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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
Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Temporal Extent | Version | Data State | Processing Level | Data Format | Science Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Urban Extents from VIIRS and MODIS for the Continental U.S. Using Machine Learning Methods | 2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31 | 1.0 | COMPLETE | 4 | GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG, WMS | Boundaries |
| Annual Summary of Artificial Light At Night from VIIRS/S-NPP at CONUS County and Census Tract V1 (ALAN_VIIRS_CONUS) at GES DISC | 2012-01-01 to 2020-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | 4 | Air Quality, Visible Wavelengths, Natural Hazards | |
| Aqua AIRS-MODIS 1-km Matchup Indexes V1 (Aqua_AIRS_MODIS1km_IND) at GES_DISC | 2002-08-31 to 2022-03-31 | 1 | ACTIVE | 2 | Clouds | |
| CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols 1-Hourly Terra-Aqua-NOAA20 Edition4B | 2000-03-01 to Present | Edition4B | ACTIVE | 3 | HDF4 | Albedo, Aerosols, Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Cloud Properties, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Total Precipitable Water, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Atmospheric Pressure, Atmospheric Temperature, Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Radiative Transfer, Surface Temperature, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Water Vapor Indicators, Vegetation, Net Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation |
| CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols 1-Hourly Terra-NOAA20 Edition4A | 2022-04-01 to Present | Edition4A | COMPLETE | 3 | HDF4 | Albedo, Aerosols, Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Cloud Properties, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Total Precipitable Water, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Atmospheric Pressure, Atmospheric Temperature, Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Radiative Transfer, Surface Temperature, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Water Vapor Indicators, Vegetation, Net Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation |
| CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Daily Terra-Aqua-NOAA20 Edition4B | 2000-03-01 to Present | Edition4B | ACTIVE | 3 | HDF4 | Albedo, Aerosols, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Surface Pressure, Atmospheric Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Net Radiation |
| CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Daily Terra-NOAA20 Edition4A | 2022-04-01 | Edition4A | COMPLETE | 3 | HDF4 | Albedo, Aerosols, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Surface Pressure, Atmospheric Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Net Radiation |
| CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Daily Terra-NPP Edition1A | 2012-02-01 to 2017-11-30 | Edition1A | COMPLETE | 3 | HDF4 | Albedo, Aerosols, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Surface Pressure, Atmospheric Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Net Radiation, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size |
| CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly Terra-Aqua-NOAA20 Edition4B | 2000-03-01 to Present | Edition4B | ACTIVE | 3 | HDF4 | Albedo, Aerosols, Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Cloud Properties, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Total Precipitable Water, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Atmospheric Pressure, Atmospheric Temperature, Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Radiative Transfer, Surface Temperature, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Water Vapor Indicators, Vegetation, Net Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation |
| CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly Terra-NOAA20 Edition4A | 2022-04-01 to Present | Edition4A | ACTIVE | 3 | HDF4 | Albedo, Aerosols, Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Cloud Properties, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Total Precipitable Water, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Atmospheric Pressure, Atmospheric Temperature, Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Radiative Transfer, Surface Temperature, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Water Vapor Indicators, Vegetation, Net Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation |
| CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly Terra-NPP Edition1A | 2012-02-01 to 2017-11-30 | Edition1A | COMPLETE | 3 | HDF4 | Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Total Precipitable Water, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Net Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size |
| CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly-Averaged 1-Hourly Terra-Aqua-NOAA20 Edition4B | 2000-03-01 to Present | Edition4B | ACTIVE | 3 | HDF4 | Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Total Precipitable Water, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Net Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation |
| CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly-Averaged 1-Hourly Terra-NOAA20 Edition4A | 2022-04-01 | Edition4A | COMPLETE | 3 | HDF4 | Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Total Precipitable Water, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Net Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation |
| CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly-Averaged 1-Hourly Terra-NPP Edition1A | 2012-02-01 to 2017-11-30 | Edition1A | COMPLETE | 3 | HDF4 | Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Total Precipitable Water, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Net Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size |
| CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols One-Hourly Terra-NPP Edition1A | 2012-02-01 to 2017-11-30 | Edition1A | COMPLETE | 3 | HDF4 | Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Total Precipitable Water, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Net Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size |
| CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Three-Hourly Terra-NPP Edition1A | 2012-02-01 to 2017-11-30 | Edition1A | COMPLETE | 3 | HDF4 | Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Total Precipitable Water, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Net Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size |
| CERES Daily Daytime Mean Regionally Averaged NOAA-20 TOA Fluxes and Associated Cloud Properties Stratified by Optical Depth and Effective Pressure Edition1B | 2018-05-01 to Present | Edition1B | ACTIVE | 3 | NetCDF-4 | Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Properties, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Types, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Microphysics, Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Shortwave Radiation |
| CERES Daily Daytime Mean Regionally Averaged NOAA-20 TOA Fluxes and Associated Cloud Properties Stratified by Optical Depth and Effective Pressure Edition1C | 2018-05-01 to Present | Edition1C | ACTIVE | 3 | netCDF-4 | Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Properties, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Types, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Microphysics, Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Shortwave Radiation, Cloud Emissivity |
| CERES Monthly Daytime Mean Regionally Averaged NOAA-20 TOA Fluxes and Associated Cloud Properties Stratified by Optical Depth and Effective Pressure Edition1C | 2018-05-01 to Present | Edition1C | ACTIVE | 3 | netCDF-4 | Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Properties, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Types, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Microphysics, Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Shortwave Radiation, Cloud Emissivity |
| CERES Monthly Daytime Mean Regionally Averaged NOAA-20 TOA Fluxes and Associated Cloud Properties Stratified by Optical Depth and Effective Pressure Edition1B | 2018-05-01 to Present | Edition1B | ACTIVE | 3 | NetCDF-4 | Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Properties, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Types, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Microphysics, Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Shortwave Radiation |
| CERES Regionally Averaged TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Hourly NOAA-20 Edition 1B | 2018-05-01 to Present | Edition1B | ACTIVE | 3 | HDF4 | Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Height, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Total Precipitable Water, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Surface Pressure, Wind Speed, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Net Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation |
| CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols NOAA20-FM6-VIIRS Edition1B | 2018-05-01 to Present | Edition1B | ACTIVE | 2 | netCDF-4 | Aerosols, Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Lidar Backscatter, Lidar Depolarization Ratio, Cloud Base Height, Cloud Properties, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Fraction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Surface Radiative Properties, Infrared Wavelengths, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Radiative Transfer, Lidar, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size |
| CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols NOAA20-FM6-VIIRS Edition1C | 2018-05-01 to Present | Edition1C | ACTIVE | 2 | netCDF-4 | Aerosols, Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Lidar Backscatter, Lidar Depolarization Ratio, Cloud Base Height, Cloud Properties, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Fraction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Surface Radiative Properties, Infrared Wavelengths, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Radiative Transfer, Lidar, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size |
| CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols NPP-FM5 Edition2A | 2012-01-27 to Present | Edition2A | ACTIVE | 2 | netCDF-4 | Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Lidar Backscatter, Lidar Depolarization Ratio, Cloud Properties, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Fraction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Surface Radiative Properties, Infrared Wavelengths, Shortwave Radiation |
| CERES SSF 1 degree Regionally Averaged TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Hourly NPP VIIRS Edition2A | 2012-02-01 to Present | Edition2A | ACTIVE | 3 | HDF4 | Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Height, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Total Precipitable Water, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Surface Pressure, Wind Speed, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Net Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation |
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 | |
| FLOOD | The FLOOD viewer facilitates the use and evaluation of LANCE flood products by allowing the user to browse globally and over time, and to compare to other flood products. | Monitoring Natural Events, Search and Discovery, 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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