Biomass* | 5 - marginal | Cloud sensitive.. Index only.. Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only. | VIS and NIR channels. Biomass inferred from NDVI |
Cloud cover | 5 - marginal | Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only. | VIS and NIR channels |
Cloud optical depth | 4 - fair | Low-density cloud only.. Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only. | VIS and NIR channels |
Earth surface albedo | 5 - marginal | Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage. | VIS channels |
Fire fractional cover | 2 - very high | Daylight only.. Cloud sensitive. | VIS channels with high resolution for boundary detection |
Fraction of Absorbed PAR (FAPAR)* | 4 - fair | Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage. | VIS channels including Red at 700 nm |
Fraction of vegetated land* | 2 - very high | Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only. | VIS and NIR channels |
Glacier cover | 4 - fair | Cloud sensitive.. Long time for mapping.. Daylight only. | VIS and NIR channels |
Glacier topography | 5 - marginal | Cloud sensitive.. Long time for mapping.. Daylight only. | VIS channel(s) and along-track steering capability for stereoscopy between successive images along the orbit |
Ice sheet topography | 5 - marginal | Cloud sensitive.. Long time for mapping.. Daylight only. | VIS channel(s) and along-track steering capability for stereoscopy between successive images along the orbit |
Land cover* | 2 - very high | Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only. | VIS and NIR channels |
Land surface topography | 5 - marginal | Cloud sensitive.. Long time for mapping.. Daylight only. | VIS channel(s) and along-track steering capability for stereoscopy between consecutive images along the orbit |
Leaf Area Index (LAI)* | 4 - fair | Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only.. Infrequent coverage. | VIS and NIR channels. LAI inferred from NDVI |
Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)* | 2 - very high | Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage. | VIS and NIR channels |
Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) | 4 - fair | Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage. | VIS channels, range undersampled |
Sea-ice cover | 5 - marginal | Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only. | VIS and NIR (for contour enhancement) channels |
Short-wave cloud reflectance | 5 - marginal | Infrequent coverage. | VIS and NIR channels. Unsuitable dynamic range (saturation) |
Snow cover | 4 - fair | Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only. | VIS and NIR channels |
Soil moisture at surface | 5 - marginal | Cloud sensitive.. Index only.. Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only. | VIS and NIR channels. Soil moisture inferred from differential brightness |
Soil type | 2 - very high | Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only. | VIS and NIR channels |
Upward short-wave irradiance at TOA | 5 - marginal | Spectral interpolation needed.. Information on BRDF needed.. Infrequent coverage. | VIS and NIR channels |
Vegetation type* | 3 - high | Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only. | VIS and NIR channels |
Aerosol volcanic ash | 5 - marginal | Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only. | VIS and NIR channels |
Aerosol volcanic ash Total Column | 5 - marginal | Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only. | VIS and NIR channels |