Marine and Climate Remote Sensing Missions

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Background

Once a prospective user has determined which instrument(s) might provide data of interest, then the materials presented here can be used to identify missions that include the instument(s). Once again, we defer to the encyclopedic coverage of this topic provided by the CEOS Handbook on Earth Observations.

Mission Catalogs

Refer to the CEOS Tables (references below) to locate instruments, their missions and their sponsoring agencies. This table should assist the user to identify countries:

ASI (Italy)
BNSC (UK)
CAST (China)
CNES (France)
CONAE (Argentina)
CSA (Canada)
CSIRO (Australia)
DLR (Germany)
ESA (Europe)
EUMETSAT (Europe)
INPE (Brazil)
ISRO (India)
JMA (Japan)
JAXA (Japan)
KARI (Korea)
NASA (USA)
NOAA (USA)
NRSCC (China) 
NSAU (Ukraine)
Roshydromet (Russia)
Roskosmos (Russia)
SNSB (Sweden)
USGS (USA)

Additional Resources

CEOS List of satellite missions (by year and sponsoring agency) - From 1967 to 2019
CEOS Missions timeline chart - From 2005 to 2019
CEOS Table of satellite missions and instruments - MS Word file cross-referencing missions to instruments
CEOS Table of satellite missions and agencies - MS Word file cross-referencing missions to agencies

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Information about this article

Short title: Marine and Climate Missions

Description: none

Expertise level: beginner

Author: Murray.Brown

Approval status: approved

Approved by: Murray.Brown

Last change: 2008-9-24

Subsection of: Remote Sensing Data Concepts

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