Sentinel-2 Views

Global Sentinel-2 Level-1C multispectral imagery. This Imagery Layer is sourced from the Sentinel-2 on AWS collections and is updated daily with new imagery.

Sentinel-2 Level-1C imagery with on-the-fly renderings for visualization. This imagery layer pulls directly from the Sentinel-2 on AWS collection and is updated daily with new imagery.

Sentinel-2 imagery can be applied across a number of industries, scientific disciplines, and management practices. Some applications include, but are not limited to, land cover and environmental monitoring, climate change, deforestation, disaster and emergency management, national security, plant health and precision agriculture, forest monitoring, watershed analysis and runoff predictions, land-use planning, tracking urban expansion, highlighting burned areas and estimating fire severity.

Geographic Coverage

  • Global
  • Continental land masses from 65.4° South to 72.1° North, with these special guidelines:
    • All coastal waters up to 20 km from the shore
    • All islands greater than 100 km2
    • All EU islands
    • All closed seas (e.g. Caspian Sea)
    • The Mediterranean Sea
       

Temporal Coverage

  • This layer includes a rolling collection of Sentinel-2 imagery acquired within the past 14 months.
  • This layer is updated daily with new imagery.
  • The revisit time for each point on Earth is every 5 days.
  • The number of images available will vary depending on location.
     

Product Level

  • This service provides Level-1C Top of Atmosphere imagery.
  • Alternatively, Sentinel-2 Level-2A is also available.
     

Image Selection/Filtering

  • The most recent and cloud free images are displayed by default.
  • Any image available within the past 14 months can be displayed via custom filtering.
  • Filtering can be done based on attributes such as Acquisition Date, Estimated Cloud Cover, and Tile ID.
  • Tile_ID is computed as [year][month][day]T[hours][minutes][seconds]_[UTMcode][latitudeband][square]_[sequence]. More…
     

Visual Rendering

Multispectral Bands

Band

Description

Wavelength (µm)

Resolution (m)

1

Coastal aerosol

0.433 - 0.453

60

2

Blue

0.458 - 0.523

10

3

Green

0.543 - 0.578

10

4

Red

0.650 - 0.680

10

5

Vegetation Red Edge

0.698 - 0.713

20

6

Vegetation Red Edge

0.733 - 0.748

20

7

Vegetation Red Edge

0.773 - 0.793

20

8

NIR

0.785 - 0.900

10

8A

Narrow NIR

0.855 - 0.875

20

9

Water vapour

0.935 - 0.955

60

10

SWIR – Cirrus

1.365 - 1.385

60

11

SWIR-1

1.565 - 1.655

20

12

SWIR-2

2.100 - 2.280

20

Additional Notes

  • Overviews exist with a spatial resolution of 150m and are updated every quarter based on the best and latest imagery available at that time.
  • To work with source images at all scales, the ‘Lock Raster’ functionality is available. 
    • NOTE: ‘Lock Raster’ should only be used on the layer for short periods of time, as the imagery and associated record Object IDs may change daily.
  • This ArcGIS Server dynamic imagery layer can be used in Web Maps and ArcGIS Desktop as well as Web and Mobile applications using the REST based Image services API.
  • Images can be exported up to a maximum of 4,000 columns x 4,000 rows per request.
     

Data Source

Sentinel-2 imagery is the result of close collaboration between the (European Space Agency) ESA, the European Commission and USGS. Data is hosted by the Amazon Web Services as part of their Registry of Open Data. Users can access the imagery from Sentinel-2 on AWS, or alternatively access EarthExplorer or the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem to download the scenes.

For information on Sentinel-2 imagery, see Sentinel-2.

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Last Updated March 24, 2026, 21:08 (UTC)
Created March 24, 2026, 21:08 (UTC)
Domain / Topic
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Title
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Sentinel-2 Views
Description
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Global Sentinel-2 Level-1C multispectral imagery. This Imagery Layer is sourced from the Sentinel-2 on AWS collections and is updated daily with new imagery.

Sentinel-2 Level-1C imagery with on-the-fly renderings for visualization. This imagery layer pulls directly from the Sentinel-2 on AWS collection and is updated daily with new imagery.

Sentinel-2 imagery can be applied across a number of industries, scientific disciplines, and management practices. Some applications include, but are not limited to, land cover and environmental monitoring, climate change, deforestation, disaster and emergency management, national security, plant health and precision agriculture, forest monitoring, watershed analysis and runoff predictions, land-use planning, tracking urban expansion, highlighting burned areas and estimating fire severity.

Geographic Coverage

  • Global
  • Continental land masses from 65.4° South to 72.1° North, with these special guidelines:
    • All coastal waters up to 20 km from the shore
    • All islands greater than 100 km2
    • All EU islands
    • All closed seas (e.g. Caspian Sea)
    • The Mediterranean Sea
       

Temporal Coverage

  • This layer includes a rolling collection of Sentinel-2 imagery acquired within the past 14 months.
  • This layer is updated daily with new imagery.
  • The revisit time for each point on Earth is every 5 days.
  • The number of images available will vary depending on location.
     

Product Level

  • This service provides Level-1C Top of Atmosphere imagery.
  • Alternatively, Sentinel-2 Level-2A is also available.
     

Image Selection/Filtering

  • The most recent and cloud free images are displayed by default.
  • Any image available within the past 14 months can be displayed via custom filtering.
  • Filtering can be done based on attributes such as Acquisition Date, Estimated Cloud Cover, and Tile ID.
  • Tile_ID is computed as [year][month][day]T[hours][minutes][seconds]_[UTMcode][latitudeband][square]_[sequence]. More…
     

Visual Rendering

Multispectral Bands

Band

Description

Wavelength (µm)

Resolution (m)

1

Coastal aerosol

0.433 - 0.453

60

2

Blue

0.458 - 0.523

10

3

Green

0.543 - 0.578

10

4

Red

0.650 - 0.680

10

5

Vegetation Red Edge

0.698 - 0.713

20

6

Vegetation Red Edge

0.733 - 0.748

20

7

Vegetation Red Edge

0.773 - 0.793

20

8

NIR

0.785 - 0.900

10

8A

Narrow NIR

0.855 - 0.875

20

9

Water vapour

0.935 - 0.955

60

10

SWIR – Cirrus

1.365 - 1.385

60

11

SWIR-1

1.565 - 1.655

20

12

SWIR-2

2.100 - 2.280

20

Additional Notes

  • Overviews exist with a spatial resolution of 150m and are updated every quarter based on the best and latest imagery available at that time.
  • To work with source images at all scales, the ‘Lock Raster’ functionality is available. 
    • NOTE: ‘Lock Raster’ should only be used on the layer for short periods of time, as the imagery and associated record Object IDs may change daily.
  • This ArcGIS Server dynamic imagery layer can be used in Web Maps and ArcGIS Desktop as well as Web and Mobile applications using the REST based Image services API.
  • Images can be exported up to a maximum of 4,000 columns x 4,000 rows per request.
     

Data Source

Sentinel-2 imagery is the result of close collaboration between the (European Space Agency) ESA, the European Commission and USGS. Data is hosted by the Amazon Web Services as part of their Registry of Open Data. Users can access the imagery from Sentinel-2 on AWS, or alternatively access EarthExplorer or the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem to download the scenes.

For information on Sentinel-2 imagery, see Sentinel-2.
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2018-05-02
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This work is licensed under the Esri Master License Agreement. View Summary | View Terms of Use
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https://climate.esri.ca/datasets/esri::sentinel-2-views
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esri
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2025-09-02
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https://climate.esri.ca/datasets/esri::sentinel-2-views
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4950685
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