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Sentinel-2 Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFFs
The [Sentinel-2 mission](https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel/missions/sentinel-2) 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 ongoing studies. This dataset is the same as the [Sentinel-2](https://registry.opendata.aws/sentinel-2/) dataset, except the JP2K files wer
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Licence: Access to Sentinel data is free, full and open for the broad Regional, National, European and International user community. View [Terms and Conditions](https://sentinels.copernicus.eu/documents/247904
Evidence quality: 47.9
Listed in aws-odr public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
What's in it
- Data offered docs-verified
- Sentinel-2 L2A optical imagery (Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFF) · STAC metadata (JSON alongside the data) · STAC API (Earth-search) for searching the archive · New-scene SNS notifications
- Coverage docs-verified
- Global (wider Europe from April 2017; global from December 2018) · From April 2017 (wider Europe) and December 2018 (global)
- Resolution docs-verified
- Revisit: global land coverage every 5 days (two-satellite constellation). Spatial resolution not stated in DOCS.
- Update frequency docs-verified
- Regular; new scenes usually added within a few hours of availability on Copernicus OpenHub
- Formats docs-verified
- COG (Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFF) · JSON (STAC metadata)
- Access docs-verified
- Free and open; no AWS account required for S3 or STAC access. Licence: Copernicus Sentinel free, full and open access; see Terms and Conditions.
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Pre- and post-event flood extent mapping for FRA and flood event review · Land cover and vegetation change screening for BNG habitat baseline · Remote desk-based screening of site ground and vegetation condition before field survey · Water body extent time series for catchment and water resources studies
- Audience llm-inferred
- GIS analysts · ecologists · hydrologists · environmental consultants · planners · geotechnical engineers
Limitations
- Constraints llm-inferred
- Spatial resolution and band specifications are not stated in DOCS · Optical imagery only; cloud cover affects usability (inferred) · Pre-2017 coverage absent; L2A outside wider Europe only from December 2018 · Requires COG/STAC-capable tooling to use efficiently · Search API (Earth-search) is a third-party service managed by Element 84
Evidence
- arn:aws:s3:::e84-earth-search-sentinel-data, arn:aws:s3:::e84-earth-search-sentinel-data-inventory, arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:608149789419:cirrus-es-prod-publish
- https://registry.opendata.aws/sentinel-2-l2a-cogs/
Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.