MACCS : Multi-Mission Atmospheric Correction and Cloud Screening tool for high-frequency revisit data processing

B. Petrucci; M. Huc; T. Feuvrier; C. Ruffel; O. Hagolle; V. Lonjou; C. Desjardins

doi:10.1117/12.2194797

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15 October 2015 MACCS : Multi-Mission Atmospheric Correction and Cloud Screening tool for high-frequency revisit data processing

B. Petrucci, M. Huc, T. Feuvrier, C. Ruffel, O. Hagolle, V. Lonjou, C. Desjardins

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Proceedings Volume 9643, Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing XXI; 964307 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2194797
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2015, Toulouse, France

Abstract

For the production of Level2A products during Sentinel-2 commissioning in the Technical Expertise Center Sentinel-2 in CNES, CESBIO proposed to adapt the Venus Level-2 , taking advantage of the similarities between the two missions: image acquisition at a high frequency (2 days for Venus, 5 days with the two Sentinel-2), high resolution (5m for Venus, 10, 20 and 60m for Sentinel-2), images acquisition under constant viewing conditions. The Multi-Mission Atmospheric Correction and Cloud Screening (MACCS) tool was born: based on CNES Orfeo Toolbox Library, Venμs processor which was already able to process Formosat2 and VENμS data, was adapted to process Sentinel-2 and Landsat5-7 data; since then, a great effort has been made reviewing MACCS software architecture in order to ease the add-on of new missions that have also the peculiarity of acquiring images at high resolution, high revisit and under constant viewing angles, such as Spot4/Take5 and Landsat8. The recursive and multi-temporal algorithm is implemented in a core that is the same for all the sensors and that combines several processing steps: estimation of cloud cover, cloud shadow, water, snow and shadows masks, of water vapor content, aerosol optical thickness, atmospheric correction. This core is accessed via a number of plug-ins where the specificity of the sensor and of the user project are taken into account: products format, algorithmic processing chaining and parameters. After a presentation of MACCS architecture and functionalities, the paper will give an overview of the production facilities integrating MACCS and the associated specificities: the interest for this tool has grown worldwide and MACCS will be used for extensive production within the THEIA land data center and Agri-S2 project. Finally the paper will zoom on the use of MACCS during Sentinel-2 In Orbit Test phase showing the first Level-2A products.

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B. Petrucci, M. Huc, T. Feuvrier, C. Ruffel, O. Hagolle, V. Lonjou, and C. Desjardins "MACCS : Multi-Mission Atmospheric Correction and Cloud Screening tool for high-frequency revisit data processing", Proc. SPIE 9643, Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing XXI, 964307 (15 October 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2194797

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