VIIRS/NPP Gap-Filled Lunar BRDF-Adjusted Nighttime Lights Daily L3 Global 500m Linear Lat Lon Grid

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
21 Data product's landing page https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VNP46A2.001
33 VIIRS Black Marble Product User Guide https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/missions-and-measurements/viirs/VIIRS_Black_Marble_UG_v1.1_July_2020.pdf
21 Data access from LAADS OPeNDAP service. https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/opendap/RemoteResources/laads/allData/5000/VNP46A2/contents.html
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FVIIRS%2FVNP46A2.001%0D%0A
33 VIIRS Black Marble Nighttime Lights Product Suite Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/missions-and-measurements/viirs/VIIRS_Black_Marble_ATBD_v1.1_July_2020.pdf
21 Search and order VNP46A1 product from LAADS website. https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/search/order/2/VNP46A2--5000

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  • biosphere
  • spectral-engineering
  • earth-science

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