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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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VIIRS/JPSS2 Water Reservoir Area 8-day L3 Global V002 2023-02-10 to Present 002 ACTIVE 3 HDF-EOS5 Lakes/Reservoirs, Total Surface Water, WATER SURFACE HEIGHT, Bed Elevation
VIIRS/JPSS2 Water Reservoir Monthly L3 Global V002 2023-02-01 to Present 002 ACTIVE 3 HDF-EOS5 Lakes/Reservoirs, Total Surface Water, WATER SURFACE HEIGHT, Bed Elevation
VIIRS/NOAA20 Cloud Mask and Spectral Test Results 6-Min L2 Swath 750m 2012-03-01 to Present 1 ACTIVE 2 NetCDF-4 Clouds, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, Visible Radiance
VIIRS/NOAA20 Cloud Mask and Spectral Test Results 6-Min L2 Swath 750m V2 2018-02-17 to Present 2 ACTIVE 2 NetCDF-4 Clouds, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, Visible Radiance
VIIRS/NOAA-20 Cloud Mask L2 6-Min Swath 750m (NRT) 2020-10-08 to Present 1 ACTIVE 2 Clouds
VIIRS/NOAA20 Cloud Properties 6-min L2 Swath 750m 2018-02-17 to Present 1.1 ACTIVE 2 netCDF-4 Clouds, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, Visible Radiance, Cloud Properties, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Emissivity
VIIRS/NOAA20 Cloud Properties COSP Level 3 daily, 1x1 deg. grid 2018-02-17 to Present 1.1 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Optical Depth/Thickness, Clouds, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Precipitable Water, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Vertical Distribution
VIIRS/NOAA20 Cloud Properties COSP Level 3 monthly, 1x1 deg. grid 2018-03-01 to Present 1.1 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Optical Depth/Thickness, Clouds, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Precipitable Water, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Vertical Distribution
VIIRS/NOAA20 Cloud Properties Level 3 monthly, 1x1 degree grid 2018-04-01 to Present 1.1 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Clouds, Cloud Properties, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Emissivity, Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, 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/NOAA20 Dark Target Aerosol L2 6-Min Swath 6 km 2019-01-01 to 2023-01-01 1 ACTIVE 2 netCDF-4 Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosols, Aerosol Particle Properties
VIIRS/NOAA-20 Dark Target Aerosol L2 6-Min Swath (v2.0) 2023-11-15 to Present 2 ACTIVE 2 NetCDF-4 Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Optical Depth/Thickness
VIIRS/NOAA20 Deep Blue Aerosol L2 6-Min Swath 6 km 2018-02-17 to Present 2 ACTIVE 2 NetCDF-4 Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent
VIIRS/NOAA-20 Deep Blue Aerosol L2 6-Min Swath 6 km (v2.0) 2023-06-01 to Present 2 ACTIVE 2 NetCDF-4 Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Optical Depth/Thickness
VIIRS/NOAA20 Deep Blue Level 3 daily aerosol data, 1 degree x 1 degree grid 2018-01-05 to Present 2 ACTIVE 3 NetCDF-4 Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent
VIIRS/NOAA20 Deep Blue Level 3 monthly aerosol data, 1x1 degree grid 2018-01-05 to Present 2 ACTIVE 3 NetCDF-4 Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent
VIIRS/NOAA21 Cloud Mask and Spectral Test Results 6-Min L2 Swath 750m 2023-02-10 to Present 1 ACTIVE 2 NetCDF-4 Cloud Frequency, REFLECTED INFRARED, Infrared Radiance, Visible Radiance, Cloud Properties, Cloud Top Height, Clouds
VIIRS/NPP Active Fires 6-Min L2 Swath 375m - NRT 2020-02-14 2 ACTIVE 2 netCDF-4 Fire Dynamics, Surface Radiative Properties, Land Surface Temperature
VIIRS/NPP Active Fires 6-Min L2 Swath 375m NRT 2016-11-01 1 ACTIVE 2 hdf Fire Dynamics, Surface Radiative Properties, Land Surface Temperature
VIIRS/NPP Active Fires 6-Min L2 Swath 375m V002 2012-01-17 to Present 002 ACTIVE 2 netCDF-4 Fire Occurrence, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
VIIRS/NPP Actual and Potential Evapotranspiration 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V002 2025-01-01 to Present 002 ACTIVE 4 HDF-EOS5 Evapotranspiration, Evaporation, Latent Heat Flux
VIIRS/NPP Actual and Potential Evapotranspiration Gap-Filled 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V002 2012-01-01 to Present 002 ACTIVE 4 HDF-EOS5 Evapotranspiration, Evaporation, Latent Heat Flux
VIIRS/NPP Actual and Potential Evapotranspiration Gap-Filled Yearly L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V002 2012-01-01 to Present 002 ACTIVE 4 HDF-EOS5 Evapotranspiration, Evaporation, Latent Heat Flux
VIIRS/NPP Aerosol Daily L3 Global 0.05 Deg CMG 2012-01-18 to Present 2 ACTIVE 3 HDF-EOS5 Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Tropospheric Ozone
VIIRS/NPP Albedo Daily L3 Global 1 km SIN Grid NRT 2019-01-01 to Present 1 ACTIVE 3 HDF 5 Albedo, Anisotropy

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
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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