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EO Data Type
Table 3-5 Project Annual Budget for ‘Essential’ Satellite EO Data Types
up to $100,000
Entries indicate the number of projects
$100,000 to
$500,000
Annual Budget
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$500,000 to
$1,000,000
$1,000,000+
Atmospheric Chemistry 0 0 0 2 2
Atmospheric
Temperature and
Humidity Sounding
Cloud Profile and Rain
Radar
Earth Radiation Budget
Radiometry
Gravity, Magnetic Field
and Geodynamic
TOTAL
0 1 0 2 3
0 1 0 2 3
0 1 0 1 2
1 2 0 0 3
Hyperspectral Imagery 0 1 2 1 4
Passive Microwave
Radiometry
0 4 0 3 7
Lidar 0 3 0 2 5
Multiple Direction/
Polarisation
0 1 0 2 3
Ocean Colour 0 1 3 2 6
Optical – High
Resolution
Optical – Low
Resolution
Optical – Medium
Resolution
3 4 2 1 10
5 9 5 8 27
4 10 4 5 23
Radar Altimetry 1 1 0 6 8
Synthetic Aperture
Radar – C band
Synthetic Aperture
Radar – L band
Synthetic Aperture
Radar – X band
1 0 0 1 2
2 1 0 2 5
0 0 1 1 2
Scatterometry 0 0 0 2 2
TOTAL 17 40 17 43 117
Similarly, an analysis of data usage in terms of the four types of research establishment is presented in Table
3-6. The results in Table 3-6 suggest that most Federal and State agencies rely on optical sensors to support
their EO-related R&D activities, whereas research and academic institutions use a wider range of data types.