Glossary
Earth Observation terminology, acronyms and abbreviations related to Diversity II.
For a more complete Earth Observation Glossary, please visit the following link:
European Space Agency - Earth Observation Glossary »
| AATSR | Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer. This instrument is in fact the same design as the ATSR-2 flying on ERS-2. It has four infrared channels and three visible channels. The swath, centered on the subsatellite ground track, is imaged under two different incidence angles in both spectral bands. |
| AC | Atmospheric Correction |
| Algorithm | In the context of remote sensing, algorithms generally specify how to determine higher-level data products from lower-level source data. For example, algorithms prescribe how atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles are determined from a set of radiation observations originally sensed by satellite sounding instruments. |
| ASAR | Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar |
| ATBD | Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (Diversity II document delivery) |
| BC | Brockmann Consult GmbH |
| BEAM | Earth Observation Toolbox and Development Platform (ESA open source) |
| BG | Brockmann Geomatics Sweden |
| C2R | Case-2 Regional. An algorithm to retrieve water quality in near-shore waters. |
| CBD | Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CCI | Climate Change Initiative |
| CDOM | Coloured Dissolved Organic Matter |
| CDR | Critical Design Review |
| CHL | Chlorophyll Concentration |
| CIBIO | Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources |
| CoastColour | The European Space Agency has launched the CoastColour project to fully exploit the potential of the MERIS instrument for remote sensing of the coastal zone. |
| COP | Conference of the Parties, the supreme body of the CBD |
| DLR | Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| DUB | Diversity User Bureau |
| DUE | Data User Element, a component of ESA's Earth Observation Envelope Programme (EOEP) |
| DUG | Diversity User Group |
| ENVISAT | ENVIronment SATellite - Envisat website Envisat is an ESA environmental satellite that observes the atmosphere, ocean, land, and ice, with the goal of aiding environmental studies and climate change. Due to an anomoly on 08 April 2012 the mission was declared over on May 09 2012. |
| EO | Earth Observation |
| ERDAS | ERDAS IMAGINE is a remote sensing application for geospatial applications. |
| ESA | European Space Agency - ESA website ESA is a multi-national European space agency that coordinates the space programme of Europe. |
| ESRIN | European Space Research Institute - ESRIN website ESRIN is ESA's Earth Observation centre in Italy. It also serves as an interface between ESA and users of ESA's service, and is involved with international projects that make use of Earth observation. |
| FAPAR | Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation |
| FR | Full Resolution, an acquisition mode of MERIS |
| Freshmon | High Resolution Freshwater Monitoring, an EO Copernicus downstream project in EU FP7 |
| FUB | Freie Universität Berlin |
| GEO | Group on Earth Observation |
| GEO-BON | Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| GV | GeoVille Information Systems GmbH |
| HR | High Resolution, refers to satellite sensors with about 30m spatial resolution or better |
| ICETA | International Conference on Emerging eLearning Technologies and Applications |
| IOP | Inherent Optical Property |
| KO | Kick-Off |
| KU | University of Copenhagen |
| LA | Associated Laboratory |
| MAVT | MERIS and AATSR Validation Team |
| MERIS | Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |
| MERMAID | MERIS Matchup In-situ Database |
| NDVI | Normalized Difference Vegetation Index |
| NIVA | Norwegian Institute for Water Research |
| NPP | Netto Primary Production |
| OLCI | Ocean Land Colour Instrument |
| PDR | Preliminary Design Review |
| PQR | Products Quality Report (Diversity II document delivery) |
| Proba-V | Proba-V is a miniaturised ESA satellite tasked with a full-scale mission: to map land cover and vegetation growth across the entire planet every two days. |
| QAR | Qualification and Acceptance Review |
| RA-2 | Radar Altimeter-2 |
| Ramsar | The Convention on Wetlands |
| RB | Requirements Baseline (Diversity II document delivery) |
| RS | Remote Sensing |
| RUE | Rain Use Efficiency |
| SBSTTA | Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice |
| SDR | Service Demonstration Review |
| Sensor | Sensors aboard satellites obtain information about features and objects on Earth by detecting radiation reflected or emitted in different bands of the electromagnetic spectrum. Analyzing the transmitted data provides valuable scientific information about Earth. |
| Sentinel-3 | Sentinel 3 is an Earth Observation satellite mission developed by ESA. The Sentinel-3 mission's main objective is to measure sea-surface topography, sea- and land-surface temperature and ocean- and land-surface colour with high-end accuracy and reliability in support of ocean forecasting systems, and for environmental and climate monitoring. |
| SIOP | Specific inherent optical properties |
| SRR | System Requirements Review |
| SVAT | Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere-Transfer |
| SYKE | Finnish Environmental Institute |
| TS | Technical Specification (Diversity II document delivery) |
| TSM | Total Suspended Matter |