5sum --check --quiet md5sums.txt

References:

Vollrath, Andreas, Adugna Mullissa, Johannes Reiche (2020). "Angular-Based Radiometric Slope Correction for Sentinel-1 on Google Earth Engine". In: Remote Sensing 12.1, Art no. 1867. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12111867.

The Sentinel - 1 radar imaging mission is composed of a constellation of two polar-orbiting satellites providing continous all-weather, day and night imagery for Land and Maritime Monitoring. C-band synthentic aperture radar imaging has the advantage of operating at wavelenghts that are not obstructed by clouds or lack of illumination and therefore can acquire data during day or night under all weather conditions. With 6 days repeat cycle on the entire world and daily acquistions of sea ice zones and Europe's major shipping routes, Sentinel-1 ensures reliable data availability to support emergency services and applications requiring time series observations. Sentinel-1 continues the retired ERS and ENVISAT missions. Level 1 GRD products are available since October 2014.

Sentinel-2, 10m Multispectral 13-band imagery, rendered on-the-fly. Available for visualization and analytics, this Imagery Layer pulls directly from the Sentinel-2 on AWS collection and is updated daily with new imagery.This imagery layer can be used for multiple purposes including but not limited to vegetation, land cover, plant health, deforestation and environmental monitoring.Geographic CoverageGlobalContinental land masses from 65.4° South to 72.1° North, with these special guidelines:All coastal waters up to 20 km from the shoreAll islands greater than 100 km2All EU islandsAll closed seas (e.g. Caspian Sea)The Mediterranean SeaNote: Areas of interest going beyond the Mission baseline (as laid out in the Mission Requirements Document) will be assessed, and may be added to the baseline if sufficient resources are identified.Temporal CoverageThe revisit time for each point on Earth is every 5 days.This layer is updated daily with new imagery.This imagery layer is designed to include imagery collected within the past 14 months. Custom Image Services can be created for access to images older than 14 months.The number of images available will vary depending on location.Image Selection/FilteringThe most recent and cloud free image, for any location, is displayed by default.Any image available, within the past 14 months, can be displayed via custom filtering.Filtering can be done based on Acquisition Date, Estimated Cloud Cover, and Tile ID.Tile_ID is computed as [year][month][day]T[hours][minutes][seconds]_[UTMcode][latitudeband][square]_[sequence]. More…NOTE: Not using filters, and loading the entire archive, may affect performance.Analysis ReadyThis imagery layer is analysis ready with TOA correction applied.Visual RenderingDefault rendering is NDVI Raw (Normalized Difference vegetation index) computed as NIR(Band8)-Red(Band4)/NIR(Band8)+Red(Band4). The Colorized version of this layer is NDVI Colormap.Rendering (or display) of band combinations and calculated indices is done on-the-fly from the source images via Raster Functions.Various pre-defined Raster Functions can be selected or custom functions created.Available renderings include: Agriculture with DRA, Bathymetric with DRA, Color-Infrared with DRA, Natural Color with DRA, Short-wave Infrared with DRA, Geology with DRA, NDMI Colorized, Normalized Difference Built-Up Index (NDBI), NDWI Raw, NDWI - with VRE Raw, NDVI – with VRE Raw (NDRE), NDVI - VRE only Raw, NDVI-Raw, Normalized Burn Ratio, NDVI Colormap.Multispectral BandsBandDescriptionWavelength (µm)Resolution (m)1Coastal aerosol0.433 - 0.453602Blue0.458 - 0.523103Green0.543 - 0.578104Red0.650 - 0.680105Vegetation Red Edge0.698 - 0.713206Vegetation Red Edge0.733 - 0.748207Vegetation Red Edge0.773 - 0.793208NIR0.785 - 0.900108ANarrow NIR0.855 - 0.875209Water vapour0.935 - 0.9556010SWIR – Cirrus1.365 - 1.3856011SWIR-11.565 - 1.6552012SWIR-22.100 - 2.28020Additional NotesOverviews exist with a spatial resolution of 150m and are updated every quarter based on the best and latest imagery available at that time.To work with source images at all scales, the ‘Lock Raster’ functionality is available.NOTE: ‘Lock Raster’ should only be used on the layer for short periods of time, as the imagery and associated record Object IDs may change daily.This ArcGIS Server dynamic imagery layer can be used in Web Maps and ArcGIS Desktop as well as Web and Mobile applications using the REST based Image services API.Images can be exported up to a maximum of 4,000 columns x 4,000 rows per request.Data SourceSentinel-2 imagery is the result of close collaboration between the (European Space Agency) ESA, the European Commission and USGS. Data is hosted by the Amazon Web Services as part of their Registry of Open Data. Users can access the imagery from Sentinel-2 on AWS , or alternatively access Sentinel2Look Viewer, EarthExplorer or the Copernicus Open Access Hub to download the scenes.For information on Sentinel-2 imagery, see Sentinel-2.

