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Publications Citing VIIRS Data
Browse a list of academic papers that cite data provided by NASA’s Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS).
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| 2025 California Wildfire Observations Using Single FieldofView Sounder Atmospheric Products (SiFSAP) | Lei, Liqiao, Liu, Xu, Wu, Wan, Xiong, Xiaozhen, Yang, Qiguang, Larar, Allen M. | Carbon Monoxide, Tropospheric Ozone, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Cloud Types, Precipitation Rate, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Brightness Temperature, Infrared Radiance, Clouds, Cloud Frequency, REFLECTED INFRARED, Visible Radiance, Cloud Properties, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Emissivity, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Methane, Sulfur Dioxide |
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| A review of forward modelling and retrieval approaches for forest soil | Colliander, Andreas, Schwank, Mike, Zhou, Yiwen, Kurum, Mehmet, Vittucci, Cristina, Tsang, Leung, Roy, Alex, Berg, Aaron | Brightness Temperature, Surface Soil Moisture, Gross Primary Production (gpp), Heterotrophic Respiration (rh), NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE), Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) |
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| Conservation of an endangered amazonian primate: priority areas for the | Albernaz, Ana Luisa, Thales, Marcelo Cordeiro, Gordo, Marcelo, Lagroteria, Diogo, Sobroza, Tainara V., Magnusson, William E., Fearnside, Philip M., Jerusalinsky, Leandro, de Azevedo, Renata Bocorny, Castro, Rodrigo Baia, Campista, Dayse, Spironello, Wilson Roberto, Noronha, Mauricio | Electricity, Energy Production/Use, Human Settlements, Population Distribution, Sustainable Development, Wetlands, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Inundation | ||
| Constraining a data-driven CO2 flux model by ecosystem and | Upton, Samuel, Reichstein, Markus, Peters, Wouter, Botia, Santiago, Nelson, Jacob A., Walther, Sophia, Jung, Martin, Gans, Fabian, Haszpra, Laszlo, Bastos, Ana | Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Reflectance, Albedo, Anisotropy |
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| deadtrees.earth An open-access and interactive database for centimeter-scale aerial imagery to uncover global tree mortality dynamics | Mosig, Clemens, Vajna-Jehle, Janusch, Mahecha, Miguel D., Cheng, Yan, Hartmann, Henrik, Montero, David, Junttila, Samuli, Horion, Stephanie, Schwenke, Mirela Beloiu, Koontz, Michael J., Maulud, Khairul Nizam Abdul, Adu-Bredu, Stephen, Al-Halbouni, Djamil, Ali, Muhammad, Allen, Matthew, Altman, Jan, Amoros, Lot, Angiolini, Claudia, Astrup, Rasmus, Awada, Hassan, Barrasso, Caterina, Bartholomeus, Harm, Beck, Pieter S.A., Bozzini, Aurora, Braun-Wimmer, Joshua, Brede, Benjamin, Breunig, Fabio Marcelo, Brugnaro, Stefano, Buras, Allan, Burchard-Levine, Vicente, Camarero, Jesus Julio, Candotti, Anna, Capuder, Luka, Carrieri, Erik, Centritto, Mauro, Chirici, Gherardo, Cloutier, Myriam, Conciani, Dhemerson, Cushman, KC, Dalling, James W., Dao, Phuong D., Dempewolf, Jan, Denter, Martin, Dogotari, Marcel, Diaz-Delgado, Ricardo, Ecke, Simon, Eichel, Jana, Eltner, Anette, Fabbri, Andre, Fabi, Maximilian, Fassnacht, Fabian, Ferreira, Matheus Pinheiro, Fischer, Fabian Jorg, Frey, Julian, Frick, Annett, Fuentes, Jose, Ganz, Selina, Garbarino, Matteo, Garcia, Milton, Gassilloud, Matthias, Gazol, Antonio, Gea-Izquierdo, Guillermo, Gerberding, Kilian, Ghasemi, Marziye, Giannetti, Francesca, Gillan, Jeffrey, Gonzalez, Roy, Gosper, Carl, Greene, Terry, Greinwald, Konrad, Grieve, Stuart, Groe-Stoltenberg, Andre, Gutierrez, Jesus Aguirre, Goritz, Anna, Hajek, Peter, Hedding, David, Hempel, Jan, Heremans, Stien, Hernandez, Melvin, Heurich, Marco, Honkavaara, Eija, Hofle, Bernhard, Jackisch, Robert, Jucker, Tommaso, Kalwij, Jesse M., Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian, Khatri-Chhetri, Pratima, Kleinebecker, Till, Klemmt, Hans-Joachim, Kloucek, Tomas, Koivumaki, Niko, Kolagani, Nagesh, Komarek, Jan, Korznikov, Kirill, Kraszewski, Bartomiej, Kruse, Stefan, Kruger, Robert, Kuechly, Helga, Kwong, Ivan