EUMETSAT OSMON - An automatic tool for assessing and anaylsing the geolocation accuracy of medium resolution optical sensors (November 2018 - November 2020)

OSMON develops, implements and demonstrates the use of a platform independent modular software tool for assessing and monitoring the geolocation accurary of medium resolution optical sensors, expanding on proven technology and providing robust algorithms. The tool supports Level-1 products from current medium resolution EUMETSAT sensors (such as AVHRR, SLSTR, OLCI) and should be easily extendable to near-future sensors like MetImage, etc.

The main project objectives are

• Generating and delivering a stand-alone environment for assessing the geolocation accuracy of moderate to high resolution optical satellite sensors.
• Developing, testing and documenting an automatic monitoring and reporting system for detecting and quantifying possible geolocation errors.
• Providing tools for continuously monitoring geolocation performance of image data as they are acquired and circulated to users.
• Enabling quick and reliable validation of new datasets in case of a change in the processing baseline for optical sensor products that might affect the geolocation accuracy.
• Evaluating the spectral and temporal registration accuracy and stability of EUMETSAT optical sensor payloads by analysing long time series.

Project Team: ENVEO IT GmbH

Project Contract Number: EUM/CO/18/4600002180/JML Order Nr. 4500017249

See also OSMON Webpage at EUMETSAT