To download clipped S2 images with least cloud cover over study area

Hi, it is very simple to add a cloud cover filter to your request payload. If you are working with Python you can add a cloud cover % (calculated for the full tile) like this:

request = SentinelHubRequest(
    evalscript=evalscript,
    input_data=[
        SentinelHubRequest.input_data(
            data_collection=DataCollection.SENTINEL2_L2A,          
            time_interval=('2023-05-14', '2023-06-14'),          
            other_args={"dataFilter": {"maxCloudCoverage": 50}}
        )

As you can see it is inserted in other_args. As you also mentioned downloading multiple dates in your request, I would recommend reading this material about how to do this in evalscripts using the preProcessScenes function in our documention.

For example, you can use it to request a time series of values for a single band like in the below example:

//VERSION=3
// Script to extract a time series of Band 5 values using 
// Sentinel 2 Level 2A data and  metadata file.
function setup() {
  return {
    input: [{
      bands: ["B05"],
      units: "DN"
    }],
    output: {
      id: "S2_L2A",
      bands: 1,
      sampleType: SampleType.UINT16
    },
    mosaicking: Mosaicking.ORBIT
  }
}

// The following function is designed to update the number of
// output bands without knowing beforehand how many there are
function updateOutput(outputs, collection) {
    Object.values(outputs).forEach((output) => {
        output.bands = collection.scenes.length;
    });
}

function evaluatePixel(samples) {
  // Precompute an array to contain B05 observations
  var n_observations = samples.length;
  let band_05 = new Array(n_observations).fill(0);
  
  // Fill the array
  samples.forEach((sample, index) => {
    band_05[index] = sample.B05;
  });
                     
  return band_05;
}

Hope that this information helps you out 🙂

Hey, what is the difference between- If mosaicking is ORBIT: and If mosaicking is TILE: taking above codes as an example.

To put it very simply;

TILE will use every acquisition in the time period you requested whereas ORBIT will only select one acquisition from each Orbit. This is explained in more detail here.

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