| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Aerosols | MODIS |
| Atmospheric Humidity Fields | AIRS, AMSR-E, AMSU-A, HSB, MODIS |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | AIRS, AMSU-A, MODIS |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | AMSR-E, AMSU-A, HSB, MODIS |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | AIRS, AMSR-E, AMSU-A |
| Ozone | AIRS, MODIS |
| Radiation budget | AIRS, AMSU-A, CERES, MODIS |
| Trace gases (excluding ozone) | AIRS |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | AIRS, AMSU-A, MODIS |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | MODIS |
| Soil moisture | AMSR-E, AMSU-A |
| Vegetation | MODIS |
| Surface temperature (land) | AIRS, AMSU-A, MODIS |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | MODIS |
| Ocean | Ocean colour/biology | MODIS |
| Ocean surface winds | AMSR-E, AMSU-A |
| Surface temperature (ocean) | AIRS, AMSR-E, MODIS |
| Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) | MODIS |
| Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | AIRS, AMSR-E, AMSU-A, MODIS |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | AIRS, AMSR-E, AMSU-A, MODIS |