Table 4.1 An inventory of satellite-based EO datasets on behalf of agro-geoinformatics
Satellite
Instrument
Launch Resolution
Facility
Fee
Landsat
4–5 TM
7 ETM+
1–5 MSS
8 OLI, TIRS
1972
(1)
1975
(2)
1978
(3)
1982
(4)
1984
(5)
1999
(7)
2013
(8)
30 m
USGS archive
1
GLCF (UMD)
2
Amazon Cloud
3
Google earth
Engine
4
None
Aqua
AIRS
AMSU
CERES
AMSR-E
HSB
MODIS
2002
250 m
NASA
None
Terra
ASTER
CERES
MISR
MODIS
MOPITT
1999
250 m
NASA
None
SMAP
Radar
Radiometer
2015
1–3 km
40 km
ASF and NSDC
None
TRMM
PR
TMI
VIRS
CERES
LIS
1997
5 km
402 km
2 km
10 km
402 km
NASA GSFC
None
GOES
Imager
Sounder
1975
(1)
1977
(2)
1978
(3)
1980
(4)
1981
(5)
1983
(6)
1987
(7)
1994
(8)
1995
1–8 km
NOAA OSPO
7
None
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