SENTINEL-2 is a wide-swath, high-resolution, multi-spectral imaging mission, supporting Copernicus Land Monitoring studies, including the monitoring of vegetation, soil and water cover, as well as observation of inland waterways and coastal areas.

The SENTINEL-2 Multispectral Instrument (MSI) samples 13 spectral bands: four bands at 10 metres, six bands at 20 metres and three bands at 60 metres spatial resolution.

The acquired data, mission coverage and high revisit frequency provides for the generation of geoinformation at local, regional, national and international scales. The data is designed to be modified and adapted by users interested in thematic areas such as: • spatial planning • agro-environmental monitoring • water monitoring • forest and vegetation monitoring • land carbon, natural resource monitoring • global crop monitoring

Sentinel2GlobalLULC is a deep learning-ready dataset of RGB images from the Sentinel-2 satellites designed for global land use and land cover (LULC) mapping. Sentinel2GlobalLULC v2.1 contains 194,877 images in GeoTiff and JPEG format corresponding to 29 broad LULC classes. Each image has 224 x 224 pixels at 10 m spatial resolution and was produced by assigning the 25th percentile of all available observations in the Sentinel-2 collection between June 2015 and October 2020 in order to remove atmospheric effects (i.e., clouds, aerosols, shadows, snow, etc.). A spatial purity value was assigned to each image based on the consensus across 15 different global LULC products available in Google Earth Engine (GEE). Our dataset is structured into 3 main zip-compressed folders, an Excel file with a dictionary for class names and descriptive statistics per LULC class, and a python script to convert RGB GeoTiff images into JPEG format. The first folder called "Sentinel2LULC_GeoTiff.zip" contains 29 zip-compressed subfolders where each one corresponds to a specific LULC class with hundreds to thousands of GeoTiff Sentinel-2 RGB images. The second folder called "Sentinel2LULC_JPEG.zip" contains 29 zip-compressed subfolders with a JPEG formatted version of the same images provided in the first main folder. The third folder called "Sentinel2LULC_CSV.zip" includes 29 zip-compressed CSV files with as many rows as provided images and with 12 columns containing the following metadata (this same metadata is provided in the image filenames): Land Cover Class ID: is the identification number of each LULC class Land Cover Class Short Name: is the short name of each LULC class Image ID: is the identification number of each image within its corresponding LULC class Pixel purity Value: is the spatial purity of each pixel for its corresponding LULC class calculated as the spatial consensus across up to 15 land-cover products GHM Value: is the spatial average of the Global Human Modification index (gHM) for each image Latitude: is the latitude of the center point of each image Longitude: is the longitude of the center point of each image Country Code: is the Alpha-2 country code of each image as described in the ISO 3166 international standard. To understand the country codes, we recommend the user to visit the following website where they present the Alpha-2 code for each country as described in the ISO 3166 international standard:https: //www.iban.com/country-codes Administrative Department Level1: is the administrative level 1 name to which each image belongs Administrative Department Level2: is the administrative level 2 name to which each image belongs Locality: is the name of the locality to which each image belongs Number of S2 images : is the number of found instances in the corresponding Sentinel-2 image collection between June 2015 and October 2020, when compositing and exporting its corresponding image tile For seven LULC classes, we could not export from GEE all images that fulfilled a spatial purity of 100% since there were millions of them. In this case, we exported a stratified random sample of 14,000 images and provided an additional CSV file with the images actually contained in our dataset. That is, for these seven LULC classes, we provide these 2 CSV files: A CSV file that contains all exported images for this class A CSV file that contains all images available for this class at spatial purity of 100%, both the ones exported and the ones not exported, in case the user wants to export them. These CSV filenames end with "including_non_downloaded_images". To clearly state the geographical coverage of images available in this dataset, we included in the version v2.1, a compressed folder called "Geographic_Representativeness.zip". This zip-compressed folder contains a csv file for each LULC class that provides the complete list of countries represented in that class. Each csv file has two columns, the first one gives the country code and the second one gives the number of images provided in that country for that LULC class. In addition to these 29 csv files, we provided another csv file that maps each ISO Alpha-2 country code to its original full country name. © Sentinel2GlobalLULC Dataset by Yassir Benhammou, Domingo Alcaraz-Segura, Emilio Guirado, Rohaifa Khaldi, Boujemâa Achchab, Francisco Herrera & Siham Tabik is marked with Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0)

