Project commenced in 2007 and is ongoing.
GECA
| Customer: ESA | |
| Partners: Logica, BIRA, BAE, CLS, KNMI, RAL, UoL | |
| Generic Cal/Val Analysis Environment |
The Generic Cal/Val Analysis Environment (GECA) is a project with two main components: the GECA Cal/Val Data Centre (GVDC) and the Quality Information and Action Protocol (QIAP). The GVDC is the third-generation cal/val data centre and provides various functions to support the calibration and validation proces of ESA sensors, covering both current and future ESA Earth Observation missions. The GVDC provides hosting and retrieval of correlative data, but also provides functions for analysis, collocation, and inter-comparison of data. The Quality Information and Action Protocol will be a standard for the electronic transmission of quality information and corrective actions towards the analysis environment of EO data users. GECA will both define this standard and provide a ground-segment function that implements this standard. QIAP will provide a uniform description of quality and corrective actions regarding data products with a focus on non-integrated quality information.