Division 4.4 Access to Contributing Mission data not requiring procurement

Data Access to third party missions not involving data procurement shall be provided by ESA, including data from the Earth Explorers, and EUMETSAT, including data from the EUMETSAT missions.

EUMETSAT should ensure access to data from its own missions, as well as from selected third party missions related to the marine, atmosphere and climate change services. In this context, third party missions shall refer to missions operated by satellite operators with whom EUMETSAT has formal cooperation and/or data exchange agreements.

The activity shall encompass the following:

1. (a)

   access and provision of Copernicus contributing Mission data to the Copernicus services and users;

2. (b)

   processing of such data into relevant products, when appropriate;

3. (c)

   dissemination of these data and products using the EUMETSAT multi-mission dissemination infrastructure and services.

Datasets under this header may include data from the following missions: Meteosat, Metop, Suomi-NPP, Landsat, Cryosat and others.