These three satellite mosaics cover the entire territory of Quebec and include images taken in 2018, 2019 and 2020. The spectral bands are blue (band 2), near infrared (band 8), and short wave infrared (band 11). The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission includes a constellation of two satellites in orbit that are in tandem and 180° apart from each other. The orbital configuration allows coverage with a revisit rate varying from two to ten days depending on the latitude. The Sentinel-2 constellation captures multispectral satellite images at a resolution of 10 m for the next generation of operational products, such as land use maps, land change detection maps, and geophysical variables. Technical characteristics of the product: https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel/missions/sentinel-2**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

The image index mosaics called S2ind are computed from Sentinel-2 images. Time period is from early April to late October, and the mosaics are computed on the 15th and the last day of month, each mosaic consisting of images of previous month. The purpose of these index mosaics is to enhance some physical property of target, like vegetation or built-up areas. Computed image indices are Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Tillage Index (NDTI), Built-up index (NDBI), Snow index (NDSI) and Moisture index (NDMI). Sentinel-2 image index mosaics are produced using images acquired using the MSI-instrument of the Sentinel 2A and 2B satellites. The original data is obtained automatically as tile packages (granules) from the Sodankylä National Satellite Data Center (NSDC) data archive and processed at CalFin-cluster of National Satellite Data Centre. Following image indices are computed: NDVI = (B8-B4)/(B8+B4)

Sentinel-2 Level-1C imagery with on-the-fly renderings for visualization. This imagery layer pulls directly from theSentinel-2 on AWScollection and is updated daily with new imagery.Sentinel-2 imagery can be applied across a number of industries, scientific disciplines, and management practices. Some applications include, but are not limited to, land cover and environmental monitoring, climate change, deforestation, disaster and emergency management, national security, plant health and precision agriculture, forest monitoring, watershed analysis and runoff predictions, land-use planning, tracking urban expansion, highlighting burned areas and estimating fire severity. Geographic Coverage GlobalContinental land masses from65.4° South to 72.1° North, with these special guidelines:All coastal waters up to 20 km from the shoreAll islands greater than 100 km2All EU islandsAll closed seas (e.g. Caspian Sea)The Mediterranean Sea Temporal Coverage This layer includes a rolling collection of Sentinel-2 imagery acquired within the past 14 months. This layer is updated daily with new imagery. The revisit time for each point on Earth is every 5 days. The number of images available will vary depending on location. Product Level This service provides Level-1C Top of Atmosphere imagery.Alternatively,Sentinel-2 Level-2A is also available. Image Selection/Filtering The most recent and cloud free images are displayed by default. Any image available within the past 14 months can be displayed via custom filtering. Filtering can be done based on attributes such as Acquisition Date, Estimated Cloud Cover, and Tile ID. Tile_ID is computed as [year][month][day]T[hours][minutes][seconds]_[UTMcode][latitudeband][square]_[sequence].More… Visual Rendering Default rendering is Natural Color (bands 4,3,2) with Dynamic Range Adjustment (DRA). The DRA version of each layer enables visualization of the full dynamic range of the images. Rendering (or display) of band combinations and calculated indices is done on-the-fly from the source images via Raster Functions. Various pre-defined Raster Functions can be selected or custom functions created. Available renderings include: Agriculture with DRA,Bathymetric with DRA,Color-Infrared with DRA,Natural Color with DRA,Short-wave Infrared with DRA,Geology with DRA,NDMI Colorized,Normalized Difference Built-Up Index (NDBI),NDWI Raw,NDWI - with VRE Raw,NDVI – with VRE Raw (NDRE),NDVI - VRE only Raw,NDVI Raw,Normalized Burn Ratio,NDVI Colormap. Multispectral Bands BandDescriptionWavelength (µm)Resolution (m)1Coastal aerosol0.433 - 0.453602Blue0.458 - 0.523103Green0.543 - 0.578104Red0.650 - 0.680105Vegetation Red Edge0.698 - 0.713206Vegetation Red Edge0.733 - 0.748207Vegetation Red Edge0.773 - 0.793208NIR0.785 - 0.900108ANarrow NIR0.855 - 0.875209Water vapour0.935 - 0.9556010SWIR – Cirrus1.365 - 1.3856011SWIR-11.565 - 1.6552012SWIR-22.100 - 2.28020Additional Notes Overviews exist with a spatial resolution of 150m and are updated every quarter based on the best and latest imagery available at that time.To work with source images at all scales, the ‘Lock Raster’ functionality is available. NOTE: ‘Lock Raster’ should only be used on the layer for short periods of time, as the imagery and associated record Object IDs may change daily.This ArcGIS Server dynamic imagery layer can be used in Web Maps and ArcGIS Desktop as well as Web and Mobile applications using the REST based Image services API.Images can be exported up to a maximum of 4,000 columns x 4,000 rows per request.Data SourceSentinel-2 imagery is the result of close collaboration between the (European Space Agency) ESA, the European Commission and USGS. Data is hosted by the Amazon Web Services as part of theirRegistry of Open Data. Users can access the imagery fromSentinel-2 on AWS, or alternatively accessEarthExploreror theCopernicus Data Space Ecosystemto download the scenes.For information on Sentinel-2 imagery, seeSentinel-2.

