Copernicus and Sentinel
What it is about…
Copernicus is a European Earth Observation Programme carried out by the European Commission in 
cooperation with the European Space Agency ESA, EUMETSAT and its member states. It consists of different systems for data acquisition and connects remote sensing with on-site measurements (in-situ component). Environmental and safety-related information is derived from the observation data, which is collected in the so-called Copernicus services. All data – including all raw data – are Open Data and therefore freely available. Numerous satellites, the “sentinels”, form the core of this programme.
Sentinel-1 (RADAR, weather-independent): Guyana
Copyright: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2017), processed by mundialis
Sentinel-2 (optical and infrared): Camargue
Copyright: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2017), processed by mundialis
Sentinel-3 (surface temperature): Hurricane Harvey
Copyright: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2017), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
Sentinel-5P (atmospheric measurements): Nitrogen dioxide over west Germany
Copyright: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2017), processed by KNMI/ESA