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    • VIIRS/JPSS1 Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity 6-Min L2 Swath 750m V002

    Metadata Updated: June 4, 2024

    The NOAA-20 Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity (LST&E) Version 2 swath product (VJ121) is produced daily in 6-minute temporal increments of satellite acquisition. The VJ121 product uses a physics-based algorithm to dynamically retrieve both the LST and emissivity simultaneously for VIIRS thermal infrared bands M14 (8.55 µm), M15 (10.76 µm), and M16 (12 µm) at a spatial resolution of 750 meters.

    The VJ121 product is developed synergistically with the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) LST&E Version 6.1 product (MOD21) (https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD21.061) using the same input atmospheric products and algorithmic approach based on the ASTER Temperature Emissivity Separation (TES) technique. The TES algorithm is combined with an improved Water Vapor Scaling (WVS) atmospheric correction scheme to stabilize the retrieval during very warm and humid conditions. The overall objective for NASA VIIRS products is to ensure the algorithms and products are compatible with the MODIS Terra and Aqua algorithms to promote the continuity of the Earth Observation System (EOS) mission. Additional details regarding the method used to create this Level 2 (L2) product are available in the Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) (https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/documents/1332/VNP21_ATBD_V1.pdf).

    Provided in the VJ121 product are layers for LST, quality control, emissivity for bands M14, M15, and M16, LST&E errors, view angle, ASTER Global Emissivity Dataset (GED), Precipitable Water Vapor (PWV), ocean-land mask, latitude, and longitude. A low-resolution browse image for LST is also available for each VJ121 granule.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date July 27, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date June 4, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Graphic Preview

    Browse image for Earthdata Search

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 27, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date June 4, 2024
    Publisher LP DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2545310883-LPCLOUD
    Data First Published 2023-06-29
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2023-06-29
    Category JPSS, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Citation Glynn Hulley, Simon Hook. 2023-06-29. VIIRS/JPSS1 Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity 6-Min L2 Swath 750m V002. Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, NASA EOSDIS Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VJ121.002. https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VJ121.002. This data set was provided by the NASA/NOAA NPP Project. The DOI landing page provides citations in APA and Chicago styles. .
    Creator Glynn Hulley, Simon Hook
    Graphic Preview Description Browse image for Earthdata Search
    Graphic Preview File https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/browse-scaler/browse_images/granules/G2725322498-LPCLOUD?h=85&w=85
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    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VJ121.002
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Release Place Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash c29796d26a6eebd14045be64b90471047976698a897a88190fa729b7a1eab821
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z/2024-06-03T00:00:00Z

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