The European Space Agency, in collaboration with BlackBridge collected two time series datasets with a five day revisit at high resolution: February to June 2013 over 14 selected sites around the world April to September 2015 over 10 selected sites around the world. The RapidEye Earth Imaging System provides data at 5 m spatial resolution (multispectral L3A orthorectified). The products are radiometrically and sensor corrected similar to the 1B Basic product, but have geometric corrections applied to the data during orthorectification using DEMs and GCPs. The product accuracy depends on the quality of the ground control and DEMs used. The imagery is delivered in GeoTIFF format with a pixel spacing of 5 metres. The dataset is composed of data over: 14 selected sites in 2013: Argentina, Belgium, Chesapeake Bay, China, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Jordan, Korea, Morocco, Paraguay, South Africa and Ukraine. 10 selected sites in 2015: Limburgerhof, Railroad Valley, Libya4, Algeria4, Figueres, Libya1, Mauritania1, Barrax, Esrin, Uyuni Salt Lake. Spatial coverage: Check the spatial coverage of the collection on a map available on the Third Party Missions Dissemination Service.

This web map is a subset of Sentinel-2 Views. Sentinel-2, 10, 20, and 60m Multispectral, Multitemporal, 13-band imagery is rendered on-the-fly and available for visualization and analytics. This imagery layer pulls directly from the Sentinel-2 on AWS collection and is updated daily with new imagery.This imagery layer can be applied across a number of industries, scientific disciplines, and management practices. Some applications include, but are not limited to, land cover and environmental monitoring, climate change, deforestation, disaster and emergency management, national security, plant health and precision agriculture, forest monitoring, watershed analysis and runoff predictions, land-use planning, tracking urban expansion, highlighting burned areas and estimating fire severity.Geographic CoverageGlobalContinental land masses from 65.4° South to 72.1° North, with these special guidelines:All coastal waters up to 20 km from the shoreAll islands greater than 100 km2All EU islandsAll closed seas (e.g. Caspian Sea)The Mediterranean SeaNote: Areas of interest going beyond the Mission baseline (as laid out in the Mission Requirements Document) will be assessed, and may be added to the baseline if sufficient resources are identified.Temporal CoverageThe revisit time for each point on Earth is every 5 days.This layer is updated daily with new imagery.This imagery layer is designed to include imagery collected within the past 14 months. Custom Image Services can be created for access to images older than 14 months.The number of images available will vary depending on location.Image Selection/FilteringThe most recent and cloud free images are displayed by default.Any image available, within the past 14 months, can be displayed via custom filtering.Filtering can be done based on attributes such as Acquisition Date, Estimated Cloud Cover, and Tile ID.Tile_ID is computed as [year][month][day]T[hours][minutes][seconds]_[UTMcode][latitudeband][square]_[sequence]. More…NOTE: Not using filters, and loading the entire archive, may affect performance.Analysis ReadyThis imagery layer is analysis ready with TOA correction applied.Visual RenderingDefault rendering is Natural Color (bands 4,3,2) with Dynamic Range Adjustment (DRA).The DRA version of each layer enables visualization of the full dynamic range of the images.Rendering (or display) of band combinations and calculated indices is done on-the-fly from the source images via Raster Functions.Various pre-defined Raster Functions can be selected or custom functions created.Available renderings include: Agriculture with DRA, Bathymetric with DRA, Color-Infrared with DRA, Natural Color with DRA, Short-wave Infrared with DRA, Geology with DRA, NDMI Colorized, Normalized Difference Built-Up Index (NDBI), NDWI Raw, NDWI - with VRE Raw, NDVI – with VRE Raw (NDRE), NDVI - VRE only Raw, NDVI Raw, Normalized Burn Ratio, NDVI Colormap.Multispectral BandsBandDescriptionWavelength (µm)Resolution (m)1Coastal aerosol0.433 - 0.453602Blue0.458 - 0.523103Green0.543 - 0.578104Red0.650 - 0.680105Vegetation Red Edge0.698 - 0.713206Vegetation Red Edge0.733 - 0.748207Vegetation Red Edge0.773 - 0.793208NIR0.785 - 0.900108ANarrow NIR0.855 - 0.875209Water vapour0.935 - 0.9556010SWIR – Cirrus1.365 - 1.3856011SWIR-11.565 - 1.6552012SWIR-22.100 - 2.28020Additional NotesOverviews exist with a spatial resolution of 150m and are updated every quarter based on the best and latest imagery available at that time.To work with source images at all scales, the ‘Lock Raster’ functionality is available.NOTE: ‘Lock Raster’ should only be used on the layer for short periods of time, as the imagery and associated record Object IDs may change daily.This ArcGIS Server dynamic imagery layer can be used in Web Maps and ArcGIS Desktop as well as Web and Mobile applications using the REST based Image services API.Images can be exported up to a maximum of 4,000 columns x 4,000 rows per request.Data SourceSentinel-2 imagery is the result of close collaboration between the (European Space Agency) ESA, the European Commission and USGS. Data is hosted by the Amazon Web Services as part of their Registry of Open Data. Users can access the imagery from Sentinel-2 on AWS , or alternatively access Sentinel2Look Viewer, EarthExplorer or the Copernicus Open Access Hub to download the scenes.For information on Sentinel-2 imagery, see Sentinel-2.

