f26559a9daeae9e6740811d3b3113716 English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 series series NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) +44(0)1235 446432 NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK neodc@rl.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-04-27T02:28:34 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 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 2007-12-10T02:41:29 publication 2007-12-10T02:41:29 creation https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/f26559a9daeae9e6740811d3b3113716 f26559a9daeae9e6740811d3b3113716 NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) 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. European Space Agency (ESA) author unknown author NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) custodian +44(0)1235 446432 NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK neodc@rl.ac.uk custodian NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) distributor +44(0)1235 446432 NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK neodc@rl.ac.uk distributor NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) point_of_contact +44(0)1235 446432 NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK neodc@rl.ac.uk pointofContact NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) publisher +44(0)1235 446432 NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK neodc@rl.ac.uk publisher unknown series MERIS Global Radiances Sea Colour Ocean Chlorophyll Content Sediment Cloud Parameters atmospheric conditions theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication otherRestrictions Access to data within this collection is restricted. Please see the individual datasets within this collection for further access details. otherRestrictions Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/meris.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under unstated, specific and academic use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. grid English climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere -180.0 180.0 -90.0 90.0 2002-03-01T00:00:00 2012-04-08T22:59:59 Contact data centre for format details. NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) Data Center Contact +44(0)1235 446432 NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK neodc@rl.ac.uk distributor https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/f26559a9daeae9e6740811d3b3113716 CEDA Data Catalogue Page Detail and access information for the resource information http://envisat.esa.int/instruments/meris/ ENVISAT MERIS instrument website at ESA No further details. information https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/missions/esa-operational-eo-missions/envisat ENVISAT No further details. information http://www.brockmann-consult.de/cms/web/beam/ ESA Beam project No further details. information series 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 2010-12-08 Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.