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    • VIIRS/NPP Raw Radiances in Counts 6-Min L1A Swath NRT

    Metadata Updated: April 9, 2026

    VIIRS/NPP Raw Radiances in Counts 6-Min L1A Swath - NRT product contains the unpacked, raw VIIRS science, calibration and engineering data; the extracted ephemeris and attitude data from the spacecraft diary packets; and the raw ADCS and bus-critical spacecraft telemetry data from those packets, with a few critical fields extracted. The shortname for this product is VNP01_NRT. For more information download VIIRS Level 1 Product User's Guide at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/VIIRS_Level-1_DataProductUsersGuide.pdf file_naming_convention = VNP01_NRT.AYYYYDDD.HHMM.CCC.nc AYYYYDDD = Acquisition Year and Day of Year HHMM = Acquisition Hour and Minute CCC = Collection number nc = NetCDF5

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date April 9, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date April 9, 2026
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/OB.DAAC;NASA/GSFC/EOS/ESDIS/LANCE MODIS
    Maintainer
    Identifier /10.5067/VIIRS/VNP01_NRT.002
    Data Last Modified 2026-04-06
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 29764994-5400-4303-a5b3-e22cbbb68aa0
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
    Old Spatial "CARTESIAN",{"NorthBoundingCoordinate":90,"WestBoundingCoordinate":-180,"EastBoundingCoordinate":180,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":-90}
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 5cce1d7f1bb1fe351d37b2f910e0b565dc2297630c8d952b124db2b9ec39c553
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2022-01-01/2026-03-30

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