Data Sources

This page gives a brief description of access to the data products supported by the reader modules provided in the standard installation of BEAM.

More information about access to ESA data can be obtained from https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/pi-community/apply-for-data

Data Sources Overview

  Instrument Platform Format Links
1 MERIS Envisat Envisat N1 MERCI: http://merci-srv.eo.esa.int/merci/welcome.do
FTP: ftp://eoa-up.eo.esa.int
EOLI-SA catalogue and ordering tool: http://earth.esa.int/EOLi/EOLi.html
  MERIS Binned Level-3 Envisat netCDF Level 3: http://envisat.esa.int/level3/meris/
2 (A)ATSR ERS / Envisat ERS / Envisat N1 EOLI-SA catalogue and ordering tool: http://earth.esa.int/EOLi/EOLi.html
NERC data centre: http://www.neodc.rl.ac.uk/cgi-infrastructure/data_browser/data_browser/neodc/aatsr_multimission
AATSR MERCI: http://ats-merci-uk.eo.esa.int:8080/merci/welcome.do
3 ASAR Envisat Envisat N1 EOLI-SA catalogue and ordering tool: http://earth.esa.int/EOLi/EOLi.html
4 SAR ERS Envisat N1 https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/pi-community/apply-for-data.
5 Chris Proba HDF4 EOLI-SA catalogue and ordering tool: http://eoli.esa.int/geteolisa/index.html
HTTP: https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/data-access/browse-data-products?p_r_p_564233524_assetIdentifier=proba-chris-level-1a-1488
6 MIRAS (SMOS) SMOS Earth Explorer https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/missions/esa-operational-eo-missions/smos/content?p_r_p_564233524_assetIdentifier=how-to-obtain-data-7329
7 AVNIR-2 ALOS CEOS EOLI-SA catalogue and ordering tool: http://eoli.esa.int/geteolisa/index.html
8 PRISM ALOS CEOS EOLI-SA catalogue and ordering tool: http://eoli.esa.int/geteolisa/index.html
9 MODIS Aqua, Terra HDF MERCI: http://merci-modis.eo.esa.int/merci/welcome.do
Ocean data: http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi/browse.pl?sen=am
Land data: https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/
10 AVHRR/3 NOAA-KLM NOAA METOP NOAA http://www.class.ncdc.noaa.gov/saa/products/catSearch
METOP: https://eoportal.eumetsat.int/userMgmt/protected/dataCentre.faces?acronym=AVHEAR00
11 TM Thematic Mapper Landsat 5 Fast Format EOLI-SA catalogue and ordering tool: http://eoli.esa.int/geteolisa/index.html
12 TM, ETM+, OLI, TIRS Landsat 4, 5, 7, 8 GeoTIFF Format USGS EROS (Earth Resources Observation and Science Center): http://eros.usgs.gov/
USGS Earth Explorer: http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
USGS GloVis: http://glovis.usgs.gov/
13 SPOT VEGETATION SPOT HDF The SPOT VEGETATION homepage: http://www.spot-vegetation.com/
14 Aquarius SPOT HDF FTP: ftp://podaac-ftp.jpl.nasa.gov/allData/aquarius/
OPeNDAP: http://podaac-opendap.jpl.nasa.gov/opendap/allData/aquarius/
15 VIIRS Suomi NPP HDF NASA: http://npp.gsfc.nasa.gov/viirs.html
NOAA: http://www.class.ncdc.noaa.gov/saa/products/search?datatype_family=VIIRS
16 GlobAerosol n/a NetCDF FTP: ftp://ftp.globaerosol.info/
17 GlobColour multiple NetCDF http://www.globcolour.info/data_access.html
18 Medspiration n/a NetCDF http://projets.ifremer.fr/cersat/Information/Projects/MEDSPIRATION2/Data-access
19 GETASSE DEM n/a Generic http://www.brockmann-consult.de/beam/downloads.html

Data Access Details and Distribution Policy

  Instrument How to get data
1 MERIS

Data Access
MERIS data can be obtained by several means:

  • download of L1b and L2 RR data from 2002 to 2012 current from the MERCI catalogue
  • ordering L1b and L2 FR data from 2002 until current on CD/DVD from the EOLI-SA catalogue
  • download MERIS binned Level 3 data from the MERIS Level3 demonstration products page

MERCI includes all consolidated MERIS L1b and L2 RR data from 2002 to 2012 for download.

MERIS FR full swath data are processed on demand and delivered on media. They have to be selected in the EOLI-SA catalogue and ordered.

Data Policy
In order to download MERIS L1b and L2 data, a user account for the MERCI catalogue and/or the MERIS FTP server is required. Contact eohelp@esa.int.

