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dc.contributor.authorNightingale, J.
dc.contributor.authorBoersma, K.F.
dc.contributor.authorMuller, J.-P.
dc.contributor.authorCompernolle, S.
dc.contributor.authorLambert, J.-C.
dc.contributor.authorBlessing, S.
dc.contributor.authorGiering, R.
dc.contributor.authorGobron, N.
dc.contributor.authorDe Smedt, I.
dc.contributor.authorCoheur, P.
dc.contributor.authorGeorge, M.
dc.contributor.authorSchulz, J.
dc.contributor.authorWood, A.
dc.date2018
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-14T12:20:20Z
dc.date.available2018-08-14T12:20:20Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/7026
dc.descriptionData from Earth observation (EO) satellites are increasingly used to monitor the environment, understand variability and change, inform evaluations of climate model forecasts, and manage natural resources. Policymakers are progressively relying on the information derived from these datasets to make decisions on mitigating and adapting to climate change. These decisions should be evidence based, which requires confidence in derived products, as well as the reference measurements used to calibrate, validate, or inform product development. In support of the European Union’s Earth Observation Programmes Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), the Quality Assurance for Essential Climate Variables (QA4ECV) project fulfilled a gap in the delivery of climate quality satellite-derived datasets, by prototyping a generic system for the implementation and evaluation of quality assurance (QA) measures for satellite-derived ECV climate data record products. The project demonstrated the QA system on six new long-term, climate quality ECV data records for surface albedo, leaf area index (LAI), fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (FAPAR), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), formaldehyde (HCHO), and carbon monoxide (CO). The provision of standardised QA information provides data users with evidence-based confidence in the products and enables judgement on the fitness-for-purpose of various ECV data products and their specific applications.
dc.languageeng
dc.titleQuality Assurance Framework Development Based on Six New ECV Data Products to Enhance User Confidence for Climate Applications
dc.typeArticle
dc.subject.frascatiEarth and related Environmental sciences
dc.audienceScientific
dc.subject.freeessential climate variables
dc.subject.freeclimate data records
dc.subject.freeearth observation satellites
dc.subject.freequality assurance
dc.subject.freetraceability
dc.subject.freeuser requirements
dc.subject.freeclimate applications
dc.subject.freesurface albedo
dc.subject.freeLAI
dc.subject.freeFAPAR
dc.subject.freeNO2
dc.subject.freeHCHO
dc.subject.freeCO
dc.source.titleRemote Sensing
dc.source.volume10
dc.source.issue8
dc.source.pageA1254
Orfeo.peerreviewedYes
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/rs10081254


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