S-NPP Product Descriptions: VNP29_NRT
Last update: October 16, 2023
Data Set Short Name:
VNP29_NRT
Data Set Long Name:
VIIRS/NPP Sea Ice Extent 6-Min L2 Swath 375m NRT
Platform:
Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP)
Instrument:
Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)
Product Description:
The VIIRS/NPP Sea Ice Extent 6-Min L2 Swath 375m Near Real Time (NRT) data set with short-name VNP29_NRT reports the location of sea ice cover derived from radiance data acquired by VIIRS. Following the approach used by MODIS, the algorithm assumes that sea ice is snow covered and can be detected using the Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI). The VIIRS instrument flies on board the S-NPP satellite.
file_naming_convention = VNP29_NRT.AYYYYDDD.HHMM.CCC.YYYYDDDHHMMSS.nc
- AYYYYDDD = Acquisition Year and Day of Year
- HHMM = Hour and minute of acquisition
- CCC = Collection number
- YYYYDDDHHMMSS = Production Date and Time
- nc = NetCDF4
For more information read Suomi-NPP VIIRS Sea Ice Cover product User's Guide
or visit NASA Earth Science Data Records at VIIRS Land website
Production Frequency:
~140 file per day
Spatial Coverage:
Global
Spatial Resolution:
375m
File Size (MB):
~250
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:
George A. Riggs, Dorothy K. Hall, Miguel O. Román
Dataset DOI:
http://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VNP29_NRT.002
