Biomass | 4 - fair | Cloud sensitive.. Index only.. Daylight only. | VIS, NIR and SWIR channels. Biomass inferred from NDVI and LAI |
Cloud cover* | 3 - high | No specific limitation. | VIS, NIR and TIR channels |
Cloud optical depth* | 3 - high | Low-density cloud only.. Daylight only. | VIS, NIR and SWIR channels |
Cloud top height* | 3 - high | No specific limitation. | TIR channels in window and water vapour band (for emissivity) to estimate cloud top height from its temperature |
Cloud top temperature* | 2 - very high | No specific limitation. | TIR channels in window and water vapour band (for emissivity) |
Cloud type* | 2 - very high | No specific limitation. | VIS, NIR, SWIR and TIR channels |
Downward short-wave irradiance at Earth surface | 3 - high | Cloud sensitive.. Highly indirect. | VIS, NIR and SWIR channels |
Fire fractional cover | 4 - fair | Cloud sensitive.. Coarse spatial resolution. | VIS and TIR channels |
Fire radiative power | 5 - marginal | Cloud sensitive.. Coarse spatial resolution. | TIR channels |
Fire temperature | 5 - marginal | Cloud sensitive.. Coarse spatial resolution. | TIR channels |
Land surface temperature | 4 - fair | Cloud sensitive. | TIR split window channels around 11 micrometers for water vapour correction |
Leaf Area Index (LAI) | 2 - very high | Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only. | VIS, NIR and SWIR channels |
Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) | 3 - high | Cloud sensitive. | VIS and NIR channels |
Sea surface temperature | 4 - fair | Cloud sensitive. | TIR split window channels around 11 micrometers for water vapour correction |
Short-wave cloud reflectance | 4 - fair | No specific limitation. | VIS, NIR and SWIR channels |
Snow cover | 2 - very high | Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only. | VIS, NIR and SWIR channels, enabling screening snow from clouds |
Soil moisture at surface | 4 - fair | Cloud sensitive.. Index only. | VIS, NIR, SWIR and TIR channels. Soil moisture inferred from differential brightness and thermal inertia |
Integrated Water Vapour (IWV)* | 2 - very high | Cloud sensitive. | TIR channels around 6.3 micrometers and in the 11 micrometers split window |
Upward short-wave irradiance at TOA | 5 - marginal | Spectral interpolation needed.. Information on BRDF needed. | VIS, NIR and SWIR channels |
Aerosol volcanic ash | 5 - marginal | Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only. | VIS, NIR and SWIR channels |
Aerosol volcanic ash Total Column | 5 - marginal | Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only. | VIS, NIR and SWIR channels |
Wind (horizontal) | 4 - fair | Limited to high latitudes.. Cloud or water vapour tracers needed. | TIR channels in the 11 micrometers window and the 6.3 micrometers water vapour band |
Sea-ice cover | 2 - very high | Cloud sensitive. | VIS, NIR (for contour enhancement), SWIR (for discrimination from clouds) and TIR channels |