Key Guidelines


The key guidelines, collated into three theme areas - Data Quality, Data Policy and Communication & Education - have been drafted and peer-reviewed by experts from around the world.

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Document Name PDF DOC Author(s) Description
QA4EO-CEOS-GEN-CEK-001 PDF DOC P. Lecomte A guide to facilitate Procedure and Documents Management
QA4EO-CEOS-GEN-DPK-001 PDF DOC G. Stensaas, B. Bojkov A guide on cal/val data sharing principles and data exchange
QA4EO-CEOS-GEN-DPK-002 PDF DOC G. Stensaas, B. Bojkov A guide for providing cal/val data: content and metadata
QA4EO-CEOS-GEN-DQK-001 PDF DOC N. Fox A guide to establish a Quality Indicator on a satellite sensor derived data product
QA4EO-CEOS-GEN-DQK-002 PDF DOC N. Fox A guide to content of a documentary procedure to meet the Quality Assurance requirements of CEOS
QA4EO-CEOS-GEN-DQK-003 PDF DOC N. Fox A guide to 'reference standards' in support of Quality Assurance requirements of QA4EO
QA4EO-CEOS-GEN-DQK-004 PDF DOC N. Fox A guide to comparisons - organisation, operation and analysis to establish measurement equivalence to underpin the Quality Assurance requirements of QA4EO
QA4EO-CEOS-GEN-DQK-005 PDF DOC N. Fox A guide to establishing validated software, algorithms and models to underpin the Quality Assurance requirements of QA4EO
QA4EO-CEOS-GEN-DQK-006 PDF DOC N. Fox A guide to expression of uncertainty of measurements
QA4EO-CEOS-GEN-DQK-007 PDF DOC N. Fox A guide to establishing quantitative evidence of traceability to underpin the Quality Assurance requirements of QA4EO