VIIRS/NPP Surface Reflectance Daily L2G Global 1km and 500m SIN Grid V002

Description

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) daily surface reflectance (VNP09GA) Version 2 product provides an estimate of land surface reflectance from the NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) VIIRS sensor. Data are provided for three imagery bands (I1-I3) at nominal 500 meter resolution (~463 meter) and nine moderate resolution bands (M1-M5, M7, M8, M10, M11) at nominal 1 kilometer (~926 meter) resolution. The 500 meter and 1 kilometer datasets are derived through resampling the native 375 meter and 750 meter VIIRS resolutions, respectively, in the Level 2 input product. These bands are corrected for atmospheric conditions such as the effects of molecular gases, including ozone and water vapor, and for the effects of atmospheric aerosols. The inputs to the surface reflectance algorithm are top-of-atmosphere reflectance for the VIIRS visible bands, the VIIRS cloud mask and aerosol product, aerosol optical thickness and atmospheric data obtained from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) reanalysis system. Along with the twelve reflectance bands are reflectance band quality, sensor azimuth angle, solar azimuth angle, sensor zenith angle, solar zenith angle, and observations layers. The reflectance layers from the VNP09GA data product are used as input data for many of the VIIRS land products. 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 Versions* Improved calibration algorithm and coefficients for entire Suomi NPP 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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5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=C2631841556-LPCLOUD
5 https://landweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/
21 VNP09GA.002 https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VNP09GA.002
5 https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/centers/lp-daac
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
22 BROWSE.VNP09GA.A2024205.h13v09.002.2024206084626.1.jpg https://data.lpdaac.earthdatacloud.nasa.gov/lp-prod-public/VNP09GA.002/VNP09GA.A2024205.h13v09.002.2024206084626/BROWSE.VNP09GA.A2024205.h13v09.002.2024206084626.1.jpg
21 Val_overview.html https://viirsland.gsfc.nasa.gov/Val_overview.html
5 https://appeears.earthdatacloud.nasa.gov/
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fsearch%3Fq%3DC2631841556-LPCLOUD
5 https://landweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov%2F
5 https://doi.org%2F10.5067%2FVIIRS%2FVNP09GA.002
5 https://lpdaac.usgs.gov%2F
5 https://lpdaac.usgs.gov%2Fdocuments%2F1657%2FVNP09_User_Guide_V2.pdf
5 https://lpdaac.usgs.gov%2Fdocuments%2F122%2FVNP09_ATBD.pdf
5 https://data.lpdaac.earthdatacloud.nasa.gov%2Flp-prod-public%2FVNP09GA.002%2FVNP09GA.A2024205.h13v09.002.2024206084626%2FBROWSE.VNP09GA.A2024205.h13v09.002.2024206084626.1.jpg
5 https://viirsland.gsfc.nasa.gov%2FVal%2FLSR_Val.html
5 https://viirsland.gsfc.nasa.gov%2FVal_overview.html
5 https://appeears.earthdatacloud.nasa.gov%2F
5 https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fimages%2Flayers%2Fpreviews%2Fgeographic%2FVIIRS_SNPP_SurfaceReflectance_BandsM5-M4-M3.jpg
5 https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fcenters%2Flp-daac
21 LSR_Val.html https://viirsland.gsfc.nasa.gov/Val/LSR_Val.html
22 VIIRS_SNPP_SurfaceReflectance_BandsM5-M4-M3.jpg https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/images/layers/previews/geographic/VIIRS_SNPP_SurfaceReflectance_BandsM5-M4-M3.jpg

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