This dataset contains a high quality Environmental Data Record (EDR) of Cloud Cover Layers (CCL) 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). The CCL EDR is a cloud product derived from several other Retained Intermediate Products (RIPs) including, Cloud Optical Properties (COP), Cloud Top Parameters (CTP), Perform Parallax Correction (PPC), and Cloud Base Height (CBH). Cloud cover is the fraction of a given area on the Earth's surface where a line segment extending between two altitudes intersects a cloud. CCL also includes a binary map (cloudy/not cloudy) that highlights cells that contain clouds. The RIPs are 750 meter spatial resolution products and the output EDRs are gridded to 6 km resolution. Global coverage is generated approximately every 12 hours. By default, IDPS VIIRS CCL data obtained from the Comprehensive Large-Array Stewardship System (CLASS) are distributed in four aggregated 86-second granules in Hierarchical Data Format v.5 (HDF5) with metadata attributes included.
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| Title | NOAA JPSS Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Cloud Cover Layer (CCL) Environmental Data Record (EDR) from IDPS |
|---|---|
| Description | This dataset contains a high quality Environmental Data Record (EDR) of Cloud Cover Layers (CCL) 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). The CCL EDR is a cloud product derived from several other Retained Intermediate Products (RIPs) including, Cloud Optical Properties (COP), Cloud Top Parameters (CTP), Perform Parallax Correction (PPC), and Cloud Base Height (CBH). Cloud cover is the fraction of a given area on the Earth's surface where a line segment extending between two altitudes intersects a cloud. CCL also includes a binary map (cloudy/not cloudy) that highlights cells that contain clouds. The RIPs are 750 meter spatial resolution products and the output EDRs are gridded to 6 km resolution. Global coverage is generated approximately every 12 hours. By default, IDPS VIIRS CCL data obtained from the Comprehensive Large-Array Stewardship System (CLASS) are distributed in four aggregated 86-second granules in Hierarchical Data Format v.5 (HDF5) with metadata attributes included. |
| Modified | 2025-11-19T15:30:24.477Z |
| Publisher Name | N/A |
| Contact | N/A |
| Keywords | Earth Science > Atmosphere > Clouds > Cloud Properties , Atmospheric - Upper-air - Cloud Properties , Geographic Region > Global , Vertical Location > Troposphere , JPSS > Joint Polar Satellite System , VIIRS > Visible-Infrared Imager-Radiometer Suite , SUOMI-NPP > Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership , 1 km - HTML Markup Was Removed , Hourly - HTML Markup Was Removed , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/STAR > Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO > Office of Satellite and Product Operations, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , gov.noaa.class:VIIRS_EDR , Atmosphere , Clouds , climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere |
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