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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPP/VIIRS Moderate-Resolution Dual Gain Bands Calibrated Radiance 6 Min L1B Swath 750m NRT | 2022-01-01 | 2 | ACTIVE | 1B | NetCDF4 | Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, Visible Radiance |
| NPP/VIIRS Moderate-Resolution Dual Gain Bands Calibrated Radiance 6-Min L1B Swath 750m NRT | 2017-07-25 | 1 | ACTIVE | 1B | NetCDF5 | Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, Visible Radiance |
| NPP/VIIRS Surface Reflectance Daily L2G Global 1km and 500m SIN Grid | 2023-10-10 | 2 | ACTIVE | 2 | h5 (Hierarchical Data Format (version 5)) | Surface Radiative Properties, Land Surface Temperature |
| NPP/VIIRS Surface Reflectance Daily L2G Global 1km and 500m SIN Grid NRT | 2016-11-01 | 1 | ACTIVE | 2 | h5 (Hierarchical Data Format (version 5)) | Surface Radiative Properties, Land Surface Temperature |
| PREFIRE Auxiliary Satellite Data for PREFIRE Satellite 1 R01 | 2024-07-24 to Present | R01 | ACTIVE | NA | netCDF-4 | Land/Ocean/Ice Fraction, Sea Ice Concentration, Snow Cover |
| PREFIRE Auxiliary Satellite Data for PREFIRE Satellite 2 R01 | 2024-06-29 to Present | R01 | ACTIVE | NA | netCDF-4 | Land/Ocean/Ice Fraction, Sea Ice Concentration, Snow Cover |
| S-NPP CrIS IMG: Collocated VIIRS level 1 / cloud mask statistical summary V2 (SNDRSNCrISL1BIMG) at GES DISC | 2012-01-20 to Present | 2 | ACTIVE | 1B | Brightness Temperature, Infrared Radiance, Visible Radiance, VISIBLE FLUX | |
| S-NPP CrIS IMG_COL: Array indices for collocated VIIRS observations V2 (SNDRSNCrISL1BIMGC) at GES DISC | 2012-01-20 to Present | 2 | ACTIVE | 1B | Brightness Temperature, Infrared Radiance, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Visible Radiance | |
| SMAP L4 Global Daily 9 km EASE-Grid Carbon Net Ecosystem Exchange V008 | 2015-03-31 to Present | 008 | ACTIVE | 4 | HDF5 | Gross Primary Production (gpp), Heterotrophic Respiration (rh), NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE), Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) |
| SNPP CrIS-VIIRS 750-m Matchup Indexes V1 (SNPP_CrIS_VIIRS750m_IND) at GES_DISC | 2015-01-01 to 2022-01-01 | 1 | ACTIVE | 2 | Clouds |
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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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