Data Description
Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Data Records from Suomi NPP -
This data family contains the raw, sensor and environmental data records from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on board the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) satellite. VIIRS is a scanning radiometer that collects visible and infrared imagery and radiometric measurements of the land, atmosphere, cryosphere, and oceans. VIIRS data is used to measure cloud and aerosol properties, ocean color, sea and land surface temperature, ice motion and temperature, fires, and Earth's albedo. VIIRS extends and improves upon a series of measurements initiated by the NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and the NASA Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS).
Details - Metadata, Documentation
CLASS Beginning Date | 20111025 |
Ending Date | Present |
ISO Metadata | Complete Record |
Related Website | S-NPP Mission Website |
Coverage | Geographic Region > Global |
Satellite | Suomi NPP > Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership |
Instruments | VIIRS > Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite |
Update Frequency | continual |
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Format | HDF |
Format Version | Version 5 |
West Bounding Coordinate | -180 |
East Bounding Coordinate | 180 |
North Bounding Coordinate | 90 |
South Bounding Coordinate | -90 |
Product Documentation | S-NPP Documentation |
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Notes
Beginning on August 11-14, 2014, CLASS started receiving the majority of JPSS data in gzip compressed format. The file names remained the same. Other than the file size being smaller, users do not need to make any changes to their software to use the data.
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