VIIRS/NPP Nadir BRDF-Adjusted Reflectance Daily L3 Global 500m SIN Grid NRT

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The VIIRS/NPP Nadir BRDF-Adjusted Reflectance Daily L3 Global 500 m SIN Grid Near Real Time (NRT), short-name VNP43IA4N product provides NBAR estimates at 500 meter (m) resolution. The VNP43IA4N product is produced daily using 16-day VIIRS data (i.e., the current day and the previous 15 days). The view angle effects are removed from the directional reflectances resulting in a stable and consistent Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) Adjusted Reflectance (NBAR) product. The VNP43 algorithm uses the RossThick/Li-Sparse-Reciprocal (RTLSR) semi-empirical kernel-driven BRDF model, with the three kernel weights from VNP43IA1N to reconstruct surface anisotropic effects, correcting the directional reflectance to a common view geometry (VNP43IA4N), while also computing integrated black-sky albedo (BSA) at local solar noon and white-sky albedo (WSA) (VNP43IA3N). Researchers can use the BRDF model parameters with a simple polynomial, to obtain black-sky albedo at any solar illumination angle. Likewise, both the BSA and WSA Science Dataset (SDS) layers can be used with a simple polynomial, to manually estimate instantaneous actual albedo (blue-sky albedo). Additional details regarding the methodology are available in the Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) at https://www.umb.edu/editor_uploads/images/school_for_the_environment_cs/Viirs/VIIRS_ATBD_Apr_Jul2017.pdf. The VNP43IA4N product includes six SDS layers for BRDF/Albedo mandatory quality and nadir reflectance for VIIRS imagery bands I1, I2, and I3.

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Name Format Description Link
5 https://nrt4.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov%2Farchive%2FallData%2F5200%2FVNP43IA4N%2F
5 https://earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fearth-observation-data%2Fnear-real-time%2Fdownload-nrt-data%2Fviirs-nrt
5 https://nrt4.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/archive/allData/5200/VNP43IA4N/
5 https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/near-real-time/download-nrt-data/viirs-nrt
0 The metadata's original source. https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2807591231-LANCEMODIS.iso19115

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  • earth-science-surface-radiative-properties-land-surface-anisotropy
  • earth-science-surface-radiative-properties-land-surface-albedo

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