Surface Temperature (SSM/IS)
This product displays daily land surface temperature data, derived from the SSM/IS microwave sensor, covering a range of -99 to 69 degrees Kelvin with a 1-degree accuracy. Updates are available at 4 am EST. It's generated by FNMOC and distributed through the Shared Processing Program, involving NOAA, the US Air Force, and US Navy. OSDPD converts it into HDF-EOS and WMO BUFR formats for user access.
POES | Resolution: 25km | Frequency: Daily
Surface Type (SSM/IS)
This product provides daily surface type information worldwide, categorizing surfaces by tag values at specific coordinates. Surface types include Floods, Dense Vegetation, Agricultural/Range Vegetation, Dry arable soil, Moist soil, Semi-Desert, Desert, Composite vegetation and water, Composite soil and water, Dry snow, Wet snow, Refrozen snow, and Glacial ice. Updates are available at 4 am EST, and it's created by FNMOC, shared through an interagency program with NOAA, the US Air Force, and US Navy. OSDPD converts it into HDF-EOS and WMO BUFR formats for user access.
GOES or POES | Resolution: 25km | Frequency: Daily
VIIRS Surface Reflectance (VIIRS SR)
VIIRS SR is a near-real-time product derived from VIIRS SDR and NDE framework auxiliary data. It provides surface reflectance values for three imagery bands and nine moderate bands. Additionally, the output includes five bytes of quality flags, each containing bitmasks representing different properties of both inputs and outputs.
SNPP & JPSS (VIIRS) | Resolution: 375m(I-band) 750m(M-band) | Frequency: Daily
VIIRS Land Surface Albedo (LSA)
NOAA's VIIRS SURFALB dataset offers real-time global daily mean surface albedo, an essential factor for daily shortwave net radiation estimation. The current operational Level-2 (L2) albedo product provides granule-based data at 750-meter resolution and has been in operation since September 2019 on both SNPP VIIRS and NOAA-20 VIIRS. Additionally, a Level-3 (L3) grid-based dataset at 1-kilometer resolution is also available.
POES | Resolution: 1km | Frequency: Daily
VIIRS Land Temperature (LST)
VIIRS LST is generated from data collected by the VIIRS sensor on S-NPP and NOAA-20 satellites. It's computed for each non-cloudy land pixel, utilizing VIIRS channels M15 and M16 with a split window technique to correct for atmospheric absorption and explicitly factor in surface emissivity. The LST algorithm incorporates coefficients derived from an atmospheric radiative transfer model, accounting for various conditions including daytime, nighttime, viewing angles, and atmospheric moisture levels. The algorithm is validated using a radiative transfer model and assessed using VIIRS data from S-NPP (NOAA-20) as well as ground measurements.
POES | Resolution: 1km | Frequency: Daily
Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Flood Mapping
The VIIRS Flood Map (VFM) product is created using Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20 VIIRS imagery to show flood extent in terms of floodwater fractions. Near-real-time (NRT) VFM products from the National Weather Service (NWS) are accessible for the Continental United States (CONUS) and Alaska. Additionally, there are 1-day and 5-day composite VFM global products available.
Suomi NPP and NOAA-20 | Resolution: 375m | Frequency: Daily