Welcome to EnMAP

The German Spaceborne Imaging Spectrometer Mission

The Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP) is a German hyperspectral satellite mission that monitors and characterizes Earth’s environment on a global scale. EnMAP measures geochemical, biochemical and biophysical variables providing information on the status and evolution of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. More information about the main objectives and the status can be found on the mission page.

The planned schedule of upcoming priority acquisitions is available in the Foreground Mission

News

  • Foreground Mission in “Winter Mode”
     published on December 18, 2024
    After the successful foreground mission in Europe this year 2024, the mission will go into "winter mode":
    • Starting in December 2024, Europe will only be imaged south of the Alps focusing on cloud-free images.
    • Moreover, there will be a shift to the southern hemisphere during winter time.
    • From mid-February 2025, the foreground mission in Europe will resume.
      • The EnMAP Team wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2025. We look forward to supporting and working with you in 2025 (link zu season’s greetings card).
  • EnMAP back to nominal operations on 17.12.2024
     published on December 17, 2024
    After a 10 day- interruption, the EnMAP mission resumed nominal operations on Tuesday 17.12.2024. User requests are being considered again after the resumption of operations.
  • EnMAP mission scientific results two years after launch
     published on December 10, 2024
    After 2 years into operations, an overview of EnMAP mission status and scientific results is readily available (doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2024.114379). The white paper covers the mission's current status, coverage, science capabilities and performance, and highlight the potential of EnMAP for space-based imaging spectroscopy to operate in various environments and to provide accurate quantification for new EO-based products. Field of applications include agriculture and forestry science, soil composition, raw materials, methane emissions mapping, as well as water quality assessment, and snow and ice properties.
  • New feature available in the Observation Request Portal to download GEOJSON files!
     published on December 09, 2024

    Users can now benefit from a new feature in the Observation Request Portal of the Instrument Planning Portal planning.enmap.org.

    During acquisition planning, it is now possible to download the corresponding GEOJSON files (image of the user interface), which contains the geographic location and acquisition parameter information of a the planned flightline.

  • SWIR dark signal effect corrected
     published on November 19, 2024
    An inconsistency in the SWIR dark frames in Earth datatakes creates a small effect in EnMAP SWIR data which may be best seen at low radiance levels (e.g., for very low Sun zenith angles and night scenes). A dedicated correction of the SWIR dark signal was therefore developed based on selected Earth night scenes and shown to fix the issue. A significant part of the SWIR across-track striping as well as the random noise at these low signals is significantly reduced by the correction.
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