Description
The second of the two VIIRS DNB-based datasets is a daily moonlight- and atmosphere-corrected Nighttime Lights (NTL) product called VIIRS/NPP Gap-Filled Lunar BRDF-Adjusted Nighttime Lights Daily L3 Global 500m Linear Lat Lon Grid. Known by its short-name, VNP46A2, this product contains seven Science Data Sets (SDS) that include DNB BRDF-Corrected NTL, Gap-Filled DNB BRDF-Corrected NTL, DNB Lunar Irradiance, Latest High-Quality Retrieval, Mandatory Quality Flag, Cloud Mask Quality Flag, and Snow Flag. VNP46A2 products are provided in standard Hierarchical Data Format–Earth Observing System (HDF-EOS5) format.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| This dataset's landing page | HTML | Data product's landing page | Open resource |
| View this dataset's algorithm theoretical basis document | VIIRS Black Marble Nighttime Lights Product Suite Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's user's guide | VIIRS Black Marble Product User Guide | Open resource | |
| Use OPeNDAP to access the dataset's data | HTML | Data access from LAADS OPeNDAP service. | Open resource |
| Download this dataset through LAADS | HTML | Search and order VNP46A1 product from LAADS website. | Open resource |
| Google Scholar search results | HTML | Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. | Open resource |