MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) on-board the European Space Agency (ESA) Envisat Satellite: Global Radiances, Sea Colour, Ocean Chlorophyll Content, Sediment and Cloud Parameters

The Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) is one of the ten instruments on board the Envisat satellite launched on the 28th of February 2002 from Kourou (French Guyana) and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA). MERIS is a 68.5 deg field-of-view nadir-pointing imaging spectrometer which measures the solar radiation reflected by the Earth in 15 spectral bands (visible and near-infrared). It obtains a global coverage of the Earth in 3 days. Its main objective is to measure the sea colour and quantify the ocean chlorophyll content and sediment, thus providing information on the ocean carbon cycle and thermal regime. It is also used to derive the cloud top height, cloud optical thickness, aerosol and water vapour column. The ground spatial resolution of the instrument is 260 m x 290 m. Only reduced resolution data (1.04 km x 1.16 km) are archived at the NEODC.

This dataset collection contains Level 1B radiances and Level 2 retrieved parameters products from 2002-2012.

Date (Publication): 2007-12-10T02:41:29

Date (Creation): 2007-12-10T02:41:29

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/f26559a9daeae9e6740811d3b3113716

Citation identifier: NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) / f26559a9daeae9e6740811d3b3113716

Point of contact

Organisation name	Electronic mail address	Role
European Space Agency (ESA)	unknown	Author
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)	neodc@rl.ac.uk	Custodian
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)	neodc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)	neodc@rl.ac.uk	pointofContact
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)	neodc@rl.ac.uk	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Unknown

Update scope: Series

Keywords

MERIS
Global Radiances
Sea Colour
Ocean Chlorophyll Content
Sediment
Cloud Parameters

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

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Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 2002-03-01T00:00:00

End date: 2012-04-08T22:59:59

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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Name	Version
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Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)		neodc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/f26559a9daeae9e6740811d3b3113716	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://envisat.esa.int/instruments/meris/	ENVISAT MERIS instrument website at ESA

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/missions/esa-operational-eo-missions/envisat	ENVISAT

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.brockmann-consult.de/cms/web/beam/	ESA Beam project

Hierarchy level: Series

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Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.

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Metadata language: English

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Hierarchy level: Series

Hierarchy level name: series

Date stamp: 2026-02-25T03:26:44

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)		neodc@rl.ac.uk	Point of contact

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