Wrong Mosaic result

[chqzeng]

Hi,
I tried to mosaick some Sentinel-3 level1 tiles to one image, but get wrong result. troubleshoot traces into one tile that causes the issue.

The steps of the image been processed are: download the raw S3 L1 file tile → unzip → open in SNAP → subset AOI → “FLH/mci processor” → mosaic (single tile) , and show the wrong result below:

1.input tile for mosaic (with a lake boundary correctly drapped on):

2.result after mosaic (notice the missing part in the middle of the lake):

it is weird because I only use ONE tile for mosaic, and I expect the result should be the same as input.

the following are some auxiliary info that may be helpful to understand the issue:

1. the geo-code info of the input tile:
   

   

2. the params used for mosaic:
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   

<parameters>
    <variables>
        <variable>
            <name>Chl</name>
            <expression>Chlorophyll</expression>
        </variable>
    </variables>
    <combine>OR</combine>
    <crs>PROJCS["NAD83 / Great Lakes Albers", 
      GEOGCS["NAD83", 
        DATUM["North American Datum 1983", 
          SPHEROID["GRS 1980", 6378137.0, 298.257222101, AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]], 
          TOWGS84[0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0], 
          AUTHORITY["EPSG","6269"]], 
        PRIMEM["Greenwich", 0.0, AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]], 
        UNIT["degree", 0.017453292519943295], 
        AXIS["Geodetic longitude", EAST], 
        AXIS["Geodetic latitude", NORTH], 
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","4269"]], 
      PROJECTION["Albers_Conic_Equal_Area", AUTHORITY["EPSG","9822"]], 
      PARAMETER["central_meridian", -84.45595499999999], 
      PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin", 45.568977], 
      PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1", 42.122773999999986], 
      PARAMETER["false_easting", 1000000.0], 
      PARAMETER["false_northing", 1000000.0], 
      PARAMETER["standard_parallel_2", 49.015179999999994], 
      UNIT["m", 1.0], 
      AXIS["Easting", EAST], 
      AXIS["Northing", NORTH], 
      AUTHORITY["EPSG","3174"]]</crs>
    <orthorectify>false</orthorectify>
    <elevationModelName>SRTM 1Sec HGT</elevationModelName>
    <resampling>Nearest</resampling>
    <westBound>-84.2</westBound>
    <northBound>43.68</northBound>
    <eastBound>-77.8</eastBound>
    <southBound>40.75</southBound>
    <pixelSizeX>300.0</pixelSizeX>
    <pixelSizeY>300.0</pixelSizeY>
</parameters>

change output image projection does not change this wrong result.

3. output image geo-code
   
   

I upload the tile raw file here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1efvKIuyqZeOXqgs7Z0EvicVyfY82QhNl/view?usp=sharing

Any help or comments are appreciated!

Chui Zeng

[abruescas]

For mosaicing you need to have at least two scenes (i.e. side by side). What is your final target?

[chqzeng]

thank you for the feedback. yes typical mosaic involves 2 or more scenes. I troubleshoot here so only input one scenes, as 2+ scenes reported the same error.
my final target to find the cause of this mosaic error.