With a joint Announcement of Opportunity (AO) Call, ESA and EUMETSAT invite the science and user community to propose (e.g. nationally) funded activities that support the validation of the operational products of the Copernicus missions Sentinel-4 and Sentinel-5.
With a joint Announcement of Opportunity (AO) Call, ESA and EUMETSAT invite the science and user community to propose (e.g. nationally) funded activities that support the validation of the operational products of the Copernicus missions Sentinel-4 and Sentinel-5.
The objective is to trigger and coordinate activities aiming at establishing the initial post-launch quality of the products, supporting the consolidation of the processors, and verifying that the applicable quality requirements are met. Acceptance letters issued by the Agencies are meant to support requests for funding of these activities. The present AO Call focuses on the early post-launch mission phase until the public release of the products.
The AO Call will be released in spring 2024 expecting the first launch of either MTG-S1 with an S4/UVN or MetOp-SG A1 with an S5/UVNS instrument on board, in the 2025 timeframe. After the release of the AO Call, proposals can be submitted on-line during a proposal period of 2 months, starting from the date of the AO Call release. The AO Call is meant to trigger and coordinate the activities, and to support requests for funding by acceptance letters issued by the Agencies.