Sentinel 2 L2A image quality - how to remove these whitish hue / artifacts along the fringes of the limestone/karst/ rocky landscapes

yes sure, but its on all the images i have been checking so far. I set the filter to <15% cloudcover. There are several without cloud cover in the dry season. This is in central Laos, Khammouane province. I noticed some forest fires, which show up clearly. But these white smokey edges along the limestone cliffs are all throughout the landscape. I have images from January, February, March and April 2023 for comparison, all very similar so it doesn’t really matter. My point is, is there a way to mask/ remove this?

Hi @peterbrakels85 ,

Could you please specify the bounding box and the timestamp of this image?

Hi @peterbrakels85 ,

This effect seems to be related to the sen2cor process which is applied to generate the L2A product. If you inspect the L1C product, you’ll see that this hue effect does not exist in the L1C product. Here is a comparison.

If plausible, I would recommend using the L1C product in this case.

S2B_MSIL2A
27 February 2023
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The resolution is the same. There is more information in the Sentinel-2 L1C and the Sentinel-2 L2A documentation.

Ok i will. Thank you so much for your help! I will not lose any image quality with L1C right, its the same resolution images available as L2A right?

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