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Description

The Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Ice Surface Temperature 6-Min L2 Swath 750m is Near Real Time(NRT) (short name VJ230_NRT) product provides surface temperatures retrieved at VIIRS moderate resolution for Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice, for both day and night. Following the approach used by MODIS, the algorithm converts VIIRS calibrated radiances into brightness temperature and computes IST using a split-window technique. VIIRS flies on board the NOAA-21 - formerly the Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) satellite.

Product Summary

Platforms
NOAA-21
Instruments
VIIRS
Projects
LANCE
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
750 Meters x 750 Meters
Location
GLOBAL OCEAN ,
POLAR
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2026-07-10 to Present
Data Partner
Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE) Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) (NASA/GSFC/EOS/ESDIS/LANCE MODIS)
Concept ID
C4232313106-LANCEMODIS
Data State
ACTIVE
Processing Level
2
Published
Science Keywords
Ice Temperature

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

NASA VIIRS Land Science Team. (2026). VIIRS/JPSS2 Ice Surface Temperature 6-Min L2 Swath 750m NRT [Dataset]. NASA LANCE MODIS at the MODAPS. https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VJ230_NRT.002 Date Accessed: 2026-08-23