S-NPP Product Descriptions: VNP29_NRT
Last update: September 10, 2018
Data Set Short Name:
VNP29_NRT
Data Set Long Name:
VIIRS/NPP Sea Ice Cover 6-Min L2 Swath 375m
Platform:
Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP)
Instrument:
Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)
Product Description:
This data set reports the location of sea ice cover derived from radiance data acquired by the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). Following the approach used by MODIS, the algorithm assumes that sea ice is snow covered and can be detected using the Normalized Difference Snow Index. The VIIRS instrument flies on board the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) satellite.
file_naming_convention = "VNP29_NRT.AYYYYDDD.HHMM.VVV.nc
- AYYYYDDD = Acquisition Year and Day of Year
- HHMM = Hour and minute of acquisition
- VVV = Version number
- nc = NetCDF (version 4)
For more information read Suomi-NPP VIIRS Sea Ice Cover product User's Guide
or visit NASA Earth Science Data Records at VIIRS Land website
Production Frequency:
~140 file per day
Spatial Coverage:
Global
Spatial Resolution:
375m
File Size (MB):
~250
Citation:
Dataset Originator/Creator:
NASA Suomi-NPP Land Science Team/Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE)Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
Data Authors:
George A. Riggs, Dorothy K. Hall, Miguel O. Román
Dataset DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/VNP29_NRT.001
