S2 for Land and Water, Coral Reefs

The project activities builds on the work presented in the paper authored by John Hedley, Chris Roelfsema, Benjamin Koetz and Stuart Phinn (2012), “Capability of the Sentinel 2 mission for tropical coral reef mapping and coral bleaching detection”, Remote Sensing of the Environment, 120, 145-155.

• Critical analysis of feedback from scientists and institutions collected through consultations in ESA and Third Party workshops, symposia and conferences
• Proposal of potential observation scenarii for Sentinel-2 in terms of required spatial coverage and repeat cycle considering user requirements, existing observation initiatives and synergy with other sensors (Landsat, SPOT sensor families)
• Identifying scientific priority areas and providing guidance for future scientific data exploitation projects