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Additional VIIRS Version 2 BRDF/Albedo/Reflectance Products Available in AppEEARS

Data Update
Issued
July 9, 2026
Resolved

Version 3.122 of the Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) has been released. This release adds several Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Version 2 BRDF/Albedo and Nadir BRDF Adjusted Reflectance (NBAR) Data Products from the NOAA-21 satellite (previously called Joint Polar Satellite System, or JPSS-2) into AppEEARS. 

The specific products included in this release are listed in the Referenced Datasets section below. A complete listing of data products available in AppEEARS can be found on the Available Products list. Check out additional content for how to use AppEEARS on the Earthdata Website and on the AppEEARS Data Resources GitHub Repository

About AppEEARS

AppEEARS offers a simple and efficient way to access and transform geospatial data from a variety of federal data archives. By enabling users to subset data spatially, temporally, and by band or layer, it allows them to download only the data they need.

Additional resources for getting started with AppEEARS:

Contact Earthdata User Services with any questions.


Details

Last Updated

July 13, 2026

Published

July 13, 2026

Data Center/Project

Land Processes DAAC (LP DAAC)