Sentinel Explorer Classic

Mature Support Notice: This item is in mature support as of February 2025. A new version of this item is available for your use. This web application highlights some of the capabilities for accessing Sentinel-2 imagery layers, powered by ArcGIS for Server, accessing Landsat Public Datasets running on the Amazon Web Services Cloud. The layers are updated with new Sentinel-2 images on a daily basis.Created for you to visualize our planet and understand how the Earth has changed over time, the Esri Sentinel-2 Explorer app provides the power of Sentinel-2 satellites, which gather data beyond what the eye can see. Use this app to draw on Sentinel's different bands to better explore the planet's geology, vegetation, agriculture, and cities. Additionally, access the Sentinel-2 archive to visualize how the Earth's surface has changed over the last fourteen monthsQuick access to the following band combinations and indices is provided: BandDescriptionWavelength (µm)Resolution (m)1Coastal aerosol0.433 - 0.453602Blue0.458 - 0.523103Green0.543 - 0.578104Red0.650 - 0.680105Vegetation Red Edge0.698 - 0.713206Vegetation Red Edge0.733 - 0.748207Vegetation Red Edge0.773 - 0.793208NIR0.785 - 0.900108ANarrow NIR0.855 - 0.875209Water vapour0.935 - 0.9556010SWIR – Cirrus1.365 - 1.3856011SWIR-11.565 - 1.6552012SWIR-22.100 - 2.28020 Agriculture : Highlights vigorous vegetation in bright green, stressed vegetation dull green and bare areas brown; Bands 11, 8, 2Natural Color :  Bands 4, 3, 2Color Infrared : Healthy vegetation is bright red while stressed vegetation is dull red; Bands 8, 4 ,3 SWIR (Short-wave Infrared) : Highlights rock formations; Bands 12, 11, 4Geology : Highlights geologic features; Bands 12, 11, 2Bathymetric : Highlights underwater features; Bands 4, 3, 1Vegetation Index : Normalized Difference Vegetation Index(NDVI) with Colormap ; (Band 8 - Band 4)/(Band 8 + Band 4)Moisture Index : Normalized Difference Moisture Index (NDMI); (Band 8 - Band 11)/(Band 8 + Band 11)Normalized Burn Ratio : (Band 8 - Band 12)/(Band 8 + Band 12)Built-Up Index : (Band 11 - Band 8)/(Band 11 + Band 8)NDVI Raw : Normalized Difference Vegetation Index(NDVI); (Band 8 - Band 4)/(Band 8 + Band 4)NDVI - VRE only Raw : NDVI with VRE bands only; (Band 6 - Band 5)/(Band 6 + Band 5)NDVI - VRE only Colorized : NDVI with VRE bands only with Colormap; (Band 6 - Band 5)/(Band 6 + Band 5)NDVI - with VRE Raw : Also known as NDRE. NDVI with VRE band 5 and NIR band 8; (Band 8 - Band 5)/(Band 8 + Band 5)NDVI - with VRE Colorized : Also known as NDRE with Colormap; (Band 8 - Band 5)/(Band 8 + Band 5)NDWI Raw : Normalized Difference Water index with Green band and NIR band; (Band 3 - Band 8)/(Band 3 + Band 8)NDWI - with VRE Raw : Normalized Difference Water index with VRE band 5 and Green band 3; (Band 3 - Band 5)/(Band 3 + Band 5)NDWI - with VRE Colorized : NDWI index with VRE band 5 and Green band 3 with Colormap; (Band 3 - Band 5)/(Band 3 + Band 5)Custom SAVI : (Soil Adjusted Veg. Index); Offset + Scale(1.5(Band 8 - Band 4)/(Band 8 + Band 4 + 0.5))Custom Water Index : Offset + Scale(Band 3 - Band 12)/(Band 3 + Band 12) Custom Burn Index : Offset + Scale(Band 8 - Band 13)/(Band 8 + Band 13)Urban Index : Offset + Scale*(Band 8 - Band 12)/(Band 8 + Band 12)Optionally, you can also choose the "Custom Bands" or "Custom Index" option to create your own band combinations The Time tool enables access to a temporal time slider and a temporal profile of different indices for a selected point. The Time tool is only accessible at larger zoom scales. It provides temporal profiles for indices like NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index), NDMI (Normalized Difference Moisture Index) and Urban Index. The Identify tool enables access to information on the images, and can also provide a spectral profile for a selected point. The Bookmark tool will direct you to pre-selected interesting locations.NOTE:  Using the Time tool to access imagery in the Sentinel-2 archive requires an ArcGIS account. The application is written using Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS accessing imagery layers using ArcGIS API for JavaScript. The following Imagery Layer are being accessed : Sentinel-2 - Provides access to 10, 20, and 60m 13-band multispectral imagery and a range of functions that provide different band combinations and indices.