CEOS Missions, Instruments, and Measurements Keywords

The Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) Missions, Instruments, and Measurements (MIM) keywords contain information on many key measurements of interest to users of Earth observation satellite data.

Earth observation satellites provide important data about Earth and its environment, helping develop our understanding of the basic Earth System and its human influences. These data cover a wide range of geophysical parameters, spanning the whole spectrum of the environment—atmosphere, land, ocean, snow and ice, and gravity and magnetic fields.

Read more about the CEOS Mission, Instruments, and Measurements (MIM) Keywords.

In order to provide more direct access to these data, each MIM keyword has been mapped to a Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keyword. A reference table shows the mapping between the MIM keywords and the GCMD keywords.

Click on the keywords below to view datasets related to each keyword:

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