S-NPP Product Descriptions: VNP21_NRT
Last update: December 28, 2018
Data Set Short Name:
VNP21_NRT
Data Set Long Name:
VIIRS/NPP Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity 6-Min L2 Swath 750m
Platform:
Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP)
Instrument:
Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)
Product Description:
VIIRS/NPP Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity 6-Min L2 Swath 750m
file_naming_convention = "VNP21_NRT.AYYYYDDD.HHMM.VVV.nc
- AYYYYDDD = Acquisition Year and Day of Year
- HHMM = Hour and minute of acquisition
- VVV = Version number
- nc = NetCDF (version 4)
For more information read Suomi-NPP VIIRS Land Surface Temperature and Emissvity (LST&E) Product User's Guide
or visit NASA Earth Science Data Records at VIIRS Land website
Production Frequency:
~240 file per day
Spatial Coverage:
Global
Spatial Resolution:
750m
File Size (MB):
~4
Citation:
Dataset Originator/Creator:
NASA Suomi-NPP Land Science Team/Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE)Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
Data Authors:
Glynn Hulley and Simon Hook
Dataset DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VNP21_NRT.001
