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VIIRS/NPP Surface Reflectance Daily L2G Global 1km and 500m SIN Grid V001

Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) (https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/dataset_discovery/viirs) daily surface reflectance (VNP09GA) Version 1 product provides an estimate of land surface reflectance from the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) VIIRS sensor. Data are provided for three imagery bands (I1-I3) at nominal 500 meter resolution (~ 463 meter) and nine moderate resolution bands (M1-M5, M7, M8, M10, M11) at nominal 1 kilometer (~926 meter) resolution. The 500 meter and 1 kilometer datasets are derived through resampling the native 375 meter and 750 meter VIIRS resolutions, respectively, in the Level 2 input product. These bands are corrected for atmospheric conditions such as the effects of molecular gases, including ozone and water vapor, and for the effects of atmospheric aerosols.

The inputs to the surface reflectance algorithm are top-of-atmosphere reflectance for the VIIRS visible bands, the VIIRS cloud mask and aerosol product, aerosol optical thickness and atmospheric data obtained from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) reanalysis system. Along with the twelve reflectance bands are reflectance band quality, sensor azimuth angle, solar azimuth angle, sensor zenith angle, solar zenith angle, and observations layers. The reflectance layers from the VNP09GA data product are used as input data for many of the VIIRS land products.

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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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Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

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Harvested from NASA Data.json

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Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
Publisher LP DAAC
Maintainer
Identifier C1373412034-LPDAAC_ECS
Data First Published 2017-02-15
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2017-07-27
Category NPP-JPSS, 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 Eric Vermote, Belen Franch, Martin Claverie . 2017-03-24. VNP09GA. Version 001. VIIRS/NPP Surface Reflectance Daily L2G Global 1km and 500m SIN Grid 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/VNP09GA.001. https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VNP09GA.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 Eric Vermote, Belen Franch, Martin Claverie
Data Presentation Form Digital Science Data
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Program Code 026:001
Release Place Sioux Falls, SD, USA
Series Name VNP09GA
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Temporal 2012-01-19T00:00:00Z/2022-01-17T00:00:00Z

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