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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- VIIRS
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Full Name
Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
NOAA
,
NASA
Maturity
Medium Heritage
Instrument Type
Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR)
and Ocean colour instruments
Geometry
Cross-track scanning
Instrument Technology
Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
HDF5
Measurements and Applications
Global observations of land, ocean, and atmosphere parameters: cloud/weather imagery, sea-surface temperature, ocean colour, land surface vegetation indices.
Resolution Summary
400 m - 1.6 km
[Best Resolution: 400m]
Swath Summary
3000 km
[Max Swath: 3000 km]
Accuracy Summary
SST 0.35 K
Waveband Summary
VIS - TIR: 0.4 - 12.5 µm (22 channels)
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)
SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm)
MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm)
TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm)
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
Category
Parameter
Aerosols
Aerosol optical depth (LT, HT, LS, HS&M, TC)
Aerosol absorption optical depth (LT, HT, LS, HS&M, TC)
Albedo and reflectance
Earth surface albedo
Atmospheric Temperature Fields
Cloud base height
Atmospheric Winds
Wind vector over land surface (horizontal)
Cloud particle properties and profile
Cloud optical depth
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature
Cloud imagery
Cloud type
Cloud cover
Cloud top height
Multi-purpose imagery (land)
Fire fractional cover
Land surface imagery
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)
Ocean imagery and water leaving spectral radiance
Ocean colour/biology
Ocean chlorophyll concentration
Radiation budget
Upward short-wave irradiance at TOA
Upwelling (Outgoing) long-wave radiation at Earth surface
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness
Sea-ice type
Sea-ice surface temperature
Snow cover, edge and depth
Snow cover
Soil moisture
Soil moisture at the surface
Surface temperature (land)
Land surface temperature
Fire temperature
Surface temperature (ocean)
Sea surface temperature
Vegetation
Normalized Differential Vegetation Index (NDVI)
Leaf Area Index (LAI)
Vegetation type
Land cover
Soil type
Thematic Links
Global Climate Observing System Essential Climate Variables (GCOS ECVs)
ECV
Description
Product(s)
ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)
Aerosols properties
click here
click here
search ECV Inventory records
Albedo
click here
click here
search ECV Inventory records
Cloud Properties
click here
click here
search ECV Inventory records
Earth Radiation Budget
click here
click here
search ECV Inventory records
Fire
click here
click here
search ECV Inventory records
Land cover
click here
click here
search ECV Inventory records
Land Surface Temperature
click here
click here
search ECV Inventory records
Leaf Area Index (LAI)
click here
click here
search ECV Inventory records
Ocean Colour
click here
click here
search ECV Inventory records
Sea Surface Temperature
click here
click here
search ECV Inventory records
Snow
click here
click here
search ECV Inventory records
Soil Moisture
click here
click here
search ECV Inventory records
Instrument Missions
DWSS
Suomi NPP - Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (2011 - 2026)
NPOESS-1 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 1 (2013 - 2020)
NPOESS-2 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 2 (2016 - 2022)
JPSS-1 - Joint Polar Satellite System - 1 (2017 - 2027)
NPOESS-5 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 4 (2018 - 2023)
NPOESS-3 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 3 (2018 - 2025)
NPOESS-6 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 4 (2019 - 2024)
NPOESS-4 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 4 (2020 - 2027)
JPSS-2 - Joint Polar Satellite System - 2 (2022 - 2028)
JPSS-3 - Joint Polar Satellite System - 3 (Polar Follow-on (2026 - 2033)
JPSS-4 - Joint Polar Satellite System - 4 (Polar Follow-0n (2031 - 2038)
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