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    • VIIRS/NPP BRDF/Albedo Local Solar Noon Daily L3 Global 30ArcSec CMG V001

    Metadata Updated: May 22, 2024

    The NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) and Albedo Local Solar Noon product (VNP43D41) is produced daily using 16 days of data at 30 arc second (1,000 meter) resolution. Data are temporally weighted to the ninth day, which is reflected in the file name. The VNP43D product suite is provided in a Climate Modeling Grid (CMG), which covers the entire globe for use in climate simulation models. Due to the large file size, each VNP43D product contains just one data layer for each of the parameters included in the VNP43MA2 (https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VNP43MA2.001) product. VNP43D40 through VNP43D53 are the 30 arc second BRDF/Albedo Quality values, the Local Solar Noon values, the Valid Observations of the moderate resolution bands (M1 through M5, M7, M8, M10, and M11) plus the Day/Night Band (DNB), the Snow Status, and the Uncertainty. Details regarding methodology are available on the VNP43MA2 product page and in the Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD).

    VNP43D41 contains the local solar zenith angle at the local solar noon of the representative pixel for the retrieval period.

    Access & Use Information

    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 November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date May 22, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date May 22, 2024
    Publisher LP DAAC
    Maintainer
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    Data First Published 2019-11-07
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2019-11-07
    Category NPP-JPSS, geospatial
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    Citation Crystal Schaaf, Zhuosen Wang, Xiaoyang Zhang, Alan Strahler . 2019-11-07. VNP43D41. Version 001. VIIRS/NPP BRDF/Albedo Local Solar Noon Daily L3 Global 30ArcSec CMG V001 . 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/VNP43D41.001. https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VNP43D41.001. Digital Science Data. The DOI landing page provides citations in APA and Chicago styles. .
    Creator Crystal Schaaf, Zhuosen Wang, Xiaoyang Zhang, Alan Strahler
    Data Presentation Form Digital Science Data
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    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VNP43D41.001
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Release Place Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
    Series Name VNP43D41
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    Temporal 2012-01-19T00:00:00Z/2024-05-20T00:00:00Z

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