/S2_Downloader

Guideline for downloading Sentinel-2 images

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GUIDELINE: HOW TO DOWNLOAD SENTINEL-2 IMAGES

DOI License: EUPL-1.2

Table of Content

  1. Download from ESA data hub using web interface
  2. Copernicus Downloader
  3. Downloading Sentinel-2 images using Google Earth Engine and Jupyter
  4. Acknowledgment
  5. issues

1. Download from ESA data hub using web interface.

To download Sentinel-2 images from Copernicus ESA data hub, you need to access to its website through this link : https://scihub.copernicus.eu/dhus/#/home

To be allowed to download any satellite images from Copernicus's program, you need to have account. For registering in Copernicus Open Access Hub, you can use this form: https://scihub.copernicus.eu/dhus/#/self-registration.

Copernicus OPEN ACCESS DATA HUB

Before download you need to prepare a list of available images by defining some parameters including:

  1. satellite platform
  2. product type
  3. Relative Orbita Number
  4. Cloud Cover %

search criterias

You also need to select the study area.

For more information for using graphical user interface you can refer to this page : https://scihub.copernicus.eu/userguide/GraphicalUserInterface

2. Copernicus Downloader

using the Copernicus Downloader. To use this script, you need username and password explained before, and run following code to install all required libraries

pip install -r requirements.txt

Afterward, you need to change satellite platform, Cloud Cover % and sensing data inside the manuscript.

3. Downloading Sentinel-2 images using Google Earth Engine and Jupyter

GEE

What you need :

  1. Google account
  2. Install following libraries :

After launching Jupyter notebook server, open GEE_S2_PixelExtraction file, and follow instruction in notebook to download and extracting surface reflectance.

Issues and troubleshooting

If you encounter any issue or have any questions, please post your question here : https://github.com/saberioon/S2_Downloader/issues

Acknowledgment

EJP Soil https://ejpsoil.eu/research-projects/steropes/