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    • VIIRS/SNPP Dark Target Aerosol L2 6-Min Swath 6 km V2

    Metadata Updated: October 1, 2024

    The VIIRS/SNPP Dark Target Aerosol L2 6-Min Swath 6 km product provides satellite-derived measurements of Aerosol Optical Thickness (AOT) and their properties over land and ocean, and spectral AOT and their size parameters over oceans every 6 minutes, globally. The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) incarnation of the dark target (DT) aerosol product is based on the same DT algorithm that was developed and used to derive products from the Terra and Aqua mission’s MODIS instruments. Two separate and distinct DT algorithms exist. One helps retrieve aerosol information over ocean (dark in visible and longer wavelengths), while the second aids retrievals over vegetated/dark-soiled land (dark in the visible).

    This orbit-level product (Short-name: AERDT_L2_VIIRS_SNPP) has an at-nadir resolution of 6 km x 6 km, and progressively increases away from nadir given the sensor's scanning geometry and Earth's curvature. Viewed differently, this product's resolution accommodates 8 x 8 native VIIRS moderate-resolution (M-band) pixels that nominally have ~750 m horizontal pixel size. Hence, the Level-2 Dark Target Aerosol Optical Thickness data product incorporates 64 (750 m) pixels over a 6-minute acquisition. Version 2.0 constitutes the latest collection of the L2 Dark Target Aerosol product and contains improvements over its previous collection (v1.1).

    For more information consult LAADS product description page at:

    https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/missions-and-measurements/products/AERDT_L2_VIIRS_SNPP

    Or, Dark Target aerosol team Page at: https://darktarget.gsfc.nasa.gov/

    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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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date October 4, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date October 1, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date October 4, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date October 1, 2024
    Publisher Not provided
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2771506686-LAADS
    Data First Published 2023-08-01
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2024-09-25
    Category Suomi-NPP, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Citation NASA VIIRS Atmosphere SIPS. 2023-09-21. VIIRS/SNPP Dark Target Aerosol L2 6-Min Swath 6 km. Version 2. MODAPS at NASA/GSFC. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, L1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS). https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/AERDT_L2_VIIRS_SNPP.002. https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/AERDT_L2_VIIRS_SNPP.002.
    Creator NASA VIIRS Atmosphere SIPS
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    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/AERDT_L2_VIIRS_SNPP.002
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Release Place MODAPS at NASA/GSFC
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    Temporal 2012-03-01T00:36:00Z/2024-09-30T00:00:00Z

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