A simple Sentinel-2 images dataset for forgery detection.

This database was generated by AGENIUM Space in the framework of the CORTEX project (https://esacortexproject.agenium-space.com/) funded by ESA.

The database was created using Sentinel-2 images distributed through the Copernicus open access hub (https://www.copernicus.eu/en, https://scihub.copernicus.eu/) and AIS (Automatic Identification System) data. Sentinel-2 images are all L1C products acquired in Danish sovereign waters in 2019. Danish government made available the AIS (Automatic Identification System) data around Denmark from 2009 until now ( https://www.dma.dk/SikkerhedTilSoes/Sejladsinformation/AIS/Sider/default.aspx ). More specifically, 14 tiles were selected, each of them with a cloud coverage below 10% according to the cloud mask products.

Three DBs are provided. Their description is given in S2-Ships-DB-description.pdf document attached to the DB.

This work is funded by a contract in the framework of the EO SCIENCE FOR SOCIETY PERMANENTLY OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS EOEP-5 BLOCK 4 issued by the European Space Agency.

1 Description SEN2VENµS is an open dataset for the super-resolution of Sentinel-2 images by leveraging simultaneous acquisitions with the VENµS satellite. The dataset is composed of 10m and 20m cloud-free surface reflectance patches from Sentinel-2, with their reference spatially-registered surface reflectance patches at 5 meters resolution acquired on the same day by the VENµS satellite. This dataset covers 29 locations with a total of 132 955 patches of 256x256 pixels at 5 meters resolution, and can be used for the training of super-resolution algorithms to bring spatial resolution of 8 of the Sentinel-2 bands down to 5 meters. Changelog with respect to version 1.0.0 (https://zenodo.org/records/6514159) All patches are now stored in indivual geoTiFF files with proper geo-referencing, regrouped in zip files per site and per category, The dataset now includes 20 meter resolution SWIR bands B11 and B12 from Sentinel-2 (L2A from Theia). Note that there is no HR reference for those bands, since the VENµS sensor has no SWIR band. 2 Files organization The dataset is composed of separate sub-datasets embedded in separate zip files, one for each site, as described in table 1. Note that there might be slight variations in number of patches and number of pairs with respect to version 1.0.0, due do incorrect count of samples in previous version (an empty tensor was still accounted for). Table 1: Number of patches and pairs for each site, along with VENµS viewing zenith angle Site Number of patches Number of pairs VENµS Zenith Angle FR-LQ1 4888 18 1.795402 NARYN 3813 24 5.010906 FGMANAUS 129 4 7.232127 MAD-AMBO 1442 18 14.788115 ARM 15859 39 15.160683 BAMBENW2 9018 34 17.766533 ES-IC3XG 8822 34 18.807686 ANJI 2312 14 19.310494 ATTO 2258 9 22.048651 ESGISB-3 6057 19 23.683871 ESGISB-1 2891 12 24.561609 FR-BIL 7105 30 24.802892 K34-AMAZ 1384 20 24.982675 ESGISB-2 3067 13 26.209776 ALSACE 2653 16 26.877071 LERIDA-1 2281 5 28.524780 ESTUAMAR 911 12 28.871947 SUDOUE-5 2176 20 29.170244 KUDALIAR 7269 20 29.180855 SUDOUE-6 2435 14 29.192055 SUDOUE-4 935 7 29.516127 SUDOUE-3 5363 14 29.998115 SO1 12018 36 30.255978 SUDOUE-2 9700 27 31.295256 ES-LTERA 1701 19 31.971764 FR-LAM 7299 22 32.054056 SO2 738 22 32.218481 BENGA 5857 28 32.587334 JAM2018 2564 18 33.718953 Each site zip file contains a subfolder with the site name. This subfolder contains secondary zip files for each date, following this naming convention as the pair id: {site_name}_{acquisition_date}_{mgrs_tile}. For each date, 5 zip files are available, as shown in table 2.Each zip file contain subfolder {bands}/{resolution}/ in which one GeoTiFF file per patch is stored, with the following naming convention: {site_name}_{idx}_{acquisition_date}_{mgr_tile}_{bands}_{resolution}.tif. Pixel values are encoded as 16 bits signed integers and should be converted back to floating point surface reflectance by dividing each