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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 | Version Sort ascending | Data State | Processing Level | Data Format | Related Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| VIIRS/NOAA20 Dark Target Aerosol 6-Min L2 Swath 6 km | 2018-02-17 to Present | 2 | ACTIVE | 2 | NetCDF-4 | Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosols, Aerosol Particle Properties |
| VIIRS/JPSS2 Raw Radiances in Counts 6-Min L1A Swath NRT | 2024-01-17 to Present | 2 | ACTIVE | 1A | NetCDF4 | Sensor Counts, THERMAL INFRARED, SENSOR COUNTS |
| VIIRS/NOAA20 Deep Blue Level 3 daily aerosol data, 1 degree x 1 degree grid | 2018-01-05 to Present | 2 | ACTIVE | 3 | NetCDF4 | Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent |
| VIIRS/NPP Ice Surface Temperature 6-Min L2 Swath 750m V002 | 2012-01-19 to Present | 2 | ACTIVE | 2 | netCDF-4 | Ice Temperature |
| VIIRS/NPP Sea Ice Cover Daily L3 Global 375m EASE-Grid 2.0 Day V002 | 2012-01-19 to Present | 2 | ACTIVE | 3 | HDF-EOS5 | Sea Ice |
| VIIRS/SNPP Cloud Properties 6-min L2 Swath 750m | 2012-03-01 to Present | 1.1 | ACTIVE | 2 | NetCDF-4 | Clouds, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED |
| VIIRS/SNPP Dark Target Aerosol L2 6-Min Swath | 2020-06-09 to 2024-05-01 | 1.1 | ACTIVE | 2 | Clouds | |
| VIIRS/SNPP Cloud Properties COSP Level 3 monthly, 1x1 deg. grid | 2012-03-01 to Present | 1.1 | ACTIVE | 3 | netCDF4 | Optical Depth/Thickness, Clouds, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice |
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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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