Merge pull request BioPAL#50 from emanuelegiorgi/docs_dev

[DOC] Updated readthedocs overview and README

README.md

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 The BIOMASS Product Algorithm Laboratory (BioPAL) is an evolution of the software developed for the [BIOMASS prototype processor](https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/6/985) into an open source library to be used and contributed by the scientific community.
 
-This repository collects the software routines for processing Level 1 SAR products to generate Level 2 forest products of Above Ground Biomass (AGB) and Forest Heigth (FH). More details about these products and BIOMASS can be found [here](https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/6/985).
+This repository collects the software routines for processing Level 1 SAR products to generate Level 2 forest products of Above Ground Biomass (AGB), Forest Heigth (FH) and Forest Disturbance (FD). More details about these products and BIOMASS can be found [here](https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/6/985).
 
 # Structure of the Project
 
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 BioPAL was originally written and is currently maintained by Aresys and the BioPAL team on behalf of ESA.
 
+BioPAL team includes reperesentatives of several european research institutions, see [website about section](https://www.biopal.org/about/).
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 # Citing
 
 If you use BioPAL, please add these citations:
 
 -   *BioPAL: BIOMASS Product Algorithm Laboratory, https://github.com/BioPAL/BioPAL*
 
--   *Banda F, Giudici D, Le Toan T, Mariotti d’Alessandro M, Papathanassiou K, Quegan S, Riembauer G, Scipal K, Soja M, Tebaldini S, Ulander L, Villard L. The BIOMASS Level 2 Prototype Processor: Design and Experimental Results of Above-Ground Biomass Estimation. Remote Sensing. 2020; 12(6):985. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12060985*
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-# Affilliations
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-TBD
+-   *Banda F, Giudici D, Le Toan T, Mariotti d’Alessandro M, Papathanassiou K, Quegan S, Riembauer G, Scipal K, Soja M, Tebaldini S, Ulander L, Villard L. The BIOMASS Level 2 Prototype Processor: Design and Experimental Results of Above-Ground Biomass Estimation. Remote Sensing. 2020; 12(6):985. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12060985*

doc/overview.rst

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 Overview
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-What is BioPAL
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+Objective
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-The BIOMASS Product Algorithm Laboratory (BioPAL) is an evolution of the software developed for the BIOMASS prototype processor into an open source library to be used and contributed by the scientific community.
+BIOMASS is ESA's (European Space Agency) seventh Earth Explorer mission, currently scheduled for launch in 2023. 
+The satellite will be the first P-band SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) sensor in space and will be operated in fully 
+polarimetric interferometric and tomographic modes. 
+The mission main aim is to map forest properties globally, but the sensor will also allow exploring subsurface scenarios (ice, desert).
+The BIOMASS Product Algorithm Laboratory (BioPAL) is an evolution of the software developed for the  `BIOMASS prototype processor`_.
+
+.. _BIOMASS prototype processor: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/6/985
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+into an open source library to be used and contributed by the scientific community.
+This repository collects the software routines for processing Level 1 SAR products to generate Level 2 forest products of 
+Above Ground Biomass (AGB), Forest Heigth (FH) and Forest Disturbance (FD). More details about these products and BIOMASS 
+can be found `here`_.
+
+.. _here: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/6/985
 
-BioPAL GitHub repository collects the software routines for processing Level 1 SAR products to generate Level 2 forest products of Above Ground Biomass (AGB), Forest Heigth (FH) and Forest Disturbance (FD). More details about these products and BIOMASS can be found in Science and Products and BIOMASS.
 
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