and every value by 10 000 upon reading. Table 2: Naming convention for zip files associated to each date. File Content {id}_05m_b2b3b4b8.zip 5m patches ((256\times256) pix.) for S2 B2, B3, B4 and B8 (from VENµS) {id}_10m_b2b3b4b8.zip 10m patches ((128\times128) pix.) for S2 B2, B3, B4 and B8 (from Sentinel-2) {id}_05m_b5b6b7b8a.zip 5m patches ((256\times256) pix.) for S2 B5, B6, B7 and B8A (from VENµS) {id}_20m_b5b6b7b8a.zip 20m patches ((64\times64) pix.) for S2 B5, B6, B7 and B8A (from Sentinel-2) {id}_20m_b11b12.zip 20m patches ((64\times64) pix.) for S2 B11 and B12 (from Sentinel-2) Each file comes with a master index.csv CSV (Comma Separated Values) file, with one row for each pair sampled in the given site. Columns are named after the {bands}_{resolution} pattern, and contains the full path to the corresponding GeoTiFF wihin the corresponding zip file: {site}_{acquisition_date}_{mgrs_tile}_{bands}_{resolution}.zip/{bands}/{resolution}/{site}_{idx}_{acquisition_date}_{mgrs_tile}_{bands}_{resolution}.tif 3 Licencing 3.1 Sentinel-2 patches 3.1.1 Copyright Value-added data processed by CNES for the Theia data centre www.theia-land.fr using Copernicus products. The processing uses algorithms developed by Theia's Scientific Expertise Centres. Note: Copernicus Sentinel-2 Level 1C data is subject to this license: https://theia.cnes.fr/atdistrib/documents/TC_Sentinel_Data_31072014.pdf 3.1.2 Licence Files *_b2b3b4b8_10m.tif, *_b5b6b7b8a_20m.tif and *_b11b12_20m.tif are distributed under the the original licence of the Sentinel-2 Theia L2A products, which is the Etalab Open Licence Version 2.0 2. 3.2 VENµS patches 3.2.1 Copyright Value-added data processed by CNES for the Theia data centre www.theia-land.fr using VENµS satellite imagery from CNES and Israeli Space Agency. The processing uses algorithms developed by Theia's Scientific Expertise Centres. 3.2.2 Licence Files *_b2b3b4b8_05m.tif and *_b5b6b7b8a_05m.tif are distributed under the original licence of the VENµS products, which is Crea...

The increasing demand for high spatial resolution in remote sensing imagery has led to the necessity of super-resolution (SR) algorithms that convert low-resolution (LR) images into high-resolution (HR) ones. To address this need, we introduce SEN2NAIP, a large remote sensing dataset designed to support conventional and reference-based SR model training. SEN2NAIP is structured into two components to provide a broad spectrum of research and application needs. The first component comprises a cross-sensor dataset of 2,851 pairs of LR images from Sentinel-2 L2A and HR images from the National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP). Leveraging this dataset, we developed a degradation model capable of converting NAIP images to match the characteristics of Sentinel-2 imagery (S2like). Subsequently, this degradation model was utilized to create the second component, a synthetic dataset comprising 17,657 NAIP and S2like image pairs. With the SEN2NAIP dataset, we aim to provide a valuable resource that facilitates the exploration of new techniques for enhancing the spatial resolution of Sentinel-2 satellite imagery.

Images and 2-class labels for semantic segmentation of Sentinel-2 and Landsat RGB, NIR, and SWIR satellite images of coasts (water, other)

Images and 2-class labels for semantic segmentation of Sentinel-2 and Landsat 5-band (R+G+B+NIR+SWIR) satellite images of coasts (water, other)

Description

3649 images and 3649 associated labels for semantic segmentation of Sentinel-2 and Landsat 5-band (R+G+B+NIR+SWIR) satellite images of coasts. The 2 classes are 1=water, 0=other. Imagery are a mixture of 10-m Sentinel-2 and 15-m pansharpened Landsat 7, 8, and 9 visible-band imagery of various sizes. Red, Green, Blue, near-infrared, and short-wave infrared bands only

These images and labels could be used within numerous Machine Learning frameworks for image segmentation, but have specifically been made for use with the Doodleverse software package, Segmentation Gym**.

