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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 Sort descending | Temporal Extent | Version | Data State | Processing Level | Data Format | Related Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIIRS/JPSS1 BRDF/Albedo WSA at Solar Noon ShortWave Daily L3 Global 30ArcSec CMG V002 | 2018-01-05 to Present | 002 | ACTIVE | 3 | HDF-EOS5 | Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance |
| VIIRS/JPSS1 CGF Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 375m SIN Grid V002 | 2018-01-05 to Present | 2 | ACTIVE | 3 | HDF-EOS5 | Snow Cover |
| VIIRS/JPSS1 Daily Gridded Day Night Band 15 arc-second Linear Lat Lon Grid Night | 2018-01-05 to Present | 2 | ACTIVE | 3 | HDF5 | |
| VIIRS/JPSS1 Daily Gridded Day Night Band 15 arc-second Linear Lat Lon Grid Night NRT | 2023-10-10 to Present | 2 | ACTIVE | 3 | HDF5 | Visible Radiance |
| VIIRS/JPSS1 Day/Night Band 6 Min L1B Swath 750m NRT | 2022-01-01 | 2.1 | ACTIVE | 1B | NetCDF4 | Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, Visible Radiance |
| VIIRS/JPSS1 Day/Night Band 6-Min L1B Swath 750 m | 2018-01-05 to Present | 2.1 | ACTIVE | 1B | NetCDF4 | Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, Visible Radiance |
| VIIRS/JPSS1 Day/Night Band 6-Min L1B Swath 750m NRT | 2019-04-08 | 2 | ACTIVE | 1B | NetCDF5 | Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, Visible Radiance |
| VIIRS/JPSS1 Day/Night Band Resolution Terrain Corrected Geolocation 6 Min L1 Swath 750m NRT | 2022-01-01 | 2.1 | ACTIVE | 1B | NetCDF4 | Geolocation, Geoid Characteristics, Coordinate Reference System |
| VIIRS/JPSS1 Day/Night Band Resolution Terrain Corrected Geolocation 6-Min L1 Swath 750m NRT | 2019-04-08 | 2 | ACTIVE | 1B | NetCDF5 | Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, Visible Radiance |
| VIIRS/JPSS1 Day/Night Band Resolution Terrain Corrected Geolocation L1 6-Min Swath 750 m | 2017-12-13 to Present | 2.1 | ACTIVE | 1A | NetCDF-4 | Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, Geolocation, Visible Radiance |
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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 | |
| FLOOD | The FLOOD viewer facilitates the use and evaluation of LANCE flood products by allowing the user to browse globally and over time, and to compare to other flood products. | Monitoring Natural Events, Search and Discovery, 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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