NASA viirs-jpss Project

ice satellite imagery

Description

This data set contains daily 'cloud-free' snow cover produced from the VIIRS/JPSS-2 Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 375m SIN Grid, Version 2 snow cover product. A cloud-gap-filled algorithm is utilized to replace ‘cloud-covered’ pixels with ‘cloud-free pixels’ for the purpose of estimating the snow cover that may exist under current cloud cover. The data are provided daily and mapped to a 375 m sinusoidal grid.

VJ210

This data set reports the location of snow cover using radiance data acquired by the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on board the Joint Polar Satellite System's second satellite (JPSS-2). Snow cover is identified using the Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI) and a series of quality control screens.

VJ210A1

This data set contains daily snow cover derived from radiance data acquired by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on board the Joint Polar Satellite System's second satellite (JPSS-2). The data is a gridded composite, generated from 6 minute swaths, and projected to a 375 m Sinusoidal grid. Snow cover is identified using the Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI) and a series of screens designed to alleviate errors and flag uncertain snow cover detections.

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Update Frequency

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License

Creative Commons BY 4.0

Documentation

https://nsidc.org/data/vj210a1f/versions/2

Managed By

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Contact

https://earthdata.nasa.gov/contact

How to Cite

NASA viirs-jpss Project was accessed on DATE from https://registry.opendata.aws/nasa-viirs-jpss.

Resources on AWS

  • Description
    VJ210A1F v2 - This data set contains daily 'cloud-free' snow cover produced from the VIIRS/JPSS-2 Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 375m SIN Grid, Version 2 snow cover product. A cloud-gap-filled algorithm is utilized to replace ‘cloud-covered’ pixels with ‘cloud-free pixels’ for the purpose of estimating the snow cover that may exist under current cloud cover.
    Resource type
    S3 Bucket Controlled Access
    Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
    arn:aws:s3:::nsidc-cumulus-prod-protected/VIIRS/VJ210A1F/2
    AWS Region
    us-west-2
  • Description
    VJ210 v2 - This data set reports the location of snow cover using radiance data acquired by the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on board the Joint Polar Satellite System's second satellite (JPSS-2). Snow cover is identified using the Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI) and a series of quality control screens.
    Resource type
    S3 Bucket Controlled Access
    Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
    arn:aws:s3:::nsidc-cumulus-prod-protected/VIIRS/VJ210/2
    AWS Region
    us-west-2
  • Description
    VJ210A1 v2 - This data set contains daily snow cover derived from radiance data acquired by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on board the Joint Polar Satellite System's second satellite (JPSS-2). The data is a gridded composite, generated from 6 minute swaths, and projected to a 375 m Sinusoidal grid.
    Resource type
    S3 Bucket Controlled Access
    Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
    arn:aws:s3:::nsidc-cumulus-prod-protected/VIIRS/VJ210A1/2
    AWS Region
    us-west-2

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