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VIIRS Data Access and Tools

Explore Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) datasets and learn more about relevant data tools.

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Dataset Temporal Extent Version Data State Processing Level Data Format Related Topics
NOAA-20 VIIRS Level-3 Global Binned Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR) Data, version 2022.0 2017-11-29 to Present 2022.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Photosynthetically Active Radiation
NOAA-20 VIIRS Level-3 Global Mapped Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Data, version R2022.0 2017-11-29 to Present R2022.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Vegetation Index
NOAA-20 VIIRS Level-3 Global Mapped Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient for Downwelling Irradiance (KD) Data, version 2022.0 2017-11-29 to Present 2022.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Attenuation/Transmission
NOAA-20 VIIRS Level-3 Global Mapped Particulate Organic Carbon (POC) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 2022.0 2017-11-29 to Present 2022.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Organic Carbon
NOAA-20 VIIRS Level-4 Global Binned Apparent Visible Wavelength (AVW) Data, version 2022.0 2017-11-29 to Present 2022.0 ACTIVE 4 netCDF-4 Visible Wavelengths
NOAA-20 VIIRS Level-2 Regional 11µm Day/Night Sea Surface Temperature (SST) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version R2024.0 2017-11-29 to Present 2024.0 ACTIVE 2 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
NOAA-20 VIIRS Level-2 Regional Ocean Color (OC) Data, version 2022.0 2017-11-29 to Present 2022.0 ACTIVE 2 netCDF-4 Ocean Color, Reflectance, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Chlorophyll Concentration
NOAA-20 VIIRS Level-3 Global Binned 11µm Nighttime Sea Surface Temperature (NSST) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version R2024.0 2017-11-29 to Present 2024.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
NOAA-20 VIIRS Level-3 Global Binned Inherent Optical Properties (IOP) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 2022.0 2017-11-29 to Present 2022.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Reflectance, Absorption, Scattering, Gelbstoff, Phytoplankton
NOAA-20 VIIRS Level-3 Global Mapped 11µm Day/Night Sea Surface Temperature (SST) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version R2024.0 2017-11-29 to Present 2024.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
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VIIRS Data Tools

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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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