VIIRS/JPSS1 Surface Reflectance 8-Day L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V002

The 8-day Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) surface reflectance (VJ109A1) Version 2 composite product provides an estimate of land surface reflectance from the NOAA-20 VIIRS sensor for nine moderate resolution bands (M1 - M5, M7, M8, M10, M11) at nominal 1 kilometer resolution (~926 meter). The 1 kilometer dataset is derived through resampling the native 750 meter VIIRS resolution in the Level 2 input product. The data are corrected for atmospheric conditions such as the effects of molecular gases, including ozone and water vapor, and for the effects of atmospheric aerosols. Each pixel represents the best possible Level 2G observation during an 8-day period that is selected on the basis of high observation coverage, low sensor angle, the absence of clouds or cloud shadow, and aerosol loading. Included in the product along with the nine reflectance bands are day of year, reflectance band quality, control, reflectance state quality assurance, relative azimuth angle, sensor zenith angle, and solar zenith angle layers. Known Issues For complete information about known issues please refer to the MODIS/VIIRS Land Quality Assessment website and in Section 4.0 of the User Guide.Improvements/Changes from Previous Version Improved calibration algorithm and coefficients for entire NOAA-20 mission. Improved geolocation accuracy and applied updates to fix outliers around maneuver periods. Corrected the aerosol quantity flag (low, average, high) mainly over brighter surfaces in the mid- to high-latitudes such as desert and tropical vegetation areas. This has an impact on the retrieval of other downstream data products such as VNP13 Vegetation Indices and VNP43 Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF)/Albedo. Improved cloud mask input product for corrections along coastlines and artifacts from use of coarse resolution climatology data. * Replaced the land/water mask input product with the eight-class land/water mask from the VNP03 geolocation product that better aligns with MODIS. Added secondary day-night flag to improve retrieval of Climate Modeling Grid (CMG) values over daytime pixels.* More details can be found in this VIIRS Land V2 Changes document.