Two data sources have been combined

Dataset 1

* 579 image-label pairs from the following data release**** https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7344571
* Labels have been reclassified from 4 classes to 2 classes.
* Some (422) of these images and labels were originally included in the Coast Train*** data release, and have been modified from their original by reclassifying from the original classes to the present 2 classes.
* These images and labels have been made using the Doodleverse software package, Doodler*.

Dataset 2

• 3070 image-label pairs from the Sentinel-2 Water Edges Dataset (SWED)***** dataset, https://openmldata.ukho.gov.uk/, described by Seale et al. (2022)******
• A subset of the original SWED imagery (256 x 256 x 12) and labels (256 x 256 x 1) have been chosen, based on the criteria of more than 2.5% of the pixels represent water

File descriptions

• classes.txt, a file containing the class names
• images.zip, a zipped folder containing the 3-band RGB images of varying sizes and extents
• labels.zip, a zipped folder containing the 1-band label images
• nir.zip, a zipped folder containing the 1-band near-infrared (NIR) images
• swir.zip, a zipped folder containing the 1-band shorttwave infrared (SWIR) images
• overlays.zip, a zipped folder containing a semi-transparent overlay of the color-coded label on the image (red=1=water, blue=0=other)
• resized_images.zip, RGB images resized to 512x512x3 pixels
• resized_labels.zip, label images resized to 512x512x1 pixels
• resized_nir.zip, NIR images resized to 512x512x1 pixels
• resized_swir.zip, SWIR images resized to 512x512x1 pixels

References

*Doodler: Buscombe, D., Goldstein, E.B., Sherwood, C.R., Bodine, C., Brown, J.A., Favela, J., Fitzpatrick, S., Kranenburg, C.J., Over, J.R., Ritchie, A.C. and Warrick, J.A., 2021. Human‐in‐the‐Loop Segmentation of Earth Surface Imagery. Earth and Space Science, p.e2021EA002085https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EA002085. See https://github.com/Doodleverse/dash_doodler.

**Segmentation Gym: Buscombe, D., & Goldstein, E. B. (2022). A reproducible and reusable pipeline for segmentation of geoscientific imagery. Earth and Space Science, 9, e2022EA002332. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EA002332 See: https://github.com/Doodleverse/segmentation_gym

***Coast Train data release: Wernette, P.A., Buscombe, D.D., Favela, J., Fitzpatrick, S., and Goldstein E., 2022, Coast Train--Labeled imagery for training and evaluation of data-driven models for image segmentation: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P91NP87I. See https://coasttrain.github.io/CoastTrain/ for more information

****Buscombe, Daniel. (2022). Images and 4-class labels for semantic segmentation of Sentinel-2 and Landsat RGB, NIR, and SWIR satellite images of coasts (water, whitewater, sediment, other) (v1.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7344571

*****Seale, C., Redfern, T., Chatfield, P. 2022. Sentinel-2 Water Edges Dataset (SWED) https://openmldata.ukho.gov.uk/

******Seale, C., Redfern, T., Chatfield, P., Luo, C. and Dempsey, K., 2022. Coastline detection in satellite imagery: A deep learning approach on new benchmark data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 278, p.113044.

xS2Wakes: A dataset for xAI of Wakes in S-2 (L2A).

Summary

The dataset is derived from Sentinel-2 Level-2A (L2A) satellite images and focuses on the marine domain over Danish fjords. It provides a comprehensive collection of ship wakes and background clutter (referred to as "no_wake_crop") for remote sensing applications. The dataset has undergone post-processing through the Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization (CLAHE) algorithm with a clip limit value of 0.12 and a tile size of 16x16. The dataset comprises four spectral bands: B2, B3, B4, and B8.

Importance and Relevance to Remote Sensing Community

Multifaceted Applications of Wake Detection

Ship wake detection serves as a cornerstone in a multitude of domains that are critical to both human and environmental well-being:

Navigational Safety: Understanding ship wakes can provide insights into water currents and traffic patterns. This is vital for ensuring the safe passage of marine vessels, particularly in narrow straits and busy ports.

Environmental Monitoring: The study of ship wakes can reveal the influence of vessels on aquatic ecosystems. For instance, excessive wake turbulence can lead to coastal erosion and can disrupt marine habitats.

Maritime Surveillance: Wake detection plays a crucial role in maintaining maritime security. Tracking the wakes of vessels can help in identifying illegal activities such as smuggling or unauthorized fishing.

