VIIRS/JPSS1 BRDF/Albedo Model Parameters Daily L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V002

Description

The NOAA-20 Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) and Albedo Model Parameters (VJ143MA1) Version 2 product provides BRDF/Albedo model parameters at 1 kilometer (km) resolution. The VJ143MA1 product is produced daily using 16-day VIIRS data and is weighted temporally to the 9th day, which is reflected in the file name. The VJ143 data products are designed to promote the continuity of NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) BRDF/Albedo data product suite. The VJ143 algorithm uses the RossThick/Li-Sparse-Reciprocal (RTLSR) semi-empirical kernel-driven BRDF model, with the three kernel weights from VJ143MA1 to reconstruct surface anisotropic effects, correcting the directional reflectance to a common view geometry (VJ143MA4), while also computing integrated black-sky albedo (BSA) at local solar noon and white-sky albedo (WSA) (VJ143MA3). Researchers can use the BRDF model parameters with a simple polynomial, to obtain black-sky albedo at any solar illumination angle. Likewise, both the BSA and WSA Science Dataset (SDS) layers can be used with a simple polynomial, to manually estimate instantaneous actual albedo (blue-sky albedo). Additional details regarding the methodology are available in the Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD). The VJ143MA1 data product provides a total of 24 SDS layers including: mandatory quality bands and three multi-dimensional model parameter bands representing fiso, fvol, and fgeo for VIIRS moderate resolution bands M1-M5, M7-M8, and M10-M11. A low-resolution browse is also provided showing BRDF/Albedo parameters for bands M5, M7, and M5 as an RGB image in JPEG format.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FVIIRS%2FVJ143MA1.002
21 The LDOPE Land Product Quality Assessment website provides known issues, maneuvers, and product quality of the land products. https://landweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/QS/new/index.cgi
21 The LP DAAC product page provides information on Science Data Set layers and links for user guides, ATBDs, data access, tools, customer support, etc. https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VJ143MA1.002
21 The LP DAAC website provides detailed information on discovery, distribution, access, and support of land data products. https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/
21 The technical information in the User's Guide enables users to interpret and use the data products. https://www.umb.edu/spectralmass/viirs-user-guides-c1-and-c2/vnp43ia1-and-vnp43ma1-brdfalbedo-model-parameters-product/
33 The ATBD provides physical theory and mathematical procedures for the calculations used to produce the data products. https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/documents/194/VNP43_ATBD_V1.pdf
21 Validation at stage 3 has been achieved for the VIIRS BRDF/Albedo product suite. https://viirsland.gsfc.nasa.gov/Val/Albedo_Val.html
21 Further details regarding VIIRS product validation and maturity status are available from VIIRS Land Product Quality Assessment site. https://viirsland.gsfc.nasa.gov/Val_overview.html
22 Browse image for Earthdata Search https://data.lpdaac.earthdatacloud.nasa.gov/lp-prod-public/VJ143MA1.002/VJ143MA1.A2024292.h09v05.002.2024300071228/BROWSE.VJ143MA1.A2024292.h09v05.002.2024300071228.1.jpg
0 Earthdata Search allows users to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data. https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=C2545310930-LPCLOUD

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  • land-surface
  • surface-radiative-properties
  • earth-science

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