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NOAA JPSS Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Reprocessed Sensor Data Record (SDR) from STAR

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) is a scanning radiometer that collects visible and infrared imagery and radiometric measurements of the land, atmosphere, cryosphere, and oceans. Level-1b reprocessed Sensor Data Records (SDRs) from from VIIRS are the calibrated and geolocated radiance and reflectance data produced from the Raw Data Records. There are 22 VIIRS SDRs: 16 moderate-resolution, narrow-spectral-band products at 750 meter resolution, five imaging-resolution, narrow-spectral-band products at 375 meter resolution and one Day-Night Band imaging broadband product at 750 meter resolution. These recalibrated and reprocessed SDRs were generated using consistent calibration algorithms that removed artificial jumps in temporal data trends caused by operational calibration updates, instrument anomalies, contamination from anomaly views of the environment or spacecraft, and other causes. The radiometric stability and accuracy, as well as the geolocation accuracy of the reprocessed SDRs were validated and verified against other observations whenever such data were available. These SDRs are used as input to produce several VIIRS Environmental Data Record (EDR) products. VIIRS SDR data obtained from the NOAA Comprehensive Large Array-Data Stewardship System (CLASS) are distributed as aggregated 5.6 minute files consisting of four granules in the Hierarchical Data Format v.5 (HDF5) with metadata attributes included.

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