This document describes the organization of the Copernicus Sentinel data quality functions  (calibration,  validation,  algorithms)  funded  by  the  EU  Copernicus  programme  and under the responsibility of the Sensor Performance, Products and Algorithms(SPPA) section of the Earth Observation Mission Management and Product Quality Division (EOP-GM) in the EO Mission Management and Ground Segments Department (EOP-G).

The document is part of the Copernicus Technical Baseline package and complements the other  documents  providing  the  Copernicus  operations  baseline.  It  is  applicable  to  all  EO  Copernicus Sentinel missions operated by ESA. 

The document does not provide the specific mission data quality requirements, which can be found in other documents, in particular in the Sentinel product list document [RD-5].