The EnMAP Observation Planning and Data Access for Scientific Users

EnMAP (Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program; www.enmap.org) is the first German imaging spectroscopy mission, to be launched in April 2022. After its Launch, Early Orbit and Commissioning Phase (6 months), the EnMAP mission will be available to the international user community for the data access and ordering process. EnMAP will be operated by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) covering all aspects relevant to assure successful mission operations. This comprises controlling and commanding the satellite using multi-mission infrastructures as well as observation planning, data reception, hyperspectral data processing including calibration, data archiving, data access and delivery, and providing web-interfaces to the international user community. This presentation will give an overview of EnMAP observation planning and data access concepts and outlines the data ordering workflow in particular for scientific users. The user can get access to EnMAP data using two different order options: On the one hand the user can submit future order requests through the EnMAP Data Access Portal (EDAP). The EDAP links to a set of functions for registered users that will support the international user community. This portal includes amongst others the proposal portal allowing submission of proposal for all scientific users responding to a Data Announcement of Opportunity (AO) and the Observation Request Portal providing planning support of observation requests and allowing submission of future orders. On the other hand, the already recorded data can be searched, processed and delivered based on catalogue from the archive through the EOWEB® GeoPortal. Although EnMAP is based on an open data policy and every type of user is in principle entitled to download data and request acquisitions, there will be different user categories to set acquisition priorities. The scientific (Cat-1) orders has higher priority and is requested to submit a proposal, which will undergo a scientific evaluation. The associated results will be presented by an interactive map supporting the establishment of a worldwide user network and guarantee the highest transparency of the proposal process. In the Observation Portal the user is able to submit future order requests by specifying following order parameters, such as the geographic area of interest (AOI) (between 74° North and 74° South), length of the AOI as a multiple of 30 km and up to 1000 km, the specification of the maximum allowable tilt angle of the satellite across the orbit (5° to 30°), the time span in which the acquisition should be performed and the option for time series and the number of data takes per months. To ensure acceptable illumination conditions, only images with sun zenith angle lower 60° will be considered. As for data acquisition EnMAP will be able to collect 5000 km along track and 30 km across track per day. The probability that the order will be included in the mission planning depends on the requirements for the observation as well as the specified priority and quota. Whether a specific data take is scheduled at the end depends on factors such as e.g. available data storage, cloud probabilities (e.g. historical and predicted cloud coverage) and, if requested by the user, sunglint probability (this is relevant for water products only). Users should make a request at least 25 hours before the scheduled recording to ensure the uplink. All data are available no later than 24 hours after collection for further processing into data products. The EnMAP ground segment will provide a range of standardized data products with different levels of processing of Level 1B, Level 1C and Level 2A based on archived Level 0 comprising extensive quicklooks and metadata. Due to required multiple processing options, each product is generated specifically for the order and delivered using FTPS (FTP with SSL) provided by multi-mission facilities

The EnMAP imaging spectroscopy mission towards operations

EnMAP (Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program) is a high-resolution imaging spectroscopy remote sensing mission that was successfully launched on April 1st, 2022. Equipped with a prism-based dual-spectrometer, EnMAP performs observations in the spectral range between 418.2 nm and 2445.5 nm with 224 bands and a high radiometric and spectral accuracy and stability. EnMAP products, with a ground instantaneous field-of-view of 30 m x 30 m at a swath width of 30 km, allow for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of surface variables from frequently and consistently acquired observations on a global scale. This article presents the EnMAP mission and details the activities and results of the Launch and Early Orbit and Commissioning Phases until November 1st, 2022. The mission capabilities and expected performances for the operational Routine Phase are provided for existing and future EnMAP users

Insights into CODE-DE - Germany's Copernicus Data and Exploitation Platform

This article presents and analyses the modular architecture and capabilities of CODE-DE (Copernicus Data and Exploitation Platform - Deutschland, www.code-de.org), the integrated German operational environment for accessing and processing Copernicus data and products, as well as the methodology to establish and operate the system. Since March 2017, CODE-DE has been online with access to Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data, to Sentinel-3 data shortly after this time, and since March 2019 with access to Sentinel-5P data. These products are available and accessed by 1,682 registered users as of March 2019. During this period 654,895 products were downloaded and a global catalogue was continuously updated, featuring a data volume of 814 TByte based on a rolling archive concept supported by a reload mechanism from a long-term archive. Since November 2017, the element for big data processing has been operational, where registered users can process and analyse data themselves specifically assisted by methods for value-added product generation. Utilizing 195,467 core and 696,406 memory hours, 982,948 products of different applications were fully automatically generated in the cloud environment and made available as of March 2019. Special features include an improved visualization of available Sentinel-2 products, which are presented within the catalogue client at full 10 m resolution