MERIS Binned Level 3 data can be downloaded without any registration.

MERIS Binned Level-3

MERIS Binned Level 3 data can be downloaded without any registration.

2 (A)ATSR

Data Access

Archived data can be ordered through the EOLI-SA interface, a dedicated MERCI catalogue, or the NERC service.

Data Policy

In order to download (A)ATSR from MERCI, a user account for the MERCI catalogue is required. Contact eohelp@esa.int.

Ordering of (A)ATSR data from the EOLI-SA catalogue requires an accepted Cat-1 proposal. The proposal can be submitted from https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/pi-community/apply-for-data/full-proposal.

NERC requests registration before the data can be downloaded, contact: neodc@rl.ac.uk

3 ASAR

Data Access

Data can be ordered through the EOLI-SA interface.

Data Policy

Download of ASAR MR data from the EOLI-SA catalogue requires an accepted Cat-1 proposal. The proposal can be submitted from https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/pi-community/apply-for-data/full-proposal.

4 SAR (N1 Format)

Data Access

Data can be ordered through the ESA Earthnet portal.

Data Policy

In order to download this kind of data, register at https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/pi-community/apply-for-data

5 CHRIS

Data Access

Data can be ordered through the EOLI-SA interface and the ESA Earthnet portal.

Data Policy

In order to download CHRIS data from the ESA Earthnet portal, registration on https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/data-access/browse-data-products?p_r_p_564233524_assetIdentifier=proba-chris-level-1a-1488 is required.

Download of CHRIS data from the EOLI-SA catalogue requires an accepted Cat-1 proposal. The proposal can be submitted from https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/pi-community/apply-for-data/full-proposal.

6 SMOS

Data Access

Data can be ordered through the ESA Earthnet portal.

Data Policy

In order to download CHRIS data from the ESA Earthnet portal, registration on https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/missions/esa-operational-eo-missions/smos/content?p_r_p_564233524_assetIdentifier=how-to-obtain-data-7329 is required.

7 AVNIR-2

Data Access

Archived data can be ordered through the EOLI-SA interface.

Data Policy
ESA is offering, to PIs resident in the ADEN Zone (Europe and Africa), ALOS data for Research and Application development. Download from the EOLI-SA catalogue requires an accepted Cat-1 proposal. The proposal can be submitted from https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/pi-community/apply-for-data/full-proposal.

8 PRISM

Data Access

Archived data can be ordered through the EOLI-SA interface.

Data Policy
ESA is offering, to PIs resident in the ADEN Zone (Europe and Africa), ALOS data for Research and Application development. Download from the EOLI-SA catalogue requires an accepted Cat-1 proposal. The proposal can be submitted from https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/pi-community/apply-for-data/full-proposal.

9 MODIS

Data Access

MODIS data can be ordered through:

  • A dedicated MERCI catalouge
  • The Ocean Biology Processing Group Portal
  • The LP DAAC

Data Policy

  • No registration is required to download MODIS data from the OBPG portal.
  • Registration is required to download MODIS data from the MERCI catalogue, contact eohelp@esa.int
  • Registration is required to download MODIS data from the LP DAAC portal.
10 AVHRR/3

Data Access

AVHRR/3 data from NOAA are available through direct reception of the satellite data or via various http and ftp server.
AVHRR/3 data from Metop-A (Eumetsat) are available by the Eumetsat Earth Observation Portal.

Data Policy
Both ways of download require registration.

11 TM Thematic Mapper

Data Access

Data can be ordered through the EOLI-SA interface.

12 TM Thematic Mapper

Data Access

TM data in GeoTIFF format can be ordered through both the USGS EROS portal and the USGS Earth Explorer.

Data Policy

Both ways of download require registration.

13 SPOT VEGETATION

Data Access

SPOT data can be ordered through the SPOT VEGETATION homepage.

Data Policy

See http://www.spot-vegetation.com/pages/policy.html for the data policy on SPOT data.

14 Aquarius

Data Access

Aquarius data can be downloaded through an FTP or an OPeNDAP-server.

Data Policy

None.

15 VIIRS

Data Access

VIIRS data can be downloaded from the NASA or the NOAA.

Data Policy

The NOAA portal requires basic registration, the NASA portal does not.

16 GlobAerosol

Data Access

GlobAerosol data can be downloaded from a dedicated public FTP server.

Data Policy

None.

17 GlobColour

Data Access

GlobAerosol data can be downloaded from a dedicated catalogue system.

Data Policy

None.

18 Medspiration

Data Access

Medspiration data can be downloaded from a dedicated public FTP server.

Data Policy

Registration by mail is required.

19 Getasse DEM

Data Access

The Getasse DEM can be downloaded from the BEAM download page.

Data Policy

None.