The EnMAP Satellite –Data Product Validation Activities

In preparation of the German spaceborne imaging spectroscopy mission EnMAP (The Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program) and its upcoming launch in early 2022, the data product validation activities have been intensified. As part of the science preparation and mission support project led by the German Research Center (GFZ) Potsdam, the overall quality of the official EnMAP products has to be accessed and evaluated independently from the data quality control activities performed by the Ground Segment at DLR EOC. Therefore, the radiometric, spectral, reflective, geometric and general quality of the three official EnMAP products (L1B, L1C and L2A) has to be validated during the commissioning and nominal phase.This paper presents an update of the data product validation activities, an in-depth insight into the overall approach and into specifically designed methods described in the EnMAP Product Validation Plan.