Accuracy
Closeness of agreement between a measured quantity value and a true quantity value of a measurand.
Closeness of agreement between a measured quantity value and a true quantity value of a measurand.
Data acquired on the same platform as the main sensor but not from the sensor itself, used primarily for processing instrument data.
One of the Earth spheres consisting predominantly of matter processed by humans, such as construction wood, bricks, concrete, asphalt, glass, or plastics.
System for long-term storage of data products with guaranteed preservation.
Zone in 2D or 3D for which the Information or Data is requested.
Layer of gases, commonly known as air, including suspended liquid and solid particles known as aerosols (incl.
Data enhancing processing and utilization of main sensor data, collected via different processes or platforms, and usable as independent datasets.
General practice of making copies of current baseline and derived products of EO Collections at specified time intervals, and storing those copies in a manner that will not affect the data if the p...
Single wavelength Value within the sensitivity interval of a spectroradiometric Sensor which represents the respective band.
Reference Period, time or measure against which the Information is assessed or compared.
Masses of living organisms, such as vegetation and animals, including dead but still connected parts such as roots, trunks or branches.
An organisation's readiness to continue functioning during times of disruption.
System that provides discovery of information on which Earth observation products can be obtained.
Spatial, spatio-temporal zone or temporal unit of geometry with dimensionality greater than 0, associated with a zone.
Nomenclature used to classify Information into categorical thematic classes (e.g., EUNIS, MAES ecosystems, Corine Land Cover, LCCS).
Simulated response of the climate system to a scenario of future emission or concentration of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and aerosols, generally derived using climate models.
Group of products that have been processed using a consistent radiometric calibration, geometric registration base, data/metadata format, and version of processing algorithms.
Minor revisions to a relatively small number of products within a collection for the purpose of correcting errors and maintaining consistent quality.
New and improved major version of all products within a collection due to comprehensive reprocessing.
Probability that the Quantity lies in the interval, conditioned on the measuring or modelling assumptions.
Range or specific subset of values associated with a coverage dataset.
Masses of frozen water, such as sea ice, ice shields, glaciers, and snow.
Entity responsible for the safe custody, transport, storage of the data and implementation of business rules.
Value and possibly Uncertainty of a Trait of a specific Entity.
Structured Data that is machine readable and can be automatically read and processed by a computer, such as HDF, NetCDF, CSV, JSON, XML, etc.
Legal instrument by which a copyright holder may grant rights over the protected work.
Products and collections that have been superseded by new versions and are no longer available.
Products and collections that have been superseded by a newer version and are still available, but whose use is discouraged since they will be decommissioned in the future.
Product additionally processed from baseline or unenhanced mission data.
Action of permanently and irrecoverably removing all copies of data held by an organization.
Non-negative interval Quantity of time equal to the difference between the final and initial instants of a time interval.
Time that an antenna beam spends on a target.
Higher-level processing and integration output (indicative level 4 and beyond) that goes beyond basic data processing.
Direct output from standardized satellite data processing chains (indicative levels 2 and 3), representing fundamental geophysical and biophysical variables.
Spheres dividing planet Earth into subsystems, which are collectives of (physical) matter sharing specific traits.
Something that has separate and distinct existence and objective or conceptual reality.
Earth Observation data generated by spaceborne missions or instruments owned by public or private organizations.
Standard Uncertainty multiplied by a coverage factor, k.
Product within an EO Collection that is not expected to be updated.
Translation of one form of Location into another.
Coordinate Reference System (CRS) that has a geodetic Reference frame and an ellipsoidal coordinate system.
Data with implicit or explicit reference to a Location relative to the Earth.
Regular grid based on a Geographic Coordinate Reference System (CRS).
Spatial reference in the form of a label or code that identifies a Location.
Geopositioning of an Object using a Physical Sensor Model or a True Replacement Model.
Data consisting of, derived from, or relating to information that is directly linked to specific geographical locations.
The masses of minerals that constitute planet Earth.
The smallest aggregation of data which is independently managed (i.e.
Network composed of two or more sets of curves in which the members of each set intersect the members of the other sets in an algorithmic way.
The masses of liquid water, such as oceans, lakes, and rivers.
