Level-3 Standard Mapped Image (SMI), Global, 4km, nLw671, Monthly composite data from the Visible and Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). These are science quality data with a 15-day latency. The data, processed by the NOAA/STAR Ocean Color Team, are produced from MSL12 v1.2 using OC-SDR v04 and were release by CoastWatch as of 2017-08-07. VIIRS is a multi-disciplinary instrument that flies on the Suomi-NPP (National Polar-orbiting Partnership) satellite and is the successor to MODIS. Suomi-NPP is the initial spacecraft in the JPSS (Joint Polar Satellite Systems) series of spacecraft. JPSS is our Nation's next generation polar-orbiting operational environmental satellite system. JPSS is a collaborative program between NOAA and its acquisition agent NASA.
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| Title | nLw671, NOAA S-NPP VIIRS, Science Quality, Global 4km, Level 3, 2012-present, Monthly |
|---|---|
| Description | Level-3 Standard Mapped Image (SMI), Global, 4km, nLw671, Monthly composite data from the Visible and Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). These are science quality data with a 15-day latency. The data, processed by the NOAA/STAR Ocean Color Team, are produced from MSL12 v1.2 using OC-SDR v04 and were release by CoastWatch as of 2017-08-07. VIIRS is a multi-disciplinary instrument that flies on the Suomi-NPP (National Polar-orbiting Partnership) satellite and is the successor to MODIS. Suomi-NPP is the initial spacecraft in the JPSS (Joint Polar Satellite Systems) series of spacecraft. JPSS is our Nation's next generation polar-orbiting operational environmental satellite system. JPSS is a collaborative program between NOAA and its acquisition agent NASA. |
| Modified | 2025-11-19T16:16:54.401Z |
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| Keywords | air , chemistry , chlorophyll , color , data , emerging , hydrology , image , imager , imager/radiometer , imaging , infrared , L3 , leaving , level , level-3 , mapped , monthly , national , normalized , npp , ocean , oceans , optics , orbiting , partnership , polar , polar-orbiting , radiance , radiometer , sea , seawater , smi , standard , star , suite , suite/suomi-npp , suomi , surface , upwelling , VIIRS , viirs , viirs-n , visible , water , water-leaving , ww00 , Oceans > Ocean Optics > Ocean Color , Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Chlorophyll , Ocean Color Science Team (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/OCST) , time , altitude , latitude , longitude , normalized_surface_upwelling_radiance_in_air_emerging_from_sea_water , geoscientificInformation |
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