Black Marble Data Access and Tools

Black Marble data are available in near real-time through NASA's Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System Distributed Active Archive Center (LAADS DAAC).

Black Marble Documentation

Black Marble User Guide - Collection 2.0
Black Marble Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD)
Global Black Marble Grid Reference Vector Layer (Shapefile format)

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Dataset Sort descending	Platform	Spatial Resolution
VIIRS/JPSS1 Daily Gridded Day Night Band 15 arc-second Linear Lat Lon Grid Night	NOAA-20	0.004167 Decimal Degrees x 0.004167 Decimal Degrees
VIIRS/JPSS1 Daily Gridded Day Night Band 15 arc-second Linear Lat Lon Grid Night NRT	NOAA-20
VIIRS/JPSS1 Gap-Filled Lunar BRDF-Adjusted Nighttime Lights Daily L3 Global 15 arc-second Linear Lat Lon Grid	NOAA-20	0.004167 Decimal Degrees x 0.004167 Decimal Degrees
VIIRS/JPSS1 Granular Gridded Day Night Band 15 arc-second Linear Lat Lon Grid Night NRT	NOAA-20
VIIRS/JPSS1 Lunar BRDF-Adjusted Nighttime Lights Monthly L3 Global 15 arc second Linear Lat Lon Grid V2	NOAA-20	0.004167 Decimal Degrees x 0.004167 Decimal Degrees
VIIRS/JPSS1 Lunar BRDF-Adjusted Nighttime Lights Yearly L3 Global 15 arc second Linear Lat Lon Grid	NOAA-20	0.004167 Decimal Degrees x 0.004167 Decimal Degrees
VIIRS/NPP Daily Gridded Day Night Band 15 arc-second Linear Lat Lon Grid Night V2	Suomi-NPP	0.004167 Decimal Degrees x 0.004167 Decimal Degrees
VIIRS/NPP Daily Gridded Day Night Band 15 arc-second Linear Lat. Lon. Grid Night NRT	Suomi-NPP
VIIRS/NPP Gap-Filled Lunar BRDF-Adjusted Nighttime Lights Daily L3 Global 15 arc-second Linear Lat Lon Grid NRT	Suomi-NPP
VIIRS/NPP Gap-Filled Lunar BRDF-Adjusted Nighttime Lights Daily L3 Global 15 arc-second Linear Lat Lon Grid V2	Suomi-NPP	0.004167 Decimal Degrees x 0.004167 Decimal Degrees

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Black Marble Data Tools

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Tool Sort descending	Description	Services
Earthdata Search	Earthdata Search enables data discovery, search, comparison, visualization, and access across NASA’s Earth science data holdings.	Search and Discovery, Access, Cataloging, Cloud Computing, Downloading
HDF to GeoTIFF	Use the HDF to GeoTIFF tool to read, convert, and display Black Marble VNP46 files.	Visualization
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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