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1 -This page will introduce, explain and provide links to general terminology used in the Austrian Data Cube project. We distinguish different topics:
1 +This glossary introduces and defines the major technical terms used in the Austrian Data Cube project.
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3 -3.1. [[General concept>>doc:.3\.1\. General.WebHome]]
4 -3.2. [[Hardware and infrastructure>>doc:.2\.1\. Hardware.WebHome]]
5 -3.3. [[Software>>doc:.3\.2\. Software.WebHome]]
6 -3.4. [[Datasets>>doc:.3\.3\. Datasets.WebHome]]
7 -3.5. Sentinel data procesing levels and products
8 - 3.5.1. [[Sentinel-1 processing levels>>doc:.3\.4\. data processing levels.WebHome]]
9 - 3.5.2. [[Sentinel-1 acquisition modes>>doc:.3\.4\. data processing levels.Sentinel-1 Aquisition modes.WebHome]]
10 - 3.5.3. [[Sentinel-1 products>>doc:.3\.4\. data processing levels.3\.4\.3\. Sentinel-1 products.WebHome]]
11 - 3.5.3. [[Sentinel-2 processing levels>>doc:.3\.4\. data processing levels.Sentinel-2 Processing levels.WebHome]]
12 - 3.5.4. [[Sentinel-2 products>>doc:.3\.4\. data processing levels.Sentinel-2 Level-2 products.WebHome]]
13 -3.6. [[Data specifications and formats>>doc:.3\.5\. Data specifications and formats.WebHome]]
14 -3.7. [[Methodology>>doc:.3\.5\. Methodology.WebHome]]
3 +The project builds on the following main concept:
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5 +A **data cube** efficiently stores a multi-dimensional array of values. Typically, applied in contexts of big data (i.e. time-series, very high-resolution satellite data), exceeding the hosting computer's main memory. This data can be effectively queried and sliced to extract the required data.
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7 +[[https:~~/~~/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_cube>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_cube]]