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Dataset	Geographic Region	Temporal Extent	Data Format	Potential Application Areas	Related Subtopics
Daily 30-second Hatanaka-compressed GNSS observation data	Global	1992-01-01 to Present	RINEX V2 RINEX V3 UNIX compressed ASCII	Precise Positioning/Navigation Geodesy/ Geodynamics (crustal motion, Earth rotation) Atmospheric Science (ionosphere, troposphere) Space Weather Monitoring Scientific Research IGS Support Data Quality Control	geodetics, gravity/ gravitational field, tectonics
EMIT L2A Estimated Surface Reflectance and Uncertainty and Masks 60 m	Global Land	2022-08-09 to Present	NetCDF-4	Surface mineralogy mapping Geological exploration and resource assessment Dust source region characterization Spectral library development for earth materials	geochemistry
Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS) Cumulative Station Position Product	Global	2002-01-01 to Present	SINEX	Precise Station Positioning Geodetic Reference Frame Definition Crustal Deformation Monitoring Plate Tectonics Studies Geodynamics Research Long-term Position Stability Analysis	geodetics, gravity/ gravitational field, tectonics
High-rate Hatanaka-compressed GNSS observation data	Global	2001-05-01 to Present	RINEX V2 UNIX compressed ASCII	Precise Positioning/Navigation (High-Accuracy) Geodesy/ Geodynamics (Detailed Crustal Motion, Rapid Changes) IGS Support (High-Frequency Analysis) Data Quality Control (Improved Temporal Resolution)	geodetics, gravity/ gravitational field, tectonics
Hourly 30-second combined GPS broadcast ephemeris data	Global	2005-10-27 to Present	RINEX V2 UNIX compressed ASCII	Satellite Orbit Determination Precise Point Positioning (PPP) GNSS System Monitoring Navigation Algorithm Development Geodetic Applications Time Transfer	geodetics, gravity/ gravitational field, tectonics
Hourly 30-second GPS broadcast ephemeris data	Global	2005-10-07 to Present	RINEX V2 UNIX compressed ASCII	Satellite Orbit Determination Precise Point Positioning (PPP) GNSS System Monitoring Navigation Algorithm Development Geodetic Applications Time Transfer	geodetics, gravity/ gravitational field, tectonics
Hourly 30-second Hatanaka-compressed GNSS observation data	Global	2005-10-07 to Present	RINEX V2 UNIX compressed ASCII	Precise Positioning/Navigation Geodesy/ Geodynamics IGS Support Data Quality Control	geodetics, gravity/ gravitational field, tectonics
OPERA Surface Displacement from Sentinel-1 validated product (Version 1)	Global	2016-07-01 to Present	NetCDF-4 XML PNG Zarr	Ground subsidence monitoring in urban areas and infrastructure	geomorphic landforms and processes, tectonics
OPERA Radiometric Terrain Corrected SAR Backscatter from Sentinel-1 Static Layers validated product (Version 1)	Global	2014-04-03 to Present	GeoTIFF XML	Base mapping for change detection applications Terrain-corrected imagery for accurate spatial analysis Reference data for calibration of other SAR products	geomorphic landforms and processes, tectonics
OPERA Radiometric Terrain Corrected SAR Backscatter from Sentinel-1 validated product (Version 1)	Global	2020-12-31 to Present	HDF5 GeoTIFF, XML	Detection of changes in surface roughness properties	geomorphic landforms and processes, tectonics

