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Suomi-NPP VIIRS Level-3 Global Mapped Remote-Sensing Reflectance (RRS) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 2022.0 2012-01-02 to Present 2022.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Reflectance
Suomi-NPP VIIRS Level-3 Global Mapped Remote-Sensing Reflectance (RRS) Data, version 2022.0 2012-01-02 to Present 2022.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Reflectance
Suomi-NPP VIIRS Level-3 Global Mapped Triple-window Sea Surface Temperature (SST3) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 2016.2 2012-01-02 to Present 2016.2 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
Suomi-NPP VIIRS Level-3 Global Mapped Triple-window Sea Surface Temperature (SST3) Data, version 2016.2 2012-01-02 to Present 2016.2 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
Suomi-NPP VIIRS Level-4 Global Binned Apparent Visible Wavelength (AVW) Data, version 2022.0 2012-01-02 to Present 2022.0 ACTIVE 4 netCDF-4 Visible Wavelengths, Ocean Color, Water Color, Light Transmission, Surface Water
Suomi-NPP VIIRS Level-4 Global Binned Phytoplankton Carbon Data, version 2022.0 2012-01-02 to Present 2022.0 ACTIVE 4 netCDF-4 Organic Carbon, Phytoplankton
Suomi-NPP VIIRS Level-4 Global Mapped Apparent Visible Wavelength (AVW) Data, version 2022.0 2012-01-02 to Present 2022.0 ACTIVE 4 netCDF-4 Visible Wavelengths, Ocean Color, Water Color, Light Transmission, Surface Water
Suomi-NPP VIIRS Level-4 Global Mapped Phytoplankton Carbon Data, version 2022.0 2012-01-02 to Present 2022.0 ACTIVE 4 netCDF-4 Organic Carbon, Phytoplankton
THANGS Combined GEOLEO Aerosol 30-Min average L3 Global 0.25x0.25 degree grid 2019-01-01 to 2023-01-01 1 ACTIVE 3 NetCDF-4 Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosols, Aerosol Particle Properties
VIIRS (NOAA 21) I Band 375 m Active Fire Product NRT (Vector data) 2016-01-01 1 ACTIVE 2 TXT, SHP, KML, WMS, as FIRMS email alerts Fire Dynamics, Surface Radiative Properties, Land Surface Temperature
VIIRS NOAA-20 (JPSS-1) 375m, I-Band Active Fire Product NRT (Vector Data) 2016-01-01 2 ACTIVE 2 Text File Fire Dynamics, Surface Radiative Properties, Land Surface Temperature
VIIRS (NOAA-20/JPSS-1) I Band 375 m Active Fire Product NRT (Vector data) 2024-10-01 2 ACTIVE 2 Text File, Shapefile, KML, WMS Fire Dynamics, Surface Radiative Properties, Land Surface Temperature
VIIRS Plus DMSP Change in Lights (VIIRS+DMSP dLIGHT) 1992-01-01, 2002-01-01, 2013-01-01 1.0 COMPLETE 4 GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG, WMS Electricity, Energy Production/Use, Human Settlements, Population Distribution, Sustainable Development
VIIRS (S-NPP) I Band 375 m Active Fire Product NRT (Vector data) 2016-01-01 2 ACTIVE 2 Text File, Shapefile, KML, WMS Fire Dynamics, Surface Radiative Properties, Land Surface Temperature
VIIRS-CRIS/SNPP Cloud Mask + Sounder 6-Min L2 Swath 750m V2 2012-03-01 to Present 2 ACTIVE 2 NetCDF-4 Clouds, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, Visible Radiance
VIIRS/JPSS1 Active Fires 6-Min L2 Swath 375m NRT 2020-07-15 2 ACTIVE 2 netCDF-4 Fire Dynamics, Surface Radiative Properties, Land Surface Temperature
VIIRS/JPSS1 Active Fires 6-Min L2 Swath 375m V002 2018-01-01 to Present 002 ACTIVE 2 netCDF-4 Fire Occurrence, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES
VIIRS/JPSS1 Actual and Potential Evapotranspiration 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V002 2025-01-01 to Present 002 ACTIVE 4 HDF-EOS5 Evapotranspiration, Evaporation, Latent Heat Flux
VIIRS/JPSS1 Actual and Potential Evapotranspiration Gap-Filled 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V002 2018-01-01 to Present 002 ACTIVE 4 HDF-EOS5 Evapotranspiration, Evaporation, Latent Heat Flux
VIIRS/JPSS1 Actual and Potential Evapotranspiration Gap-Filled Yearly L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V002 2018-01-01 to Present 002 ACTIVE 4 HDF-EOS5 Evapotranspiration, Evaporation, Latent Heat Flux
VIIRS/JPSS1 Aerosol Daily L3 Global 0.05 Deg CMG 2018-01-05 to Present 2 ACTIVE 3 HDF-EOS5 Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Tropospheric Ozone
VIIRS/JPSS1 Albedo Daily L3 Global 1km SIN Grid NRT 2023-11-20 to Present 2 ACTIVE 3 HDF5 Albedo, Anisotropy
VIIRS/JPSS1 Albedo Daily L3 Global 500m SIN Grid NRT 2023-11-20 to Present 2 ACTIVE 3 HDF5 Albedo, Anisotropy
VIIRS/JPSS1 Atmospherically Corrected Surface Reflectance 6-Min L2 Swath 375m, 750m - V2 2018-01-05 to Present 2 ACTIVE 2 HDF-EOS Reflectance
VIIRS/JPSS1 Atmospherically Corrected Surface Reflectance 6-Min L2 Swath IP 375m, 750m NRT 2023-10-10 2 ACTIVE 2 HDF-EOS Surface Radiative Properties, Land Surface Temperature
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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
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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