CSIO will progressively release a suite of Analysis Ready Data products, organized into thematic categories and linked, where relevant, with existing resources such as GLASS products.
1. Environmental Data
- Land cover and land use (multi-temporal, high-resolution maps)
- Vegetation indices and ecosystem indicators
- Surface albedo, radiation, and energy budget variables
- Land surface temperature and soil moisture
- Air quality indicators (e.g., aerosols, NO₂, PM proxies)
- Hydrological variables (precipitation, water bodies, drought/flood indicators)
- Extreme events and natural hazard indicators (heatwaves, droughts, storms)
2. Social Data
- Gridded population and demographic indicators
- Urbanization and built-up area dynamics
- Infrastructure accessibility and service provision proxies
- Migration and settlement pattern indicators (where data permit)
3. Economic Data
- Nighttime lights–based economic activity proxies
- Gridded estimates of economic output and productivity (where available)
- Industrial and land-use intensity indicators
- Indicators relevant to green transition and decarbonization (as products are developed)
4. Integrated Products
- Combined environmental–social–economic indicators for sustainability and risk assessment
- Multi-source fused products
(e.g., satellite + model + in-situ) - Long-term time series for trend and attribution analysis
5. Legacy and Linked Products
- Access to and documentation for established product suites such as GLASS and related high-level satellite information products
- Links to the GLASS data portal: www.glass.hku.hk
Data Standards and Access
Format:
Analysis Ready Data (e.g., standardized projections, harmonized grids, formats such as NetCDF/GeoTIFF)
Documentation:
Detailed metadata, product user guides, and methodological descriptions
Access:
Web-based data portal with search, preview, and download capabilities; APIs for programmatic access (planned)