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VIIRS Data Access and Tools
Explore Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) datasets and learn more about relevant data tools.
Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Temporal Extent | Version | Data State | Processing Level | Data Format | Related Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CERES Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly NOAA-20 Edition1C | 2018-05-01 to Present | Edition1C | ACTIVE | 3 | HDF4 | Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Height, Outgoing Longwave Radiation |
| CERES-MODIS-VIIRS and hourly geostationary cloud properties stratified by ISCCP cloud types for day and night. | 2018-05-01 to Present | Edition4A | ACTIVE | 3 | HDF4 | Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Types |
| Fire Particulate Emissions from Combined VIIRS and AHI Data for Indonesia, 2015-2020 | 2015-07-04 to 2020-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | 2 | CSV | Fire Occurrence, Wildfires, Particulate Matter, Emissions, Fire Dynamics |
| FIREX-AQ Satellite And Related Ancillary Data | 2019-07-01 to 2019-09-06 | 2 | COMPLETE | 2 | netCDF-3, PNG | Air Quality, Biomass Burning, Emissions |
| GEO-LEO Merged Deep Blue Aerosol 0.25x0.25 degree Gridded L2 | 2019-05-01 to 2020-05-01 | 1 | ACTIVE | 2G | NetCDF-4 | Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosols, Aerosol Particle Properties |
| GEO-LEO Merged Deep Blue Aerosol Daily 1 x 1 degree Gridded L3 | 2019-05-01 to 2020-05-01 | 1 | ACTIVE | 3 | NetCDF-4 | Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosols, Aerosol Particle Properties |
| GEO-LEO Merged Deep Blue Aerosol Monthly 1 x 1 degree Gridded L3 | 2019-05-01 to 2020-05-01 | 1 | ACTIVE | 3 | NetCDF-4 | Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosols, Aerosol Particle Properties |
| GHRSST Level 2P 1 m Depth Global Sea Surface Temperature from VIIRS on Suomi NPP (GDS2) V1 | 2013-05-20 to 2016-02-25 | 1.0 | COMPLETE | 2P | netCDF-4 | Sea Surface Skin Temperature |
| GHRSST Level 2P 1 m Depth Global Sea Surface Temperature from VIIRS on Suomi NPP (GDS2) V2 | 2016-02-25 to 2018-02-22 | 2.0 | COMPLETE | 2P | netCDF-4 | Sea Surface Skin Temperature |
| GHRSST Level 2P 1 m Depth Global Sea Surface Temperature version 3.0 from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite (GDS2) | 2018-01-30 | 3.0 | ACTIVE | 2P | netCDF-4 | Sea Surface Temperature |
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VIIRS Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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