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VIIRS/NPP Land Cover Dynamics Yearly L3 Global 0.05 Deg CMG V001

Metadata Updated: December 7, 2023

The NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Land Cover Dynamics data product provides global land surface phenology (GLSP) metrics at yearly intervals. The VNP22C2 data product is derived from time series of the two-band Enhanced Vegetation Index-2 (EVI2) calculated from VIIRS Nadir Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF)-Adjusted Reflectance (NBAR). Vegetation phenology metrics at 0.05 degree (~5,600 meters) spatial resolution are identified for up to two detected growing cycles per year.

Provided in each VNP22C2 product are 19 Science Dataset (SDS) layers. The product contains six phenological transition dates: onset of greenness increase, onset of greenness maximum, onset of greenness decrease, onset of greenness minimum, dates of mid-greenup, and senescence phases. The product also includes the growing season length. The greenness related metrics consist of EVI2 onset of greenness increase, EVI2 onset of greenness maximum, EVI2 growing season, rate of greenness increase and rate of greenness decrease. The confidence of phenology detection is provided as greenness agreement growing season, proportion of good quality (PGQ) growing season, PGQ onset greenness increase, PGQ onset greenness maximum, PGQ onset greenness decrease, and PGQ onset greenness minimum. The final layer is quality control specifying the overall quality of the product. A low-resolution browse image showing greenup is also available when viewing each VNP22C2 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 November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Graphic Preview

Browse image for Earthdata Search

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023
Publisher LP DAAC
Maintainer
Identifier C1712040022-LPDAAC_ECS
Data First Published 2013-01-01
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2022-12-31
Category NPP-JPSS, geospatial
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 026:00
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Metadata Catalog ID https://data.nasa.gov/data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Citation Xiaoyang Zhang, Mark Friedl, Geoffrey Henebry . 2020-07-08. VNP22C2. Version 001. VIIRS/NPP Land Cover Dynamics Yearly L3 Global 0.05 Deg CMG V001 . Sioux Falls, SD, USA . Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC . https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VNP22C2.001. https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VNP22C2.001. Digital Science Data. This data set was provided by the NASA/NOAA NPP Project. The DOI landing page provides citations in APA and Chicago styles. .
Creator Xiaoyang Zhang, Mark Friedl, Geoffrey Henebry
Data Presentation Form Digital Science Data
Graphic Preview Description Browse image for Earthdata Search
Graphic Preview File https://e4ftl01.cr.usgs.gov//WORKING/BRWS/Browse.001/2020.05.22/BROWSE.VNP22C2.A2016001.001.2020134164310.1.jpg
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Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VNP22C2.001
Metadata Type geospatial
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Program Code 026:001
Release Place Sioux Falls, SD, USA
Series Name VNP22C2
Source Datajson Identifier True
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Source Schema Version 1.1
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Temporal 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z/2023-10-23T00:00:00Z

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