Consumers Anyone with access to the World Wide Web can research and order archived data from the EOS archives. The EOS archives include EOS science data products and many non-EOS science data products. Science users can browse descriptions of available data on the web, and order data that they are interested in from DAACs and from Cooperative Data Centers . Some data sets will require that users have access to appropriate application software to view and analyze the data.
Educational organizations represent a large segment of the intended user population.
EOS data and information is used by the broader operational and research communities, including such groups as U.S. and international operational agencies and the international Earth science research community at academic and government institutions. IIs are a group of scientists interested in the analysis and interpretation of data from EOS instruments as well as data from other sources. In addition to analyzing data, these investigations may include the development of theoretical models whose capabilities and results will be made available to the EOS investigator community. The IIs plan and conduct the research, analyze and interpret EOS and non-EOS data, and publish their results. As the program has evolved, the number of IDS investigations has been increased to 71.