{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-621/annex/division-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2018/621",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/621 of 20 April 2018 on the technical specifications for the Copernicus space component pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 377/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-621",
  "path": "annex/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "SCOPE OF THE SPACE COMPONENT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS",
  "text": "The Copernicus Space Component shall include the following activities:\n(a) Development, Launch and Operations of dedicated Copernicus Satellites (Sentinels);\n(b) Processing and generation of Sentinel Data Products based on the acquired data;\n(c) Data Dissemination;\n(d) Procurement and delivery of data from Third Party Satellite missions (Copernicus Contributing Missions), in case data requested by the Copernicus Services cannot be provided by the Sentinels.\nThe Satellite Data products shall be used by the Copernicus services and other users who, in combination with data from multiple sources, convert the data into uniform geophysical variables or higher level information products.\nThe Copernicus Space Component shall be designed following data and observation requirements from the Copernicus Core Users (Union institutions and bodies, European, national, regional or local authorities active in the domain of atmosphere monitoring, marine environment monitoring, land monitoring, climate change, emergency management and security). They shall form the basis for the definition of the Copernicus Space Component System Requirements.\nThe Copernicus requirements for space-based Earth Observation data covering the 2014-2020 period shall be documented in the ‘Data Warehouse Requirements document’ (version 2.x). It shall contain the requirements collected from Copernicus Services and Copernicus users requesting Earth Observation data. The updates of the document shall be taken into account for the evolution of the Copernicus Space Component. The data requirements are set out in Table 1.\nTable 1\nSummary table of the Copernicus Services Dataset requirements\nThe spatial resolution of Very High (VHR), High (HR), Medium 5MR) and Low Resolution (LR) images is defined as follows: VHR: <= 4 m; HR: > 4 m and <= 30 m; MR > 30 m and <= 300 m; LR > 300 m.\nMain Data requirement\nPotential Copernicus Data Sources\nLand\nPan-European (EEA39) High Resolution (HR) cloud free image coverage\nDedicated missions\nContributing Missions\nFull European Very High Resolution (VHR) coverage over Europe (EEA39)\nContributing Missions\nOptical worldwide High Resolution coverage\nDedicated missions\nOptical Medium Resolution worldwide coverage\nDedicated missions\nContributing Missions\nSAR Medium Resolution Worldwide coverage\nDedicated missions\nSAR Low Resolution coverage\nContributing Missions\nSAR Altimetry Medium Resolution Worldwide coverage\nDedicated missions\nMarine\nSea Ice Monitoring Medium Resolution SAR\nDedicated missions\nContributing Missions\nGlobal/Regional Systematic Ocean Colour data\nDedicated missions\nContributing Missions\nSystematic Global and Regional sea surface temperature data\nDedicated missions\nContributing Missions\nSystematic Global and Regional Altimeter/Sea Level data\nDedicated missions\nContributing Missions\nAtmosphere\nData for aerosol monitoring and forecasting\nDedicated missions\nContributing Missions\nData for sulphur dioxide (SO2) atmospheric composition monitoring and forecasting\nDedicated missions\nContributing Missions\nData for formaldehyde (HCHO) atmospheric composition monitoring and forecasting\nDedicated missions\nContributing Missions\nData for Ozone (O3) atmospheric composition monitoring and forecasting\nDedicated missions\nContributing Missions\nData for Carbon Monoxide (CO) atmospheric composition monitoring and forecasting\nDedicated missions\nContributing Missions\nData for Carbon Dioxide (CO2) atmospheric composition monitoring and forecasting\nDedicated missions\nContributing Missions\nData for Methane (CH4) atmospheric composition monitoring and forecasting\nDedicated missions\nContributing Missions\nData for Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) atmospheric composition monitoring and forecasting\nDedicated missions\nContributing Missions\nClimate\nData for deriving Essential Climate Variables (ECVs)\nDedicated missions\nContributing Missions\nEmergency\nDatasets with flexible specifications (rush mode, standard mode, high/very high resolution, optical/SAR, archive/new acquisitions)\nDedicated missions\nContributing Missions",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The spatial resolution of Very High (VHR), High (HR), Medium 5MR) and Low Resolution (LR) images is defined as follows: VHR: <= 4 m; HR: > 4 m and <= 30 m; MR > 30 m and <= 300 m; LR > 300 m."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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