The Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) has announced an expansion of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Version 2 Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Data Products. This VIIRS Version 2 release includes data products from the NOAA-21 satellite, which was previously called Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2).
The NOAA-21 platform was launched in November 2022. Capitalizing on the success of the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) and NOAA-20 platforms, NOAA-21 features four similar instruments that take measurements related to atmospheric composition; carbon cycle, ecosystems, and biogeochemistry; weather and climate; and water and energy cycles.
Learn more about the land surface temperature and emissivity data products by clicking the links in the Referenced Datasets section below. The links also provide the Digital Object Identifier for the datasets and several styles for properly citing the data.
Explore and access these data products using NASA’s Earthdata Search. Please contact LP DAAC User Services with any questions.