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VIIRS Data Access and Tools
Explore Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) datasets and learn more about relevant data tools.
Datasets
| Dataset | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Version | Data State | Processing Level | Data Format | Related Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIIRS/JPSS1 Land Aerosol Optical Thickness L2G Daily Global 1km SIN Grid V002 | 2018-01-05 to Present | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 002 | ACTIVE | 2 | HDF-EOS5 | Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness |
| VIIRS/NPP Land Aerosol Optical Thickness L2G Daily Global 1km SIN Grid V002 | 2012-01-19 to Present | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 002 | ACTIVE | 2 | HDF-EOS5 | Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness |
| VIIRS/NPP Land Surface BRF L2G Daily Global 500m, 1km and 10km SIN Grid V002 | 2012-01-19 to Present | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 002 | ACTIVE | 2 | HDF-EOS5 | Reflectance |
| VIIRS/JPSS1 Land Surface BRF L2G Daily Global 500m, 1km and 10km SIN Grid V002 | 2018-01-05 to Present | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 002 | ACTIVE | 2 | HDF-EOS5 | Reflectance |
| NOAA-21 VIIRS Level-3 Global Binned Particulate Organic Carbon (POC) Data, version 2025.0 | 2022-11-10 to Present | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 2025.0 | ACTIVE | 3 | netCDF-4 | Organic Carbon |
| NOAA-21 VIIRS Level-3 Global Mapped Chlorophyll (CHL) - NRT Data, version 2025.0 | 2022-11-10 to Present | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 2025.0 | ACTIVE | 3 | netCDF-4 | Chlorophyll |
| NOAA-21 VIIRS Level-3 Global Mapped Inherent Optical Properties (IOP) Data, version 2025.0 | 2022-11-10 to Present | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 2025.0 | ACTIVE | 3 | netCDF-4 | Reflectance, Absorption, Scattering, Gelbstoff, Phytoplankton |
| NOAA-21 VIIRS Level-3 Global Mapped Remote-Sensing Reflectance (RRS) - NRT Data, version 2025.0 | 2022-11-10 to Present | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 2025.0 | ACTIVE | 3 | netCDF-4 | Reflectance, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent |
| NOAA-21 VIIRS Level-3 Global Binned Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient for Downwelling Irradiance (KD) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 2025.0 | 2022-11-10 to Present | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 2025.0 | ACTIVE | 3 | netCDF-4 | Attenuation/Transmission |
| NOAA-21 VIIRS Level-2 Regional Inherent Optical Properties (IOP) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 2025.0 | 2022-11-10 to Present | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 2025.0 | ACTIVE | 2 | netCDF-4 | Reflectance, Absorption, Scattering, Gelbstoff, Phytoplankton |
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VIIRS Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AppEEARS | The The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers users a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes. | Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Customization, Downloading, Visualization | |
| FIRMS | The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides access to satellite imagery, active fire/hotspots, and related products to identify the location, extent, and intensity of wildfire activity. | Access, Visualization | |
| HiTIDE | Use HiTIDE to subset and download popular Level 2 (swath) datasets. | Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Downloading | |
| LDOPE | Access a range of software tools designed to manipulate, visualize, and analyze MODIS and VIIRS data. | Analysis, Visualization | |
| LP DAAC Data Prep Scripts | Access a collection of R and Python scripts to download data and perform basic data processing functions. | ||
| SOTO | State of the Ocean (SOTO) is an interactive web-based tool that generates informative maps, animations, and plots that communicate and prove the discovery and analysis of the state of the oceans. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization | |
| TESViS | The Terrestrial Ecology Subsetting & Visualization Services Global Subsets Tool provides on-demand, customized subsets of several terrestrial ecology data products. | Visualization, Subsetting | |
| Worldview | Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events |
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