The PROBA-V missions was initially conceived as a gap-filler, a mission to continue the long standing time series of SPOT-VEGETATION (since 1998), used by thousands worldwide for vegetation monitoring, while the world awaited the arrival of the Copernicus Sentinels, notably Sentinel-3.

Taking stock of the current use PROBA-V data, in this final year of the mission, the added value of the 100 m centre camera capability and its fusion with the 300 m observations is evident.

One example is the mapping of land cover changes at 100 m resolution in Copernicus, with a global dataset recently shared on Google’s Earth Engine^TM platform.

Another case is the global monitoring of crops and the water they need. For reporting on agriculture at larger scales, such as for the United Nations, the 1 ha scale is often found useful.

While the legacy continues with Sentinel-3, notably for the 300 m and 1 km resolutions, we look forward to more synergies with Sentinel-2 for the mapping and monitoring at 100 m resolution as well.