H.Y., Laliberte, Etienne, Langan, Liam, Latifi, Hooman, Leal-Medina, Claudia, Lehmann, Jan R.K., Li, Linyuan, Lines, Emily, Lisiewicz, Maciej, Lopatin, Javier, Lucieer, Arko, Ludwig, Antonia, Ludwig, Marvin, Lyytikainen-Saarenmaa, Paivi, Ma, Qin, Mansuy, Nicolas, Pena, Jose Manuel, Marino, Giovanni, Maroschek, Michael, Martin, M.Pilar, Martin-Benito, Dario, Matham, Pavan, Mazzoni, Sabrina, Meloni, Fabio, Menzel, Annette, Meyer, Hanna, Miraki, Mojdeh, Moreno, Gerardo, Moreno-Fernandez, Daniel, Muller-Landau, Helene C., Malicke, Mirko, Mohring, Jakobus, Mullerova, Jana, Naidu, Setti Sridhara, Nardi, Davide, Neumeier, Paul, Nita, Mihai Daniel, Nasi, Roope, Oppgenoorth, Lars, Orunbaev, Sagynbek, Palmer, Melanie, Paul, Thomas, Pfenning, Mattis, Potts, Alastair, Prasanna, Gudala Laxmi, Prober, Suzanne, Puliti, Stefano, Perez-Luque, Antonio J., Perez-Priego, Oscar, Reudenbach, Chris, Revuelto, Jesus, Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo, Roberge, Philippe, Roggero, Pier Paolo, Rossi, Christian, Ruehr, Nadine Katrin, Ruiz-Benito, Paloma, Runge, Christian Mestre, Satta, Gabriele Giuseppe Antonio, Scanu, Bruno, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Schiefer, Felix, Schiller, Christopher, Schladebach, Jacob, Schmehl, Marie-Therese, Schmid, Jonathan, Schmidt, Tristan Alexander, Schwarz, Selina, Seidl, Rupert, Seifert, Thomas, Barba, Ana Seifert, Shafeian, Elham, Shapiro, Aurelie, de Simone, Leopoldo, Sohrabi, Hormoz, Soltani, Salim, Sotomayor, Laura, Sparrow, Ben, Steer, Benjamin S.C., Stenson, Matt, Stockigt, Benjamin, Su, Yanjun, Suomalainen, Juha, Tamudo, Elisa, Barbieri, Mauro J. Tognetti, Tomelleri, Enrico, Torresani, Michele, Trepekli, Katerina, Ullah, Saif, Ullah, Sami, Umlauft, Josefine, Vargas-Ramirez, Nicolas, Vatandaslar, Can, Visacki, Vladimir, Volpi, Michele, Vasquez, Vicente, Wallis, Christine, Weinstein, Ben, Weiser, Hannah, Wich, Serge, Ximena, Tagle Casapia, Zarco-Tejada, Pablo J., Zdunic, Katherine, Zielewska-Buttner, Katarzyna, de Oliveira, Raquel Alves, van Wagtendonk, Liz, von Dosky, Vincent, Kattenborn, Teja | Reflectance, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) | ||
| An inter-comparison of inverse models for estimating European CH4 emissions | Ioannidis, Eleftherios, Meesters, Antoon, Steiner, Michael, Brunner, Dominik, Reum, Friedemann, Pison, Isabelle, Berchet, Antoine, Thompson, Rona, Sollum, Espen, Koch, Frank-Thomas, Gerbig, Christoph, Wang, Fenjuan, Maksyutov, Shamil, Tsuruta, Aki, Tenkanen, Maria, Aalto, Tuula, Monteil, Guillaume, Lin, Hong, Ren, Ge, Scholze, Marko, Houweling, Sander | Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds | ||
| Assessing the impact of Earth Observation data-driven calibration of the melting coefficient on the LISFLOOD snow module | Premier, Valentina, Moschini, Francesca, Casado-Rodriguez, Jesus, Bavera, Davide, Marin, Carlo, Pistocchi, Alberto | Albedo, Snow Cover | ||
| Carbon sink conservation: Cost-effective spatial priorities and feasible management policies for China | Liu, Jingyi, Zhang, Menghan, Xia, Yu, Wu, Longfeng, Chen, Chongxian | Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds | ||
| Carbon dioxide dynamics across three stages of tropical peatland | Kiew, Frankie, Hirata, Ryuichi, Hirano, Takashi, Wong, Guan Xhuan, Waili, Joseph Wenceslaus, Lo, Kim San, Soosaar, Kaido, Kasak, Kuno, Mander, Ulo, Melling, Lulie | Fire Occurrence, Wildfires, Particulate Matter, Emissions, Fire Dynamics | ||
| Characterizing chlorophyll-a concentration distribution in shallow, tidal, summer cold-water nearshore areas | Hwang, Do-Hyun, Jung, Hahn Chul, Choi, Jong-Kuk, Ahn, Jae-Hyun, Park, Myung-Sook, Son, Young Baek, Ryu, Joo-Hyung | Sea Surface Subskin Temperature | ||
| Cities as evolutionary incubators for the global spread of the spotted | Meng, Fang, Snead, Anthony A., Zhang, Aria Yang, Munshi-South, Jason, Winchell, Kristin M. | Electricity, Energy Production/Use, Human Settlements, Population Distribution, Sustainable Development | ||
| Climate-Induced Vegetation Stress Detected Through Remote Sensing of | Bayazit, Esra, Kartal, Veysi, Sammen, Saad Sh., Scholz, Miklas | Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Plant Phenology |
