Overview

FORCE is a software framework and consists of several modules and executables, which are organized in components according to processing levels.

• Lower Level is defined as Levels 1-2,

• Higher Level as Level 3 and above,

• Auxiliary components are helper programs for specific purposes.

A typical FORCE workflow consists of following main steps:

1. Level 1 images are acquired from the space agencies, and are

2. converted to Level 2 ARD, which are

3. aggregated and/or analyzed in Higher Level processing.

Figure. Overview of the software components.