NASA’s Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System Distributed Active Archive Center (LAADS DAAC) has added additional information to the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Level-1 Calibrated Radiances and Geolocation and the Level-3 Nighttime Lights products' landing pages. This update was made to support the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS)-endorsed version 1.0 Product Family Specification (PFS) for Nighttime Light Surface Radiance (NLSR).
The SNPP VIIRS v2.0 Level-1 landing pages for Calibrated Radiances and Geolocation include the following additional information:
- Traceability for reference-based instrument calibration and measurement uncertainty
- VIIRS Level-1B measurement uncertainty
- Radiometric accuracy
- Geometric accuracy
The SNPP VIIRS v1.0 Level-3 landing pages for Nighttime Lights include the following additional information:
- Processing Chain Provenance
- Processing steps used to generate the SNPP VIIRS VNP46 product
- The data producer's name and email
- The production software (Product Generation Executable) version used
More information about the Nighttime Light Surface Radiance Products update is available at LAADS DAAC.
