Description
VIIRS/NPP Gap-Filled Lunar BRDF-Adjusted Nighttime Lights Monthly L3 Global 500m Linear Lat Lon Grid, with short-name VNP46A3, is the third nighttime lights (NTL) product in the Black Marble suite, which provides monthly composites generated from daily atmospherically- and lunar-BRDF-corrected NTL radiance to remove the influence of extraneous artifacts and biases. The VNP46A3 product contains 28 layers. They provide information on the NTL composite, the number of observations, quality, and standard deviation for multi-view zenith angle categories (near-nadir, off-nadir, and all angles), their snow-covered and snow-free statuses besides land-water mask, latitude and longitude coordinate information. They also include detailed information and description of the quality flags. This description pertains to the SNPP VIIRS Monthly Lunar BRDF-adjusted NTL collection, whose record starts from January 1st 2012.
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 VNP46A3product from LAADS website. | Open resource |
| Google Scholar search results | HTML | Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. | Open resource |