With the Copernicus Sentinel-3A satellite fully fledged and its data freely available, the task of monitoring and understanding our changing planet has been made that much easier. Seeing the effect spring has on our plant life is just one of its many uses.

Launched in February 2016 and carrying a suite of instruments, Sentinel-3 is the most complex of all the Sentinel missions.

Source: ESA

Image credit: modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2017), processed by University of Southampton–J. Dash/Brockman Consult (S3-MPC) - Sentinel-3A sees the effects of spring

Related Missions:

• Copernicus: Sentinel-3
• Copernicus: Sentinel-2
• Copernicus
• PROBA-V (Project for On-Board Autonomy - Vegetation)