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Suomi NPP Data Access and Tools
Global-change observations provided by the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) support numerous long-term climate and global change studies. Explore Suomi-NPP datasets and learn more about relevant data tools.
Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Version | Data State | Data Format | Related Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIIRS/JPSS1+JPSS2 Global Flood Product L3 NRT 250m 2-day GeoTIFF | VIIRS | 2026-03-04 to Present | 2 | ACTIVE | GeoTIFF | Floods, Floods |
| 2015 Urban Extents from VIIRS and MODIS for the Continental U.S. Using Machine Learning Methods | VIIRS, MODIS | 2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31 | 1.0 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG, WMS | Boundaries |
| Annual Summary of Artificial Light At Night from VIIRS/S-NPP at CONUS County and Census Tract V1 (ALAN_VIIRS_CONUS) at GES DISC | VIIRS | 2012-01-01 to 2020-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | Air Quality, Visible Wavelengths, Natural Hazards | |
| CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Daily Terra-NPP Edition1A | IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM5, VIIRS | 2012-02-01 to 2017-11-30 | Edition1A | COMPLETE | HDF4 | Albedo, Aerosols, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Base Pressure |
| CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly Terra-NPP Edition1A | IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM5, VIIRS | 2012-02-01 to 2017-11-30 | Edition1A | COMPLETE | HDF4 | Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height |
| CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly-Averaged 1-Hourly Terra-NPP Edition1A | IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM5, VIIRS | 2012-02-01 to 2017-11-30 | Edition1A | COMPLETE | HDF4 | Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height |
| CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly-Averaged 1-Hourly Terra-NPP Edition1A | IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM5, VIIRS | 2012-02-01 to 2017-11-30 | Edition1A | COMPLETE | HDF4 | Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height |
| CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols One-Hourly Terra-NPP Edition1A | IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, MODIS, CERES-FM5, VIIRS | 2012-02-01 to 2017-11-30 | Edition1A | COMPLETE | HDF4 | Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height |
| CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Three-Hourly Terra-NPP Edition1A | IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM5, VIIRS | 2012-02-01 to 2017-11-30 | Edition1A | COMPLETE | HDF4 | Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height |
| CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Three-Hourly Terra-NPP Edition1A | IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM5, VIIRS | 2012-02-01 to 2017-11-30 | Edition1A | COMPLETE | HDF4 | Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height |
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Suomi NPP Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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. | ||
| 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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