I have noticed that the FU (Forel-Ule) classification of SNAP takes in Sentinel-2(A/B) MSI L1C data to get the water color FU index, according to my limited knowledge, for water color FU indexing, it might be better to take in the BOA reflectance ,i.e. L2A product which is properly atmoshpherically corrected. What is the key point?
The answer is as simple as it is unsatisfactory: L2A data wasn’t available at the time, and nobody did the work for L2A data again.
I implemented the addition of Sentinel-2 for the FU processor. This was done in collaboration with van der Woerd and Warnend. They provided the algorithmic details (e.g. polynomials).
The Sentinel-2 support was added in July 2017 to the codebase and operational L2A data was accessible since March 2018 (pilot data since March 2017).
the FU processor you have implemented for Seitinel-2 A/B MSI L1Cdata has demonstrated very satisfying performance for analysing the water color of Yangtse River lower stream where suffered a 2-months long drought from mid-July to mid-October ,2022. FU scale number goes down as a result of the reduction of load from non-point polluting sources influxed by the river branches.
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@macro_EOM I agree with this.
Thanks