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  <dc:contributor>Nigel Fox</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Gyanesh Chander</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>P. Goryl</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Alessandro Burini</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2010</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The exploitation of Earth Observation data depends with increasing importance on multi-source inter-calibrated data, as demonstrated, for example, in the ESA DUE GlobColour project.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;The subgroup on Calibration and Validation of the Committee on Earth Observing System (CEOS) formulated a recommendation during the plenary session held in China at the end of 2004, with the goal of setting-up and operating an Internet based system to provide sensor data, protocols and guidelines for the purposes of efficiently supporting sensor calibration, inter-calibration and product validation. ESA has taken the initiative and launched the version 1.0 of the Cal/Val Portal in October 2006 and the version 2.0 in mid 2009. This paper describes the Cal/Val portal webpage, components, and general content organization. It also gives an example of collaboration and Cal/Val facility.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1117/12.864975</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>SPIE</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>The CEOS Cal/Val portal: A new instrument for the Cal/Val community</dc:title>
  <dc:type>text</dc:type>
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