The ESA Earth Observation Payload Data Ground Segment ...

G-POD History and Status 2002-2004: Development of Grid On-Demand as a technology (GRID)demonstrator to support e-science for Earth Observation Sample data on-line, few demonstrator applications Used mainly for internal research and to generate “nice images” 2005-2006: “Transfer to Operations” and “Industrialization” of thesystem MERIS full archive + gradually all Envisat low-bit-rate products Supporting few internal research applications test-bed of first external collaboration (with JRC) for the generation ofthe global MERIS MGVI aggregated level-3 product System maintenance and evolutions by industry 2006: G-POD included as a ground-segment facility to supportroutine services Routine generation of high-level products (e.g. level-3) Test-bed G-POD as a support infrastructure to ESA scientists: Call forCAT-1 proposals 2007-2009: G-POD for the long-term G-POD CAT-1 opportunity routinely sustained [http://eopi.esa.int/G-POD] G-POD to expand into ESA archiving centres G-POD for GMES (Global Monitoring of Environment and Security)