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Description

The VIIRS/NPP Day/Night Band 6-Min L1B Swath 750 m product, short-name VNP02DNB, is a panchromatic Day-Night band (DNB) calibrated radiance product. The DNB is one of the M-bands with an at-nadir spatial resolution of 750 meters (across the entire scan). The panchromatic DNB’s spectral wavelength ranges from 0.5 µm to 0.9 µm. It facilitates measuring night lights, reflected solar/lunar lights with a large dynamic range between a low of a quarter moon illumination to the brightest daylight.
More information is available at product page at:
https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/missions-and-measurements/products/VNP02DNB/

Version Description

SUOMI-NPP VIIRS Version 2 Data

Product Summary

Platforms
Suomi-NPP
Instruments
VIIRS
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
750 Meters x 750 Meters
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2012-01-19 to Present
Data Partner
L1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System,Biospheric Information Systems Branch, Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/H ,
VIIRS Characterization Support Team (MCST), Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/BSL/VCST)
Concept ID
C2105091380-LAADS
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
1235583
Processing Level
1B
Published
Science Keywords
Visible Radiance ,
Infrared Radiance

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

VIIRS Calibration Support Team (VCST). (2021). VIIRS/NPP Day/Night Band 6-Min L1B Swath SDR- 750m [Data set]. NASA Level 1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VNP02DNB.002 Date Accessed: 2026-05-02

Documents

USER'S GUIDE

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

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Suitability of NASA's Black Marble Daily Nighttime Lights for Population Studies at Varying Spatial and Temporal Scales Martinez, Juan Fernando, MacManus, Kytt, Stokes, Eleanor C., Wang, Zhuosen, de Sherbinin, Alex Infrastructure, Food Security, Conservation, Environmental Health Factors, Urbanization/Urban Sprawl, Boundaries, Population Distribution, Visible Radiance, Infrared Radiance
Atmospheric Gravity Wave Detection Using Transfer Learning Techniques Gonzalez, Jorge Lopez, Chapman, Theodore, Chen, Kathryn, Nguyen, Hannah, Chambers, Logan, Mostafa, Seraj A.M., Wang, Jianwu, Purushotham, Sanjay, Wang, Chenxi, Yue, Jia Visible Radiance, Infrared Radiance
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