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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 Sort ascending Data State Processing Level Data Format Related Topics
VIIRS/NPP Nadir BRDF-Adjusted Reflectance Daily L3 Global 1km SIN Grid NRT 2023-11-20 to Present 2 ACTIVE 3 HDF5 Albedo, Anisotropy
VIIRS/JPSS1 On Board Calibrator (OBC) IP NRT 2019-04-08 2 ACTIVE 1B NetCDF5 Platform Characteristics, Attitude Characteristics, Flight Data Logs, ORBITAL CHARACTERISTICS, Viewing Geometry
VIIRS/NPP Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 375m SIN Grid V002 2012-01-19 to Present 2 ACTIVE 3 HDF-EOS5 Snow Cover
VIIRS/NPP Imagery Resolution 6-Min L1B Swath 375 m 2012-01-19 to Present 2 ACTIVE 1B NetCDF-4 Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, Visible Radiance
VIIRS/JPSS2 Active Fires 6-Min L2 Swath 375m NRT 2024-01-10 2 ACTIVE 2 NetCDF4 Fire Dynamics, Surface Radiative Properties, Land Surface Temperature
VIIRS/JPSS1 Vegetation Indices 8-Day L3 Global 500m SIN Grid 2025-09-01 to Present 2 ACTIVE 3 HDF5 Vegetation Index, Reflectance
VIIRS/JPSS1 Daily Gridded Day Night Band 500m Linear Lat Lon Grid Night 2018-01-05 to Present 2 ACTIVE 3 HDF5
VIIRS/NPP Moderate Resolution Terrain-Corrected Geolocation L1 6-Min Swath 750 m 2012-01-19 to Present 2 ACTIVE 1A NetCDF-4 Geodetics, Coordinate Reference System, VIEWING GEOMETRY
VIIRS/JPSS1 BRDF/Albedo Quality Daily L3 Global 1km SIN Grid NRT 2023-11-20 to Present 2 ACTIVE 3 HDF5 Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
VIIRS/SNPP Deep Blue Aerosol L2 6 Min Swath 6km 2012-03-01 to Present 2 ACTIVE 2 NetCDF-4 Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent
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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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