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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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Inferring drivers of tropical isoprene: competing effects of emissions and chemistry Heat Flux, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Specific Humidity, Water Vapor, Precipitation Rate, Snow/Ice, Evaporation, Latent Heat Flux, Latent Heat Flux, Sensible Heat Flux, Diffusion, Surface Winds, Wind Speed, U/V Wind Components, Wind Stress, Wind Stress, Surface Roughness, Planetary Boundary Layer Height, Ice Fraction, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, 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
PeatDepth-ML: a global map of peat depth predicted using machine learning Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Vegetation Index, Brightness Temperature, Surface Soil Moisture
Persistent 20232025 Wildfire Extremes in Canada Produced Unprecedented Emissions and AirQuality Impacts Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Particulate Matter, Sulfate Particles, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Emissivity, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance, Transmittance, Atmospheric Stability, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Asymmetry, Cloud Ceiling, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Radiative Forcing, Cloud Reflectance, Rain Storms, Atmospheric Ozone, Fire Dynamics, Surface Radiative Properties, Land Surface Temperature, Fire Occurrence, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Surface Thermal Properties
Modelling fire behaviour in the lodgepole pine forests of interior Fire Dynamics, Surface Radiative Properties, Land Surface Temperature
Multi-Sensor Spatiotemporal Fusion for 30-m Daily Gapless Snow Cover Reflectance, Terrain Elevation, RADAR IMAGERY, Topographical Relief Maps, Albedo, Snow Cover
Natural and anthropogenic influence on tropospheric ozone variability over the Tropical Atlantic unveiled by satellite, reanalyses and in situ observations 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, Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide, Air Quality, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Industrial Emissions, Fossil Fuel Burning, Biomass Burning, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Sulfur Compounds, Halocarbons And Halogens, Atmospheric Ozone, Boundary Layer Winds, Air Mass/Density, Convective Clouds/Systems (Observed/Analyzed), Convection
Improving the temporal accuracy of vegetation phenology indicators through the integration of satellite data and high-resolution near-surface camera observations Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
The first Tibetan ice core charcoal record reveals anthropogenic fire acceleration since the 1970s 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
Soil information and soil property maps for the Kurdistan region, Dohuk Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Processes driving the regional sensitivities of summertime PM2.5 to temperature across the US: new insights from model simulations 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
Unprecedented Burning in Tropical Peatlands During the 20th Century Compared to the Previous Two Millennia 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
Representing extreme fires and their radiative effects in a global climate model via variable scaling of emissions 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
Satellite-based evidence of dust emission over Northern Canada Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Humidity, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Reflectance
VegET evapotranspiration for Africa: Continental-scale simulation, multi-product evaluation, and drought assessment Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Reflectance
Vegetation greenness in 2025: Climate chronicles Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Plant Phenology
A global, daily carbon budget for terrestrial ecosystems constrained by satellite observations of soil moisture: The SMAP Level 4 carbon product at ten years Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Root Zone Soil Moisture, Surface Soil Moisture, Gross Primary Production (gpp), Heterotrophic Respiration (rh), NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE), Soil Organic Carbon (SOC), Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Respiration Rate, Air Temperature, Surface Winds, Net Radiation, Heat Flux
A novel ice cloud optical property model for passive and active remote sensing applications Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Emissivity, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance, Transmittance, Clouds, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Precipitable Water, Cloud Asymmetry, Cloud Ceiling, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Radiative Forcing, Cloud Reflectance, Cloud Types, Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, Visible Radiance, Cloud Properties, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Height
A survival guide for assessing global fire risks to natural and human systems Fire Ecology, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Biomass Burning, Wildfires
A Two-Stage Reference-Guided Workflow for Improving VIIRS Leaf Area Index Retrieval over Mixed Pixels Reflectance
Towards Right Answer for the Right Reasons in Global Land Carbon Sink Estimates 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
Transient and asymptotic distributions of vegetation under recurrent stochastic fires: F. Rodriguez et al. Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area
Global land surface phenology product from VIIRS observations Reflectance, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Drivers and implications of declining fossil fuel CO2 concentrations in Chinese cities revealed by radiocarbon measurements 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
Comparing modeled and measured carbon dioxide data at five canadian peatlands revealed highly variable non-growing season fluxes Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Fire Occurrence, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Root Zone Soil Moisture, Surface Soil Moisture, Gross Primary Production (gpp), Heterotrophic Respiration (rh), NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE), Soil Organic Carbon (SOC)
In Situ and SpaceBased CO2 Observations Reveal MoistureInduced Seasonal Compensation of the Western US Carbon Cycle Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Soil Organic Carbon (SOC), Primary Production, Gross Primary Production (gpp), Reflectance

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