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NOAA JPSS Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Land Surface Temperature (LST) Environmental Data Record (EDR) from IDPS

This dataset contains a high quality operational Environmental Data Record (EDR) of Land Surface Temperature (LST) from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument onboard the Suomi-NPP satellite and is produced by the NOAA Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). LST is generally defined as how hot the surface would feel to the touch at any given location. The algorithm utilizes VIIRS brightness temperatures from the infrared spectral bands of 10-13 microns. The VIIRS LST EDR provides surface temperatures retrieved at 750 meter spatial resolution at nadir and 1.3 kilometer at the edge of the swath (EOS) for cloudless land areas for both day and night. By default, IDPS VIIRS LST data obtained from the Comprehensive Large-Array Stewardship System (CLASS) are distributed in four 86-second granules in Hierarchical Data Format v.5 (HDF5) with metadata attributes included.

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Metadata Last Updated: 2025-11-19T15:30:27.817Z
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