The ESA Earth Observation Platforms to leverage Open Science and Pioneer Innovative Applications
To efficiently exploit the overwhelming abundance of data generated by the Copernicus programme science will have to leverage the advance of ICT at the maximum extent. ESA’s “Exploitation Platform” programmatic initiative aims to make new innovative cloud-based platforms like the Thematic Exploitation Platforms, Euro Data Cube, Open EO Platform, etc., available for open science The initiative also supports the comunity by sponsoring free-at-point-of-use access to these capabilities for research purposes via the Network of Resources.