Posted on December 28, 2022 (Updated on July 10, 2025)

Remote sensing reflectance from Sentinel 2 in SNAP, ArcGIS or QGIS

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How to use Sentinel 2 data in QGIS?

Visualize Sentinel-2 Imagery

  1. From Semi-Automatic Classification Plugin window, select Band Set on the left window. From the right window menu select Open File button as seen in figure 10.
  2. Select images band 1,2,3 and 4.
  3. Switch back into QGIS Dekstop main window.
  4. The band combination process will be running.

May 20, 2021

What is reflectance in remote sensing?

Definition. Remote Sensing Reflectance, Rrs(λ; sr-1), is water-leaving radiance, Lw(λ), corrected for bidirectional effects of the air-sea interface and sub-surface light field, and normalized by downwelling solar irradiance, Ed(λ), just above the sea surface.
Jun 10, 2016

What is the difference between top of atmosphere reflectance and surface reflectance?

Top-of-atmosphere reflectance (or TOA reflectance) is the reflectance measured by a space-based sensor flying higher than the earth’s atmosphere. These reflectance values will include contributions from clouds and atmospheric aerosols and gases. Surface Reflectance is the reflectance of the surface of the Earth.
Aug 23, 2013

What is surface reflectance correction?

Surface reflectance (SR) improves comparison between multiple images over the same region by accounting for atmospheric effects such as aerosol scattering and thin clouds, which can help in the detection and characterization of Earth surface change.

What kind of applications can Sentinel-2 data be used?

As well as monitoring plant growth, Sentinel-2 can be used to map changes in land cover and to monitor the world’s forests. It also provides information on pollution in lakes and coastal waters. Images of floods, volcanic eruptions and landslides contribute to disaster mapping and help humanitarian relief efforts.

How do you process Sentinel-2 data in snap?

Preprocess a single dataset

  1. Open File SNAP. Use SNAP’s toolbar to navigate to Raster > Geometric Operations and open the Resample operation:
  2. Navigation to Resample.
  3. Resampling settings tab 1.
  4. Resampling settings tab 2.
  5. Virtual product notification.
  6. Open as RGB Image.
  7. Subset function in Toolbar.
  8. Subset function settings.

How do you convert digital numbers to reflectance?

Alternatively, the TOA reflectance values can be estimated from digital numbers (DN) by using these two steps: Compute the radiance values from the digital number (DN). Gainλ and Biasλ are the gain and offset values for each spectral band (λ) respectively.

How do you measure reflectance?

Reflectance is measured by shining light on a sample and measuring the light reflected from the sample. Reflected light consists of specular reflected light and diffuse reflected light, which when combined together is referred to as total reflected light (specular reflected light plus diffuse reflected light).

What is spectral reflectance in GIS?

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How do I use Sentinel-2 data?

All Sentinel-2 data are freely available from the Copernicus Open Access Hub. Users can download the data via https://scihub.copernicus.eu/. To learn more about Sentinel data access information please visit: https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel/sentinel-data-access.
Sep 29, 2022

How do I export data from Sentinel?

Launch the Notebook

  1. In the Sentinel portal, navigate to the Notebooks blade.
  2. Go to the Templates tab.
  3. Search for, and select, the “Export Historical Data” notebook.
  4. On the right panel, select Save notebook.
  5. The notebook is now accessible in your Azure ML workspace.

Can QGIS do network analysis?

The Network Analysis tool for QGIS calculates the shortest path between two points on any polyline layer and plots this path over the road network. Main features: – Calculates path, as well as the cost(length or time).
Sep 30, 2021