Users of BEAM usually have access to some Earth Observation Archives. If you want to get a quick start and need some products to evaluate BEAM, you may start here:

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MERIS Sample Products

Acquisition Time:2003-07-14 10:29:18 UTC
Orbit:7162/94
Type:MERIS Level 2, full resolution
Resolution:300 meter/pixel, 2241 x 2241 pixels
Product Size:186.478.394 Bytes
Download Size:105.041.851 Bytes
Acquisition Time:2003-07-23 10:51:32 UTC
Orbit:7291/223
Type:MERIS Level 1, full resolution
Resolution:300 meter/pixel, 2241 x 2241 pixels
Product Size:166.271.715 Bytes
Download Size:126.321.054 Bytes
Acquisition Time:2003-08-09 10:06:09 UTC
Orbit:7534/466
Type:MERIS Level 2 subset, reduced resolution
Resolution:1200 meter/pixel, 1121 x 1121 pixels
Product Size:47.053.747 Bytes
Download Size:30.241.136 Bytes
Acquisition Time:2003-08-13 17:57:54 UTC
Orbit:7596/27
Type:MERIS L1b subset, reduced resolution
Resolution:1200 meter/pixel, 1121 x 1121 pixels
Product Size:41.967.072 Bytes
Download Size:32.375.516 Bytes
Acquisition Time:2003-08-13 09:40:18 UTC
Orbit:7591/22
Type:MERIS L1b subset, reduced resolution
Resolution:1200 meter/pixel, 1121 x 1121 pixels
Product Size:41.967.072 Bytes
Download Size:41.967.072 Bytes

AATSR Sample Products

Acquisition Time:2003-05-04 11:12:59 UTC
Orbit:6146/80
Type:AATSR L1b subset
Resolution:1000 meter/pixel, 512 x 512 pixels
Product Size:9.732.051 Bytes
Download Size:4.544.455 Bytes
Acquisition Time:2003-05-04 11:11:42 UTC
Orbit:6146/80
Type:AATSR L1b subset
Resolution:1000 meter/pixel, 512 x 512 pixels
Product Size:9.732.051 Bytes
Download Size:4.544.455 Bytes

ASAR Sample Products

Acquisition Time:2003-04-21 06:17:04 UTC
Orbit:5957/20
Type:ASAR Level 1 precision image
Resolution:30 meter/pixel 7014 x 8652 pixels
Product Size:121.536.619 Bytes
Download Size:74.337.614 Bytes

AVHRR/3 Sample Products

Acquisition Time:2004-11-01 06:52:28 UTC
Orbit:
Type:AVHRR/3 L1b
Resolution:1000 meter/pixel, 2001 x 2081 pixels
Product Size:33.553.920 Bytes
Download Size:26.980.352 Bytes
Acquisition Time:2004-06-01 10:40:36 UTC
Orbit:
Type:AVHRR/3 L1b
Resolution:1000 meter/pixel, 2001 x 2041 pixels
Product Size:32.696.832 Bytes
Download Size:26.699.345 Bytes