The fifth and last progress meeting was hosted by FMI in Helsinki, the where status of the final tasks were reviewed. The partners had requested more time to complete the remaining deliverables: D1.1: updated user requirement document, D4.1 Product validation and Inter-comparison Report, D4.2 Climate Data Record Package and D5.1 Climate Assessment Report. ESA agreed to extend the end date of the project to 31 July 2018.