Specifications

• Data Source: Sentinel-2 L2A
• Region of Interest: Danish fjords
• Classes: Wake, No-Wake
• Number of Samples:
  • Wake: 123
  • No-Wake: 150
• Spectral Bands: B2 (Blue), B3 (Green), B4 (Red), B8 (NIR)
• Post-Processing: CLAHE (Clip Limit = 0.12, Tile Size = 16x16)
• Average Wake Chip Size: 390x351 pixels
• Average No-Wake Chip Size: 380x390 pixels

Wake Detection and Analysis

Traditional Methods and Their Limitations

Traditionally, the process of ship wake detection has largely been a manual endeavor or employed simplistic statistical algorithms. Analysts would sift through satellite or aerial images to identify ship wakes, a process that is both time-consuming and prone to human error. Even automated statistical methods often lack the robustness needed to differentiate between true wakes and false positives, such as aquatic plants or natural water disturbances.

Role of xAI (Explainable AI) in Wake Identification

The introduction of explainable AI (xAI) techniques brings another layer of sophistication to wake analysis. While traditional machine learning models may offer high performance, they often act as "black boxes," making it difficult to understand how they arrive at a certain conclusion. In a critical domain like navigational safety or maritime surveillance, the ability to interpret and understand model decisions is indispensable. xAI methods can make these machine learning models more transparent, providing insights into their decision-making processes, which in turn can aid in fine-tuning or fully trusting the models.

Spectral Bands Selected

The inclusion of four key spectral bands—B2, B3, B4, and B8—offers the scope for multi-spectral analysis. Different bands can capture varying features of water and wake textures, thereby offering a richer feature set for machine learning models. We use these spectral bands as referred to in [Liu, Yingfei, Jun Zhao, and Yan Qin. "A novel technique for ship wake detection from optical images." Remote Sensing of Environment 258 (2021): 112375.]

Understanding Optical vs. SAR Imaging Modalities

It is important to note the fundamental differences between wakes captured in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images and those in optical imagery. In SAR images, narrow-V wakes often arise due to Bragg scattering, a phenomenon that does not exist at optical wavelengths. In optical images, bright lines close to turbulent wakes are actually foams generated by the interaction between the surface horizontal flow of turbulent wakes and the surrounding background waves (Ermakov et al., 2014; Milgram et al., 1993; Peltzer et al., 1992). This can make the detection of wakes in optical images more challenging as there are usually no bright lines near turbulent wakes, and Kelvin arms may also show dark contrast. Methods that solely rely on searching for a trough and peak pair, taking the trough as the turbulent wake, would miss many actual wakes and could also result in the identification of false wakes.

Contrast Enhancement

The application of the CLAHE (Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization) algorithm to this dataset allows for enhanced local contrast, enabling subtle features to become more pronounced. This significantly aids machine learning algorithms in feature extraction, thereby improving their ability to distinguish between complex patterns.

Environment and Clutter Assessment

In addition to wakes, the dataset contains samples labeled as "No-Wake," which include environmental clutter and clouds. These samples are crucial for training robust models that can differentiate wakes from similar-looking natural phenomena.

Lebanon has traditionally been a major potato producer with 451,860 tons produced in 2014. Generally, potatoes make up 30% of the total Lebanese agricultural exports where approximately 60% of the potato production is exported to the Arab region, the UK and Brazil. The purpose of this study is to promote precision agriculture techniques in Lebanon that will help local farmers in the central Bekaa Valley with land management decisions. The European Space Agency’s satellite missions Sentinel-2A, launched June 23rd 2015, and the Sentinel-2B, recently launched on March 7th 2017, are multispectral high resolution imaging systems that provide global coverage every 5 days. The Sentinel program is a land monitoring program that includes an aim to improve agricultural practices. The imagery is 13 band data in the visible, near infrared and short wave infrared parts of the electromagnetic spectrum and ranges from 10-20 m including three 60 m bands pixel resolution. Sentinel is freely available data that has the potential to empower farmers with information to respond quickly to maximize crop health. Due to the political and security conflicts in the region, utilizing satellite imagery for Lebanon is more reasonable and realistic than operating Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for high resolution remote sensing. During the 2017 growing season, local farmers provided detailed information in designated fields on their farming practices, crop health, and pest threats. In parallel, Sentinel-2 imagery was processed to study crop health using the following vegetation indices: Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, Green Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index and Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index 2. Most Lebanese farmers inherit their land from their parents over generations, and as a result most still use traditional farming techniques for irrigation, where decisions are based on prior generations’ practices. However, with the changes in climate conditions within the region, these practices are no longer as efficient as they used to be. Normalized Difference Water Indices are calculated from satellite bands in the near-infrared and short-wave infrared to provide a better understanding about the water stress status of crops within the field. Preliminary results demonstrate that Sentinel-2 data can provide detailed and timely data for farmers to effectively manage fields. Despite the fact that most Lebanese farmers rely on traditional farming methods, providing them with crop health information on their mobile phones and allowing them to test its efficiency has the potential to be a catalyst to help them improve their farming practices.