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GNSS radio occultation L1B excess phase and amplitude for CHAMP as contributed by EUMETSAT, version 2.0 (gnssro_champ_eumetsat_l1b)	2.0	CHAMP	GNSS	2001-05-19 to 2008-10-05	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
GNSS radio occultation L1B excess phase and amplitude for CHAMP as contributed by JPL, version 2.0 (gnssro_champ_jpl_l1b)	2.0	CHAMP	GNSS	2001-04-06 to 2008-10-05	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
GNSS radio occultation L1B excess phase and amplitude for CHAMP as contributed by UCAR, version 2.0 (gnssro_champ_ucar_l1b)	2.0	CHAMP	GNSS	2001-05-19 to 2008-10-05	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
GNSS radio occultation L1B excess phase and amplitude for CNOFS as contributed by UCAR, version 2.0 (gnssro_cnofs_ucar_l1b)	2.0	C/NOFS	GNSS	2010-03-01 to 2011-12-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
GNSS radio occultation L1B excess phase and amplitude for COSMIC1 as contributed by EUMETSAT, version 2.0 (gnssro_cosmic1_eumetsat_l1b)	2.0	COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3	GNSS	2006-04-22 to 2020-04-25	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
GNSS radio occultation L1B excess phase and amplitude for COSMIC1 as contributed by JPL, version 2.0 (gnssro_cosmic1_jpl_l1b)	2.0	COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3	IGOR, TIP, TBB, CER	2006-04-21 to 2019-12-10	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
GNSS radio occultation L1B excess phase and amplitude for COSMIC1 as contributed by UCAR, version 2.0 (gnssro_cosmic1_ucar_l1b)	2.0	COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3	IGOR, TIP, TBB, CER	2006-04-30 to 2019-12-10	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
GNSS radio occultation L1B excess phase and amplitude for COSMIC2 as contributed by UCAR, version 2.0 (gnssro_cosmic2_ucar_l1b)	2.0	COSMIC-2/FORMOSAT-7	GNSS	2019-10-02 to 2025-07-29	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
GNSS radio occultation L1B excess phase and amplitude for GEOOPT as contributed by UCAR, version 2.0 (gnssro_geoopt_ucar_l1b)	2.0	GeoOptics CICERO	GNSS	2020-12-01 to 2021-09-16	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
GNSS radio occultation L1B excess phase and amplitude for GPSMET as contributed by UCAR, version 2.0 (gnssro_gpsmet_ucar_l1b)	2.0	GPS/MET	GNSS	1995-04-22 to 1997-02-16	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
GNSS radio occultation L1B excess phase and amplitude for GRACE as contributed by EUMETSAT, version 2.0 (gnssro_grace_eumetsat_l1b)	2.0	GRACE	GNSS	2007-02-28 to 2017-11-20	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
GNSS radio occultation L1B excess phase and amplitude for GRACE as contributed by JPL, version 2.0 (gnssro_grace_jpl_l1b)	2.0	GRACE	GNSS	2006-01-12 to 2017-11-19	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
GNSS radio occultation L1B excess phase and amplitude for GRACE as contributed by UCAR, V2.0 (gnssro_grace_ucar_l1b)	2.0	GRACE	GNSS	2007-02-28 to 2017-11-30	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
GNSS radio occultation L1B excess phase and amplitude for KOMPSAT5 as contributed by UCAR, version 2.0 (gnssro_kompsat5_ucar_l1b)	2.0	KOMPSAT-5	GNSS	2019-07-01 to 2025-05-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
GNSS radio occultation L1B excess phase and amplitude for METOP as contributed by EUMETSAT, version 2.0 (gnssro_metop_eumetsat_l1b)	2.0	METOP-A, METOP-B, METOP-C	GNSS	2006-10-27 to 2020-06-30	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
GNSS radio occultation L1B excess phase and amplitude for METOP as contributed by UCAR, version 2.0 (gnssro_metop_ucar_l1b)	2.0	METOP-A, METOP-B, METOP-C	GNSS	2007-10-01 to 2025-05-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
GNSS radio occultation L1B excess phase and amplitude for PAZ as contributed by JPL, version 2.0 (gnssro_paz_jpl_l1b)	2.0	PAZ	GNSS	2018-05-10 to 2023-07-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
GNSS radio occultation L1B excess phase and amplitude for PAZ as contributed by UCAR, version 2.0 (gnssro_paz_ucar_l1b)	2.0	PAZ	GNSS	2018-05-10 to 2025-05-29	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
GNSS radio occultation L1B excess phase and amplitude for PLANETIQ as contributed by UCAR, V2.0 (gnssro_planetiq_ucar_l1b)	2.0	PlanetiQ GNOMES	GNSS	2023-04-05 to 2024-10-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
GNSS radio occultation L1B excess phase and amplitude for SACC as contributed by UCAR, V2.0 (gnssro_sacc_ucar_l1b)	2.0	SAC-C	GNSS	2006-03-09 to 2011-08-03	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
GNSS radio occultation L1B excess phase and amplitude for SPIRE as contributed by UCAR, version 2.0 (gnssro_spire_ucar_l1b)	2.0	Spire	GNSS	2020-12-16 to 2025-07-29	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
GNSS radio occultation L1B excess phase and amplitude for TDX as contributed by UCAR, version 2.0 (gnssro_tdx_ucar_l1b)	2.0	TDX	GNSS	2016-01-01 to 2025-05-29	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
GNSS radio occultation L1B excess phase and amplitude for TSX as contributed by JPL, version 2.0 (gnssro_tsx_jpl_l1b)	2.0	TSX	GNSS	2012-01-02 to 2022-11-30	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
GNSS radio occultation L1B excess phase and amplitude for TSX as contributed by UCAR, version 2.0 (gnssro_tsx_ucar_l1b)	2.0	TSX	GNSS	2008-02-10 to 2025-05-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
GPM GROUND VALIDATION ENVIRONMENT CANADA (EC) RADIOMETER GCPEX V1	1	GROUND STATIONS	RADIOMETERS	2012-02-14 to 2012-03-01	N: 44.2332 S: 44.2332 E: -79.7806 W: -79.7806	ASCII

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GUARDIAN	The GNSS-based Upper Atmospheric Realtime Disaster Information and Alert Network (GUARDIAN) is a near real-time (NRT) ionospheric monitoring tool for natural hazards warning.	Monitoring Natural Events
Vertex	Vertex is a graphical search interface for finding synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data.	Search and Discovery, Access, Downloading, Processing, Subsetting

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