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VIIRS/NPP Vegetation Indices Monthly L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V002

Metadata Updated: June 4, 2024

The NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) (https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/dataset_discovery/viirs) Vegetation Indices (VNP13A3) Version 2 data product provides vegetation indices by a process of selecting the best available pixel over a monthly acquisition period at 1 kilometer (km) resolution. The VNP13 data products are designed after the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Terra and Aqua Vegetation Indices product suite to promote the continuity of the Earth Observation System (EOS) mission.

The VNP13 algorithm process produces three vegetation indices: The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), and the Enhanced Vegetation Index-2 (EVI2). NDVI is one of the longest continual remotely sensed time series observations, using both the red and near-infrared (NIR) bands. EVI is a slightly different vegetation index that is more sensitive to canopy cover, while NDVI is more sensitive to chlorophyll. EVI2 is a reformation of the standard 3-band EVI, using the red band and NIR band. This reformation addresses arising issues when comparing VIIRS EVI to other EVI models that do not include a blue band. EVI2 will eventually become the standard EVI.

Along with the three Vegetation Indices layers, this product also includes layers for NIR reflectance; three shortwave infrared (SWIR) reflectance; red, blue, and green reflectance; pixel reliability; pixel reliability; relative azimuth, view, and sun angles; and a quality layer. Two low resolution browse images are also available for each VNP13A3 product: EVI and NDVI.

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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 July 27, 2023
Metadata Updated Date June 4, 2024

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Harvested from NASA Data.json

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Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date July 27, 2023
Metadata Updated Date June 4, 2024
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Data First Published 2023-07-19
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2023-07-19
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Citation Eric Vermote. 2023-07-19. VIIRS/NPP Vegetation Indices Monthly L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V002. 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/VNP13A3.002. https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VNP13A3.002. This data set was provided by the NASA/NOAA NPP Project..
Creator Eric Vermote
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Temporal 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z/2024-06-03T00:00:00Z

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