Result of organizing, interpreting, categorizing, or classifying data to assign meaning understandable by the addressee.
Data specifically associated with the instrument, either because it was generated by the instrument or included in data packets identified with that instrument.
Minimum time of interval between an Observation being tasked and being performed.
The solid, inanimate outer layer of the Geosphere.
Particular Place referenced by an identifier.
Measure of the agreement between the represented Location of an Object and the true Location.
The act of maintaining information in a correct and independently understandable form over the long term.
Particular Quantity subject to Measurement.
Data describing other data, providing an understanding of the content and utility of a product or collection.
The area of the smallest Feature that is still represented on a map.
The width of the smallest linear Feature that is still represented on a map.
Entity with a well-defined boundary and identity that encapsulates state and behaviour.
Products or collections which have been superseded by later versions of a product or collection.
Line defined in an algorithmic way using at least two positions (can be open-ended).
Particular era or span of time.
Temporal reference in the form of a label or code that identifies a Period.
Entity with at least one Property referenced by an identifier.
Part of any space referenced by an identifier.
Processes and operations used to ensure data technical and intellectual survival through time.
Series of activities that interact to produce a result.
Electronic data package distributable to users; content is derived from instrument data via processing involving ancillary and auxiliary data.
Products in a research and development phase not yet published into a standardized collection.
Indicator providing sufficient information to allow all users to readily evaluate the fitness for purpose of the data or derived product.
Property having a magnitude that can be expressed as a number from a continuous and contiguous range and a reference.
Property enabling other researchers to conduct an independent study with different data and similar but not identical methods, yet arriving at results that confirm the original study's hypothesis.
Quality or characteristic of a measurement or Observation to accurately represent a specific geographic location, time Period, or environmental condition.
Validity of study results through exact reproduction using the same data and methods to verify authenticity.
Device or instrument suited (through physical/chemical interaction) to measure one or more properties of a Phenomenon and thus collect factual/objective data.
Data required for producing an Earth observation collection, including unenhanced satellite mission data, precision-corrected Level-1 radiance, or other pre-processed formats meeting program requir...
Presence or absence of gaps, which are missing values in an otherwise continuous spatial data series.
Condition where the spatial statistical properties of the data depend only on the underlying physical processes and not on other factors such as fusing different products or sensors.
Zone or region of space described by a geographic identifier in the form of a label or code, or by a bounding box.
Smallest spatial object of interest that may be used for reporting and for which the information should be aggregated.
Part of the electromagnetic spectrum of specific wavelengths.
Measure of the ability to resolve features in the electromagnetic spectrum.
Maximum acceptable change in Uncertainty per decade.
Standard deviation of the probability distribution describing the spread of possible values in quantitative/continuous data.
Condition where the temporal statistical properties of the Sample depend only on the underlying physical processes and not on other factors such as fusing different products or sensors.
Period during which data was collected, observations were made, or for which the model was run.
Time Period used for reporting and for which the information should be aggregated from the native Temporal Resolution.
Regular interval between observations or model time steps that determines the smallest resolvable event or process.
Level of categorical detail of information expressed by the number of classes.
Time of the day at which the variable or parameter is observed or simulated by a model.
Time of the year at which the variable is observed or simulated by a model.
Period between the moment of requesting information and the moment of availability of information. - Near Real-Time (NRT): delivered less than 3 hours after requesting information. - Slow-Time Cri...
Property of a measurement result whereby the result can be related to a Reference through a documented unbroken chain of calibrations, each contributing to the measurement uncertainty.
Characteristic belonging to an entity and referenced by an identifier.
Parameter, associated with the result of a measurement, that characterises the dispersion of the values that could reasonably be attributed to the measurand.
Frequency at which the product is available to users.
Entity (person, organization, institution, etc.) requesting data or information with specified characteristics.
Set of all the components of an interactive system that provide information and controls for the User to accomplish specific tasks with the interactive system.
Process of assessing, by independent means, the quality of the data products derived from the system outputs.
Element of a type domain.
Provision of objective evidence that a given item fulfils specified requirements.
Method of working with collections, similar to the version control systems used in traditional software development but optimized to allow better processing of data and collaboration in the context...
Levels of a vertical discretization.