Cloud cover* | 2 - very high | No specific limitation. | VIS, SWIR, MWIR and TIR channels |
Cloud drop effective radius | 3 - high | At cloud top.. Daylight only. | VIS, SWIR and MWIR channels (for differentiation) |
Cloud ice effective radius | 3 - high | At cloud top.. Daylight only. | VIS, SWIR and MWIR channels (for differentiation) |
Cloud top height* | 4 - fair | No specific limitation. | TIR window channels to estimate cloud top height from its temperature |
Cloud top temperature* | 4 - fair | No specific limitation. | TIR window channels |
Cloud type* | 2 - very high | No specific limitation. | VIS, SWIR, MWIR and TIR channels |
Fire fractional cover | 4 - fair | Cloud sensitive.. Coarse spatial resolution. | VIS, MWIR and TIR channels |
Fire radiative power | 2 - very high | Cloud sensitive.. Coarse spatial resolution. | MWIR and TIR channels |
Fire temperature | 2 - very high | Cloud sensitive.. Coarse spatial resolution. | MWIR and TIR channels |
Land surface temperature | 3 - high | Cloud sensitive. | MWIR and TIR window channels (high sensitivity to high temperature, cloud impact reduction, water vapour correction) |
Leaf Area Index (LAI) | 3 - high | Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only. | VIS and SWIR channels |
Sea surface temperature* | 2 - very high | Cloud sensitive. | MWIR and TIR window channels around 3.7 and 11 micrometers (cloud impact reduction, water vapour correction) |
Snow cover | 2 - very high | Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only. | VIS and SWIR channels, enabling screening snow from clouds |
Soil moisture at surface | 4 - fair | Cloud sensitive.. Index only. | VIS, SWIR, MWIR and TIR channels. Soil moisture inferred from differential brightness and thermal inertia |
Integrated Water Vapour (IWV) | 4 - fair | Cloud sensitive.. Low troposphere dominant. | TIR channels in the 11 micrometers split window |
Aerosol volcanic ash | 5 - marginal | Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only. | VIS and SWIR channels |
Aerosol volcanic ash Total Column | 5 - marginal | Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only. | VIS and SWIR channels |