Radiation Budget Data - The Radiation Budget product suite is
produced from the primary morning and afternoon Polar Orbiters. Product shows a
measure of the longwave radiation emitted (W/m^2) by the earth-atmosphere system to
space. The observations are displayed on a one degree equal area map for the day and
night. The products are: GAC long wave, HIRS long wave, longwave histogram, annual
mean, monthly mean, and seasonal mean. This is a NESDIS legacy product and the file

This dataset contains a high quality operational Environmental Data Record (EDR) of Aerosol Optical Thickness (AOT) 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 that is used to derive the VIIRS AOT is based on an algorithm originally developed for the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor but is adapted and improved upon for use by VIIRS.

This dataset contains a high quality operational Environmental Data Record (EDR) of Cloud Base Heights (CBH) 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). CBH is defined as the height above sea level at which cloud bases occur and is derived by subtracting Cloud Optical Thickness (COT) values from Cloud Top Height (CTH) values. The algorithm also incorporates data from the Cloud Mask Intermediate Product (IP).

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).

This dataset contains a high quality operational Environmental Data Record (EDR) of Cloud Effective Particle Size (CEPS) 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 product contains Cloud Effective Particle Size using VIIRS channel brightness temperatures and reflectances.

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.