VIIRS/JPSS1 Surface Reflectance 8-Day L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V002

Description

The 8-day Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Surface Reflectance (VJ109H1) Version 2 composite product provides an estimate of land surface reflectance from the NOAA-20 VIIRS sensor for three imagery bands (I1, I2, I3) at nominal 500 meter resolution (~463 meter). The 500 meter dataset is derived through resampling the native 375 meter VIIRS resolution in the L2 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, which is selected on the basis of high observation coverage, low sensor angle, the absence of clouds or cloud shadow, and aerosol loading. The three reflectance bands, this product includes a state quality assurance (QA) layer and a reflectance band quality layer. Known Issues * For complete information about known issues please refer to the [MODIS/VIIRS Land Quality Assessment website](https://landweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/knownissue?sensor=VIIRS) 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](https://landweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/userguide/VIIRS_Land_C2_Changes_09152022.pdf).

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21 VJ109H1.002 https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VJ109H1.002
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33 VNP09_User_Guide_V2.pdf https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/documents/1657/VNP09_User_Guide_V2.pdf
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21 VJ103MODLL.021 https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VJ103MODLL.021
33 VNP03_User_Guide_V1.2.pdf https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/documents/1334/VNP03_User_Guide_V1.2.pdf
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33 VNP09_User_Guide_V2.pdf https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/documents/1657/VNP09_User_Guide_V2.pdf
33 VNP09_ATBD.pdf https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/documents/122/VNP09_ATBD.pdf
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0 The metadata's original source. https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2519120226-LPCLOUD.iso19115

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