D52.1a - Report on Candidates for Operational Roll-out (Issue 1)

This report addresses the selection process and results of the Copernicus Land service and product candidate assessment for operational roll-out. A detailed description of the objectives will be provided together with an explanation of the findings and conclusions as derived by WP 52. The report provides a detailed documentation of the benchmarking process conducted as a means for identifying candidate prototypes for operational service roll-out, including a documentation of the selection process of meaningful benchmarking criteria and related threshold levels. It further will provide an analysis of existing gaps and further development needs.