FIDUCEO Vocabulary

This is the FIDUCEO draft vocabulary. We encourage comments on our definitions, please click on any word to comment.

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Calibration

Calibration is the process of converting the raw signal recorded by the satellite to the measurand. Examples include converting raw AVHRR counts to a radiance or brightness temperature. The calibration process is normally defined by an algorithm and a set of calibration coefficients.

CCCS

Copernicus Climate Change Service

CCI

(ESA) Climate Change Initiative

CDR

Climate Data Record

CDS

Climate Data Store

CEOS WGISS

Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) Working Group on Information Systems and Services

CF

Climate and Forecast (metadata convention)

Correction

An adjustment made to correct for a known bias. This may have a functional form (e.g. a straight line) with multiple correction parameters (e.g. an offset and slope). Note that even after correction there will always be a residual, unknown error.