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Convection All Convection (Thunderstorms) Moisture Stability Indices Surface Temperature Convective Precipitation Outflow Boundaries MCSs Isolated Storms
Clouds and Aerosols All Clouds and Aerosols Cloud Properties Cloud Height Cloud Tops Cloud Amount Cloud Type Aerosol Index Aerosol Optical Depth Dust
Transportation Weather All Transportation Weather Icing Visibility Fog and Stratus Satellite-Derived Winds Turbulence Volcanic Ash Aviation (General and Other Subtopics)
Synoptic/Large-Scale All Synoptic/Large-Scale Fronts Extratropical Cyclones Anticyclones Tropical Cyclones Subtropical Cyclones Tropical Waves Satellite-Derived Winds Thermal Wind Profiles Jet Stream General Circulations
Fires All Fires Pre-Fire Weather Hot Spots Smoke and Aerosols Pyrocumulonimbus
Mesoscale Phenomena All Mesoscale Phenomena Fronts Jet Streaks Dust Storms Gap Winds Sea Breezes Mountain/Valley Breezes Orographic Effects (Clouds and Precip) Mountain Waves/Downslope Winds Boundary Layer Fog and Low Stratus Barrier Jets Mesoscale Winter Weather QPE/QPF Low-Level Jets
Climate All Atmospheric Climate Applications Gases (CO2, WV, Ozone, etc.) Precipitation El Niño MJO PDO NAO IOD
General All Atmospheric Applications Winds Severe Weather Precipitation Water Vapor Cloud Identification
Soundings/Profiling All Soundings/Profiling Temperature and Moisture Trace Gases Identification
Land Cover All Land Cover Land Surface Emissivity Surface Reflectance Surface Type and Dynamics Change and Conversion Snow Cover Snow Water Equivalent
Vegetation All Vegetation Greenness and Dynamics Indices or Indexes Photosynthesis
Soil All Soil Land Surface Temperature (LST) Soil Moisture Soil Type
Hydrology All Hydrology Hydrologic Cycle Flooding Lakes and Rivers Rainfall Snow Cover Extent Snow Depth Snow Water Equivalent/Snowmelt
Fires All Fires Pre-Fire Weather Fire Detection Hot Spots Post-Fire Burned Areas
General Albedo Other Land Applications
Marine Boundary Layer All Marine Boundary Layer Near-Surface Wind Fog and Stratus Haze
Ocean Surface All Ocean Surface Sea Ice Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Ocean Color (Chlorophyll, Diffuse Attenuation/Turbidity) Algae Blooms Height and Topography Wave Characteristics Surface Wind Stress Surface Currents and Tides
Ocean Subsurface All Ocean Subsurface Ocean Heat Content Salinity Ocean Fronts
Coastal Zone All Coastal Zone Currents and Tides Waves Sediment and Transport Turbidity Ocean Color Erosion
Climate All Ocean Climate Applications SST Sea Ice Coastal Zone El Niño MJO Pacific Decadal Oscillation
General Other Ocean Applications
Space Environment All Space Environment Solar Energy Solar Wind
Events All Space Events Solar Flares Coronal Mass Ejections Solar Prominence Eruptions Geomagnetic Storms
Space Weather Impacts All Weather Space Impacts Satellites Radio Communication Telecommunication Cables Power Grid Airline Passenger Radiation Astronaut Safety
Solar Cycle/Climate All Solar Cycle/Climate Sunspots Solar Cycle and Long Term Sunspot Frequency Solar Irradiance
General Other Space Applications
Low-Earth Orbit All LEO (Polar Orbiting) CloudSat ERS-1,2 NOAA NPP NPOESS DMSP MetOp EOS (Terra and Aqua) FY-1,3 Meteor SeaWiFS (SeaStar) TRMM JPSS
Geo (Geostationary) All GEO (Geostationary) Meteosat MSG (Meteosat 2nd Gen) GOES GOES-R MTSAT Insat FY-2 GOMS
Imaging Instruments All Imaging Instruments Visible Infrared Microwave Near-Infrared Shortwave Infrared Water Vapor
LEO Imagers All LEO Imagers AMSR-E AVHRR SSM/I SSMIS MODIS QuikSCAT ASCAT WindSat TMI TRMM PR VIIRS SeaWiFS ASTER OLS Lidar
GEO Imagers All GEO Imagers GOES Imagers (current and future ABI) Meteosat Imager SEVIRI MTSAT Jami GERB
Sounding Instruments All Sounding Instruments Visible Infrared Microwave
LEO Sounders All LEO Sounders AIRS AMSU MHS HIRS SSM/I SSMIS IASI ATMS CrIS SBUV GOME-2 OMPS GRAS
GEO Sounders GOES Sounder Other GEO Sounders
Scatterometers NSCAT QuikSCAT SCAT
Other Instruments SEM (Space Env. Monitor) SESS (Space Env. Sensor Suite) DMSP Alitmeters SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) DCS (Data Collection System)
Technical/Program Information All Technical Information Satellite Type Spectral Coverage Channel List Instrument List Resolution Orbits, Spatial Coverage and Scheduling/Refresh Rate Launch Date Status Calibration/Validation
Science Topics All Science Topics Electromagnetic Spectrum Sun-Earth-Atmosphere Energy System Conservation of Electromagnetic Energy Energy to Radiance Brightness Temperature Radiative Transfer Scattering and Reflection Selective Absorption Channel Selection Weighting Functions Polarization Emissivity and Dielectric Effect Sub-Pixel Effect Cloud Microphysics Satellite Orbits Radio Occultation Multi-Spectral Processing Hyperspectral Observation
Cases and Examples All Cases and Examples North America Central and South America Europe Africa Asia Australia Antarctica Arctic Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Tropical Extratropical Polar
Data Products All Data Products Product Description Product Applications Product Algorithms Data Retrieval Real-time Data Access Archived Data Sets