Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
Atmosphere | Aerosols | AATSR, GOMOS, MERIS, SCIAMACHY |
| Atmospheric Humidity Fields | GOMOS, MIPAS, MWR, RA-2 |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | AATSR, MERIS, SCIAMACHY |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | MERIS |
| Ozone | GOMOS, MIPAS, SCIAMACHY |
| Radiation budget | AATSR, MERIS, SCIAMACHY |
| Trace gases (excluding ozone) | GOMOS, MIPAS, SCIAMACHY |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | GOMOS, MIPAS |
Gravity and Magnetic Fields | Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements | DORIS-NG, RA-2 |
Land | Albedo and reflectance | AATSR, MERIS |
| Landscape topography | ASAR, ASAR (image mode), RA-2 |
| Soil moisture | ASAR, ASAR (image mode) |
| Vegetation | AATSR, ASAR, ASAR (image mode), MERIS |
| Surface temperature (land) | AATSR |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | AATSR, ASAR, ASAR (image mode), MERIS |
Ocean | Ocean colour/biology | MERIS |
| Ocean topography/currents | ASAR, ASAR (image mode), ASAR (wave mode), DORIS-NG, RA-2 |
| Ocean surface winds | ASAR, ASAR (image mode), ASAR (wave mode), RA-2 |
| Surface temperature (ocean) | AATSR |
| Ocean wave height and spectrum | ASAR, ASAR (image mode), ASAR (wave mode), RA-2 |
| Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) | AATSR, ASAR, ASAR (image mode), MERIS |
Snow & Ice | Ice sheet topography | ASAR, RA-2 |
| Snow cover, edge and depth | ASAR, ASAR (image mode), MERIS |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | AATSR, ASAR, ASAR (image mode), MERIS, RA-2 |