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| Development of the global chemistry-climate coupled model BCC-GEOS-Chem v2. 0: improved atmospheric chemistry performance and new capability of chemistry ... | Sun, Ruize, Lu, Xiao, Lin, Haipeng, Wu, Tongwen, Ye, Xingpei, Shen, Lu, Wang, Xuan, Wang, Haolin, Li, Jingyu, Lu, Ni, Su, Jiayin, Zhang, Jie, Zhang, Fang, Xin, Xiaoge, Liu, Xiong, Yang, Xiao, Zhang, Lin | Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds | ||
| Evaluating the role of low-cost sensors in machine learning based | Shetty, Shobitha, Hassani, Amirhossein, Hamer, Paul D., Stebel, Kerstin, Salamalikis, Vasileios, Berntsen, Terje Koren, Castell, Nuria, Schneider, Philipp | Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) | ||
| Experimental Study of Atmospheric Aerosol Optical Characteristics over the Black Sea in Springs of 2024 and 2025 | Kalinskaya, D. V., Podgibailov, E. A. | Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent | ||
| High-Resolution Thermal Remote Sensing in Marine and Freshwater Environments: State of Knowledge, Instrumentation Needs, and Implications for Future Studies | Wethey, David S., Woodin, Sarah A., Vazquez-Cuervo, Jorge | Sea Surface Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Sea Ice Concentration, Sea Surface Temperature, Sea Surface Foundation Temperature |
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| Human contributions to evapotranspiration mitigate swings in dry-to-wet year transitions | Pierrat, Zoe Amie, Gustine, Rebecca N., Boser, Anna, Ruehr, Sophie, Lee, Christine M., Reager, J. T., Cawse-Nicholson, Kerry | Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Vegetation Index, Geopotential Height, Surface Pressure, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Convection, Surface Winds, Rain, Land Surface Temperature | ||
| GloFM: a GLORYS Flow-Matching emulator for spatio-temporal ocean data assimilation | Garcia, Pierre, Archambault, Theo, Bereziat, Dominique, Charantonis, Anastase | Sea Surface Subskin Temperature | ||
| Global near real-time 500 m 10 d FPAR dataset from MODIS and VIIRS for operational agricultural monitoring and crop yield forecasting | Seguini, Lorenzo, Klisch, Anja, Meroni, Michele, Vrieling, Anton, Manfron, Giacinto, Atzberger, Clement, Rembold, Felix | Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification |
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| Global perspectives on nitrate aerosol dynamics: a comprehensive sensitivity analysis | Milousis, Alexandros, Scholz, Susanne M. C., Fuchs, Hendrik, Tsimpidi, Alexandra P., Karydis, Vlassis A. | Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds | ||
| From Remote Sensing to Multiple Time-Horizons Forecasts: Transformers | Adil, Muhammad, Clemins, Patrick J., Schroth, Andrew W., Oikonomou, Panagiotis D., Rizzo, Donna M., Isles, Peter D. F., Zhang, Xiaohan, Hannoun, Kareem I., Turnbull, Scott, Beckage, Noah B., Zia, Asim, Wshah, Safwan | Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity | ||
| From column to surface: connecting the performance in simulating aerosol optical properties and PM2.5 concentrations in the NASA GEOSCCM | Mogno, Caterina, Colarco, Peter R., Collow, Allison B., Das, Sampa, Strode, Sarah A., Valenti, Vanessa, Manyin, Michael E., Liang, Qing, Oman, Luke, Steenrod, Stephen D., Knowland, K. Emma | Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Sulfate Particles, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance | ||
| Global atmospheric hydrogen chemistry and source-sink budget equilibrium simulation with the EMAC v2. 55 model | Surawski, Nic, Steil, Benedikt, Bruhl, Christoph, Gromov, Sergey, Klingmuller, Klaus, Martin, Anna, Pozzer, Andrea, Lelieveld, Jos | Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds | ||
| Evolving global oceanic nitrogen deposition under future emission pathways and responses to nitrogen emission reductions | Deng, Jialin, Guo, Yixin, Lu, Ni, Ye, Xingpei, Zhao, Yuanhong, Xu, Jiayu, Liu, Lei, Zhang, Lin | Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds | ||
| Landscape configuration shapes bird-plant multilayer networks in urban | Tang, Tianyu, Hirao, Toshihide | Land Surface Temperature, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Albedo |
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