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VIIRS/NPP Day/Night Band Moderate Resolution Terrain-Corrected Geolocation 6-Min L1 Swath 750m NRT

Metadata Updated: July 16, 2024

The VIIRS/NPP Day/Night Band Moderate Resolution Terrain-Corrected Geolocation 6-Min L1 Swath 750m Near Real Time (NRT) product, short-name VNP03DNB_NRT includes the geolocation fields that are calculated for VIIRS day-night band (DNB) Line of sight (LOS) for all orbits at the nominal resolution of 750 m. The locations and ancillary information correspond to the intersection of the centers of each Field of View (FOV) from 16 detectors in the DNB on the Earth's surface. A digital terrain model is used to model the Earth's surface. The main inputs are the spacecraft attitude and orbit ephemeris data, the instrument telemetry and the digital elevation model. The geolocation fields contained within the VNP03DNB Geolocation files include geodetic latitude, longitude, surface height above the geoid, solar and lunar zenith and azimuth angles, lunar phase angle and illumination fraction, satellite zenith and azimuth angles, and a land/water mask for each 750m sample. Additional information is included in the header to enable the calculation of the approximate location of the center of the detectors for any of the VIIRS bands. This product is used as input by subsequent VIIRS day/night band products, particularly those produced by the Land team.

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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References

https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrd.50873

Dates

Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
Metadata Updated Date July 16, 2024

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
Metadata Updated Date July 16, 2024
Publisher Not provided
Maintainer
Identifier C2185508532-LANCEMODIS
Data First Published 2021-12-15
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2024-07-10
Category Suomi-NPP, geospatial
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 026:00
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Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Citation VCST Team. 2021-12-15. VIIRS/NPP Day/Night Band Terrain Corrected Geolocation L1 6-Min Swath 750m NRT. Version 2. MODAPS at NASA/GSFC. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, LANCEMODIS. https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VNP03DNB_NRT.002. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/near-real-time/download-nrt-data/viirs-nrt.
Creator VCST Team
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Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VNP03DNB_NRT.002
Metadata Type geospatial
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Program Code 026:001
Related Documents https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrd.50873
Release Place MODAPS at NASA/GSFC
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Temporal 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z/2024-07-15T00:00:00Z

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