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VIIRS Data Access and Tools

Explore Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) datasets and learn more about relevant data tools.

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Dataset Temporal Extent Version Data State Processing Level Data Format Related Topics
VIIRS/SNPP Dark Target Aerosol L2 6-Min Swath 6km 2019-01-01 to 2023-05-28 1 ACTIVE 2 NetCDF-4 Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosols, Aerosol Particle Properties
VIIRS/NPP Lunar BRDF-Adjusted Nighttime Lights Monthly L3 Global 15 arc-second Linear Lat Lon Grid 2012-01-01 1 ACTIVE 3 HDF5
VIIRS/JPSS2 Day/Night Band 6-Min L1B Swath SDR 750m NRT 2025-01-24 2.1 ACTIVE 1B NetCDF4 Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, Visible Radiance
VIIRS/JPSS1 Day/Night Band Resolution Terrain Corrected Geolocation 6 Min L1 Swath 750m NRT 2022-01-01 2.1 ACTIVE 1B NetCDF4 Geolocation, Geoid Characteristics, Coordinate Reference System
VIIRS/JPSS2 Imagery Resolution 6-Min L1B Swath 375m NRT 2024-01-17 2 ACTIVE 1B NetCDF4 Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, Visible Radiance
VIIRS/JPSS1 Lunar BRDF-Adjusted Nighttime Lights Monthly L3 Global 15 arc second Linear Lat Lon Grid V2 2018-01-01 to Present 2 ACTIVE 3 HDF5
VIIRS/NPP Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity 6-Min L2 Swath 375m NRT 2023-10-10 to Present 2 ACTIVE 2 NetCDF Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Low Earth Orbit Land Surface Temperature Monthly Global Gridded V002 2002-08-01 to Present 002 ACTIVE 2 HDF-EOS5 Land Surface Temperature
VIIRS/JPSS1 Imagery Resolution 6-Min L1B Swath 375m NRT 2019-01-01 2 ACTIVE 1B NetCDF5 Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, Visible Radiance
VIIRS/JPSS2 Moderate Resolution 6-Min L1B Swath SDR 750m NRT 2025-01-27 2.1 ACTIVE 1B NetCDF4 Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, Visible Radiance
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VIIRS Data Tools

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AppEEARS The The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers users a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes. Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Customization, Downloading, Visualization
FIRMS The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides access to satellite imagery, active fire/hotspots, and related products to identify the location, extent, and intensity of wildfire activity. Access, Visualization
HiTIDE Use HiTIDE to subset and download popular Level 2 (swath) datasets. Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Downloading
LDOPE Access a range of software tools designed to manipulate, visualize, and analyze MODIS and VIIRS data. Analysis, Visualization
LP DAAC Data Prep Scripts Access a collection of R and Python scripts to download data and perform basic data processing functions.
SOTO State of the Ocean (SOTO) is an interactive web-based tool that generates informative maps, animations, and plots that communicate and prove the discovery and analysis of the state of the oceans. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
TESViS The Terrestrial Ecology Subsetting & Visualization Services Global Subsets Tool provides on-demand, customized subsets of several terrestrial ecology data products. Visualization, Subsetting
Worldview Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events
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