Our Work

Earth Observation (EO) Handbook & Database

The EO Handbook presents satellite EO capabilities and applications.

The Online Database details present and future satellites, instruments, and measurement capabilities.

International Directory Network (IDN)

The CEOS IDN is an international effort developed to assist researchers in locating information on available Earth science datasets and services.

CEOS Visualization Environment (COVE)

COVE is a browser-based suite of tools for searching, analyzing and visualizing actual and potential satellite sensor coverage.

Data Policy Portal

The CEOS Data Policy Portal captures the data access policies of all CEOS satellites and instruments in an effort to promote improved data access and data sharing principles.

Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Inventory

An inventory of CEOS Agency climate-monitoring datasets that address the ECVs associated with climate variation and change as well as the impact of climate change on Earth.

Best Practices & Guidelines

Best Practices and Guidelines developed throughout CEOS.

CEOS Analysis Ready Data (CEOS-ARD)

CEOS Analysis Ready Data (CEOS-ARD) are satellite data that have been processed to a minimum set of requirements and organized into a form that allows immediate analysis with a minimum of additional user effort and interoperability both through time and with other datasets.

CEOS Future Data Architectures Inventory

The Future Data Architectures (FDA) Inventory tracks Earth observation (EO) data providers and provides information such as services provided, EO ecosystem layers, and data usage and license details,

Calibration/Validation (Cal/Val) Portal

The CEOS Cal/ValPortal provides support to worldwide activities on calibration and validation and specifically ensures the standardisation of sensor inter-calibration. The overall goal is to increase sensor measurement accuracy and increase inter-operability between Earth observation platforms.

CEOS Open Source Software Inventory (OSSI)

The CEOS OSSI tracks software projects relating to our mission of facilitating the use and exchange of Earth observation data. It contains a number of software packages that relate to the acquisition, processing, analysis, exchange, etc. of Earth observation data.

CEOS and the UNFCCC Global Stocktake

This page provides an entry point for access to the datasets and guidance being developed by CEOS space agencies and partners in support of the goals of the Global Stocktake process of the Paris Climate Agreement.

CEOS Thematic Observation Coordination

CEOS coordination activities span a wide range of thematic areas and have over the years produced a number of milestone strategy documents. This page provides a summary overview of these thematic observing strategies and provides links to the relevant documents for reference.

CEOS and the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Satellite Earth observations provide a unique view of our world and provide substantial amounts of data that facilitate new methods and provide new insights for the Sustainable Development Goals and their Indicators. CEOS is supporting the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) to advance the uptake of Earth Observations (EO) in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda on sustainable development. CEOS has selected a limited set of SDGs to focus initial efforts. It is expected this list will expand in time.