| Biomass | 4 - fair | Cloud sensitive.. Index only.. Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only. | VIS, NIR and SWIR channels. Biomass inferred from NDVI and LAI |
| Cloud cover | 2 - very high | Infrequent coverage. | Channels in VIS, NIR, SWIR and the TIR window around 11 micrometers |
| Cloud drop effective radius | 3 - high | At cloud top.. Daylight only.. Infrequent coverage. | Channels in VIS, NIR and the MWIR window around 3.7 micrometers (for differentiation) |
| Cloud ice effective radius | 3 - high | At cloud top.. Daylight only.. Infrequent coverage. | Channels in VIS, NIR and the MWIR window around 3.7 micrometers (for differentiation) |
| Cloud optical depth | 3 - high | Low-density cloud only.. Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only. | VIS, NIR and SWIR channels |
| Cloud top height | 4 - fair | Infrequent coverage. | TIR window channels around 11 micrometers to estimate cloud top height from its temperature |
| Cloud top temperature | 4 - fair | Infrequent coverage. | TIR window channels around 11 micrometers |
| Cloud type | 2 - very high | Infrequent coverage. | Channels in VIS, SWIR and the MWIR and TIR windows around 3.7 and 11 micrometers |
| Earth surface albedo | 5 - marginal | Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage. | VIS channels |
| Fire fractional cover | 1 - primary | Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage. | VIS and TIR channels |
| Fire radiative power | 1 - primary | Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage. | MWIR and TIR window channels around 3.7 and 11 micrometers |
| Fire temperature | 1 - primary | Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage. | MWIR and TIR window channels around 3.7 and 11 micrometers |
| Fraction of Absorbed PAR (FAPAR) | 3 - high | High troposphere only.. Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage. | VIS channels including Red at 700 nm |
| Fraction of vegetated land | 1 - primary | Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only. | VIS, NIR and SWIR channels |
| Glacier cover | 3 - high | Cloud sensitive.. Long time for mapping.. Daylight only. | VIS, NIR and SWIR channels, screening ice from clouds |
| Land cover | 1 - primary | Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only. | VIS, NIR and SWIR channels |
| Land surface temperature | 3 - high | Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage. | MWIR and TIR window channels around 3.7 and 11 micrometers (high sensitivity to high temperature, cloud impact reduction, water vapour correction) |
| Leaf Area Index (LAI) | 2 - very high | Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only.. Infrequent coverage. | VIS, NIR and SWIR channels |
| Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) | 2 - very high | Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage. | VIS and NIR channels |
| Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) | 3 - high | Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage. | VIS channels, range accurately sampled |
| Sea surface temperature* | 2 - very high | Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage. | MWIR and TIR window channels (cloud impact reduction, water vapour correction) |
| Sea-ice cover | 2 - very high | Cloud sensitive. | VIS, NIR (for contour enhancement), SWIR (for discrimination from clouds) and TIR channels |
| Short-wave cloud reflectance | 4 - fair | Infrequent coverage. | VIS, NIR and SWIR channels. Unsuitable dynamic range (saturation) |
| Snow cover | 1 - primary | Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only. | VIS, NIR and SWIR channels, enabling screening snow from clouds |
| Soil moisture at surface | 4 - fair | Cloud sensitive.. Index only.. Infrequent coverage. | VIS, NIR, MWIR and TIR channels. Soil moisture inferred from differential brightness and thermal inertia |
| Soil type | 1 - primary | Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only. | VIS, NIR and SWIR channels |
| Integrated Water Vapour (IWV) | 4 - fair | Cloud sensitive.. Low troposphere dominant.. Infrequent coverage. | TIR channels in the 11 micrometers split window |
| Upward short-wave irradiance at TOA | 5 - marginal | Spectral interpolation needed.. Information on BRDF needed.. Infrequent coverage. | VIS, NIR and SWIR channels |
| Vegetation type | 2 - very high | Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only. | VIS, NIR and SWIR channels |
| Aerosol volcanic ash | 5 - marginal | Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only. | VIS, NIR and SWIR channels |
| Aerosol volcanic ash Total Column | 5 - marginal | Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only. | VIS, NIR and SWIR channels |
Instrument: COCTS2