This dataset contains a high quality operational Environmental Data Record (EDR) of Cloud Optical Thickness (COT) from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) onboard the Suomi-NPP satellite and is produced by the NOAA Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). The EDR utilizes VIIRS brightness temperatures and reflectances. Inputs required to develop the COT algorithm include other VIIRS derived products such as cloud mask, surface albedo, and surface type, and scenario parameters such as sun-sensor geometry.

This dataset contains a high quality operational Environmental Data Record (EDR) 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 algorithm retrieval utilizes VIIRS channel brightness temperatures and reflectances.

This dataset contains a high quality operational Environmental Data Record (EDR) 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 retrieval algorithm utilizes VIIRS brightness temperatures and reflectances.

This dataset contains a high quality operational Environmental Data Record (EDR) 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). IST is the temperature at the ice surface including snow and melt water on the ice. The VIIRS IST EDR provides surface temperatures retrieved at 750 meter spatial resolution for snow/ice covered oceans for both day and night.

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.

This dataset contains a high quality operational Environmental Data Record (EDR) 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). This EDR contains Near Constant Contrast (NCC) Imagery using the Day/Night Band (DNB). NCC is a pseudo-albedo, with a much smaller range of values than the DNB radiances from which it is derived; a product that is especially useful in high-contrast conditions, such as across the day-night terminator.

This dataset contains an Environmental Data Record (EDR) of Sea Ice Characterization (SIC) 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 VIIRS SIC EDR provides ice classifications for ice free, new/young age, and other ice at a spatial resolution of 750 meters at nadir for both day and night over oceans poleward of 36 degrees north and 50 degrees south.

This dataset contains a high quality operational Environmental Data Record (EDR) of Binary Snow Cover (BSC) 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 VIIRS BSC EDR is based on the heritage Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Snow Map product that classifies snow using the Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI) at a spatial resolution of 375 meters at nadir during daytime over cloud-free land masses.

This dataset contains a high quality operational Environmental Data Record (EDR) of Snow Cover/Depth Fraction (SCF) 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 VIIRS SCF EDR is based on a 2x2 aggregation of the VIIRS imagery resolution binary snow map at a spatial resolution of 750 meters at nadir during daytime over cloud-free land masses.

This dataset contains a high quality operational Environmental Data Record (EDR) of Surface Types (ST) 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 VIIRS ST EDR provides 17 International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP) land cover classifications with global coverage at 1 kilometer spatial resolution and is updated daily. The algorithm requires inputs from several VIIRS EDRs including, Vegetation Index, Snow Cover, and Active Fires.